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Mysterious ice formations showed up in Chicago this week
CNN ^ | 23 Jan 2022 | Allison Chinchar

Posted on 01/23/2022 7:51:37 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

This week ice pancakes were found along Chicago's shoreline of Lake Michigan.

Ice pancakes, much like their namesake, look exactly like you think they would -- round flat discs made of ice. They are common in the Arctic but typically only start making an appearance in the Lower 48 states once the temperatures get well below freezing for several days.

"A signature feature of pancake ice is raised edges or ridges on the perimeter, caused by the pancakes bumping into each other from the ocean waves,"

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; Weather
KEYWORDS: chicago; climatechange; globalwarming; ice; pancakes
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Something interesting in Chiraq!

But is it worth the time to warm up the APC and gather some friends for the journey?
Those days are gone...


1 posted on 01/23/2022 7:51:37 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Now I’m hungry for pizza for some reason...

Those look like they would be delicious slathered with some tomato sauce and toppings


2 posted on 01/23/2022 7:54:23 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; Impy; BillyBoy

Must be that global warming they keep talking about.


3 posted on 01/23/2022 7:54:28 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: Mr. K

You have to bake them quickly. A few seconds at 1,000 F works fast enough that the crust won’t melt.


4 posted on 01/23/2022 7:56:25 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

So silly, as someone who has lived next to that lake all my life and as someone who looks out on it every day. I can tell you this happens a lot. It requires a cold period to cause the ice layer, then snow. And the ice needs to be pushed near shore so you can see it. I am looking out at it now, and the ice flows are out about a football field away. But when they come nearer I will see it. I see it about half the winters.


5 posted on 01/23/2022 7:59:17 AM PST by poinq
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I need to get a drone. No, I don’t just want one: I NEED one. I keep thinking I would like one of those e-bikes - and I would like it a lot - but a drone is cheaper and much handier to have.


6 posted on 01/23/2022 8:05:36 AM PST by Scarlett156 (All right... now, if you will: When did Mr Manson start to seem like he wasn't your ideal boyfriend?)
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To: poinq

“So silly”

Yup. After this will be an article headlined “Large, Bright, and Mysterious Object to Appear in Sky Tomorrow Morning - Expected to Cause Rising Temperatures Until Evening”


7 posted on 01/23/2022 8:08:25 AM PST by fruser1
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To: DUMBGRUNT

This likely the fault of global warming... If Arnold drove a prius instead of running into them, we’d all be soo much better off.


8 posted on 01/23/2022 8:10:31 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We get a few on the river near us. Geese like to sit on them.


9 posted on 01/23/2022 8:16:29 AM PST by madison10
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To: Mr. K

Caused by “ocean waves” according to CNN.

Which ocean would that be?


10 posted on 01/23/2022 8:20:14 AM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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“Mysterious ice formations showed up in Chicago this week”

So it’s mysterious but they know exactly what causes it... and they have seen it before and elsewhere.


11 posted on 01/23/2022 8:36:42 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: poinq

Worked in Lakeview and enough elevation for an excellent view, no recall of this type of event.
A few years when the lake froze as far as I could see and the sunrise on the frozen lake; nice.

I used to ride my bicycle from out here in Dupage to work on occasion...
Those days are gone.


12 posted on 01/23/2022 8:37:12 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I wonder what kind of Frisbee’s they would make.


13 posted on 01/23/2022 8:40:47 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: madison10

—”Geese like to sit on them.”

Less heat loss than the water? and safe from four-legged predators?


14 posted on 01/23/2022 8:40:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Groot has looked into it; Ann Sather and the Walker Brothers are on the top of the list of suspects.


15 posted on 01/23/2022 8:41:07 AM PST by Stosh
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To: Stosh

I have enjoyed breakfast/brunch at Walker Bros more than a few times.


16 posted on 01/23/2022 8:50:17 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Not sure why. The circles slowly spin and don’t go toward the dam very fast. It must be safer on several levels. The geese still get riled if one walks toward their goose-go-round.


17 posted on 01/23/2022 8:58:08 AM PST by madison10
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To: Mr. K

Since it’s Chicago, wouldn’t they have to be square?


18 posted on 01/23/2022 8:59:16 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: fruser1

Coastal Oregon had one of those yesterday, and again this morning. Weird.


19 posted on 01/23/2022 9:02:14 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, though and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: fieldmarshaldj

OCEAN WAVES????? It’s on LAKE Michigan, CNN.....LAKE Michigan.....geesh....they can’t get anything right.


20 posted on 01/23/2022 10:11:54 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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