Crews clearing path through Lake Superior ice; ships stuck

myfoxny.com ^ | 4/8/2015 | unknown

[rktman]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) - Crews are working to clear a path through ice on eastern Lake Superior that's left freighters unable to move, including one that had a hole punched in its hull.......The cargo shipping season started last month on the upper Great Lakes.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Those are all great questions. Can’t wait to use them on the next AGW believer!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Late start to Lake Superior shipping due to ice.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[Sasparilla]

“Gitchi Gumee” is, of course, frozen over because of climate change.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Thanks !

There were two FoMoCo boats rechristened that day, coming under ownership of Interlake Steamship Company. Both were named for the wives of the owners of the firm.

[rktman]

Cue up the “I’m A Believer” “Monkees” music. Now I just need to find a counter song stating “I’m A Denier.” Plus I have no doubt you can come up with several more that don’t require a masters degree in rocket surgery to answer.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Iron Munro]

Did you see this link to live tracking of Great Lakes vessels?

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-84.93201/centery:46.79628/zoom:8/mmsi:366904910/shipid:429065

[Darksheare]

“Warmest Winter EVER” strikes again.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

After the (gawd-awful!) Winter of 2013, we STILL had icebergs floating around on Lake Superior until June, 2014!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Yes. A pal in N. Minnesota has several boat frequencies on his computer and can listen in from time to time...

[LonePalm]

Since you brought up The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps you would like my parody, The Wreck of the John F'n Kerry.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Iron Munro]

Neat stuff.

[petercooper]

Cool!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was GM of a marine fueling biz out of Duluth-Superior for a number of years. We operated an 8,000 bbl lighter vessel in the harbor and had fuel at Two Hbrs, Silver Bay and Taconite Harbor.
It was one of the best jobs I had in my energy career.

The tanker is now at Veracruz. She was marked for extinction in the US because of her single hull.

[Iron Munro]

Since you brought up The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps you would like my parody, The Wreck of the John F'n Kerry.

Here's another one:

"The Death of the Flat Rachael Corrie"

Go to post #5.

[summernite]

Welcome :-)

[Veggie Todd]

...perhaps you would like my parody, The Wreck of the John F'n Kerry.

Love it. Very clever.

[LonePalm]

Glad you like it. See my homepage for about 40 more parodies.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[hondact200]

March 27 in Duluh and the ships were docked along the docks in Superior, Wis, they were ice locked-. In Marquette, Mi on April 7, from US 41 the horizon to the East, could see the ice line, west of the line open water with ice chunks floating.

[Gumdrop]

Lake Superior has had late shipping starts the last three years! 2012 was the year of the warm spring. 2013 and 2014 had extremely late springs with snowfalls into May.

This year was very cold in November and in February, with a bit milder temps in December and January. I live in Minnesota, but in all the states east of here from Wisconsin to New England, the temps have been far below average. So, the ice build-up on the Great Lakes was extraordinary according to records.