Icewaves

[janedavitt]

Went to Toronto for the night yesterday and stopped by Oakville to show E's grandparents her digs. Went down to the lake (Lake Ontario) and wow. It was incredibly cold; minus 20 and more, and though there was no wind, the waves were huge and a fog filled the air. The waves rolling in were mostly made of chunks of ice, some fist-sized, some boulders and watching them smash against the shore was spectacular in a scary way.

Comments

[sid]

I wonder if Lake Michigan will be looking that way in a couple of days.

But I won't be going downtown to see. Brr! :-D

[janedavitt]

It's hard to believe when you see it. Unearthly.

[sid]

Since writing that comment I read that it is expected to freeze over, which will serve to make the rest of the winter around here colder. Dammit.

[green_grrl]

YIKES!!! I am such a little hothouse flower. Ice = oh, hell no! to me.

[janedavitt]

Heheh. It was scary cold but so stunning to watch.

[knitty_woman]

Minus 20, whether Celsius or Fahrenheit, is WAAAYYY too cold for me. I used to be a hardy New England girl, but have since become a disgrace to my forebears by adapting to the practically perfect weather of Southern California. These photos look positively chilling (in every sense of the word)!

[janedavitt]

I can see how it'd be a culture shock after balmy weather for a while :-)

[bluewolf458]

Recently I came across a story about houses destroyed by an ice 'tsunami' that was caused by chunks of melting ice on a lake driven ashore by a strong wind. Definitely scary, and your photos are adding to the 'scary' quality.

My one unalterable criterion when looking for a house was to get one high enough that it was unlikely to be affected by flooding, including storm surges, though at the time I hadn't heard of 'surges' of ice.

[janedavitt]

Oh that would be terrifying!

[bluewolf458]

Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqptbtwXUCs

[janedavitt]

That is like a horror movie!