Ice-Out. January 31, 2013
Posted by littlebangtheory in Action/Adventure.Tags: Salmon Falls, deerfield river, Shelburne Falls, Connecticut River, frazil ice, ice-out
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Temps in the 50′s and a heavy rain overnight have flushed the Deerfield clean of its frazil ice, as well as its shoreline shelf ice. All of it went over the dam at Shelburne Falls:
It’s looking a lot like a Spring thaw there; hope that wasn’t it!
As a side note, I had occasion to cross the Connecticut river this afternoon, and got a chance to wave “Buh-Bye” to said ice! 
Swear I could hear the falls from my house in Conway.
Peter, when I first moved into the area I lived up the hill behind McCusker’s. One Spring night the dam boards gave way around 2am, and from a sound sleep, I left claw marks in the ceiling. Loudest friggin’ BOOM I ever heard!