Rode a commuter train in a different state for many years and became friendly with the conductors and engineers. Discussing it with them after being a passenger on one of those trains, it was alarming to find out how common it was for trains to hit people. Tragic because the engineers are usually powerless to do anything about it because they typically cannot stop the train in time.

Or you can use an auger and a spud bar to continuously check the ice instead of guessing based on conditions.

Yea weather, average temperature, wind speed, wind direction, size of the body of water, amount of water moving through the area under the ice, how much ice is already there, amount of water on top of the ice, quality of the ice are just some of the factors. Ice can be dangerous but just because Champlain is unsafe doesn’t mean that other ponds with different factors are. Never assume the spot 15’ ahead of you has the same amount of ice as the spot you’re standing on, let alone the ice across town.

The conditions on Champlain are not indicative of the conditions on other smaller lakes and ponds.

A real opportunity was missed in not spending $8 to make a fake “we added a height limiter to prevent trucks getting stuck in the notch” post the other day.

It’s awfully distracting how lovely the view is driving through that stretch of 89.