A while back I mentioned how cold it was in early January. Our canal (the Nimy-Blaton canal) froze solid. We thought it was just a thin layer of ice, but you can see from the picture below that it was actually fairly thick. David threw a stone out there and it just skipped its way across the ice. Barge traffic stopped completely for several days, and it took a good five days, once the temperatures got above freezing, for the canal to thaw sufficiently for the barges to resume sailing.
Here you can see how thick the slab of ice is. After it had started freezing, but before it froze solid, some barge traffic was still going through, breaking up the ice, which then refroze in these big sheets.
Yup, it was that cold!
A while back I mentioned how cold it was in early January. Our canal (the Nimy-Blaton canal) froze solid. We thought it was just a thin layer of ice, but you can see from the picture below that it was actually fairly thick. David threw a stone out there and it just skipped its way across the ice. Barge traffic stopped completely for several days, and it took a good five days, once the temperatures got above freezing, for the canal to thaw sufficiently for the barges to resume sailing.
Here you can see how thick the slab of ice is. After it had started freezing, but before it froze solid, some barge traffic was still going through, breaking up the ice, which then refroze in these big sheets.
Yup, it was that cold!
3 comments:
Was it thick enough for ice skating? Certainly looks cold enough.
Hey Dave, just so ya know, here's the Accuweather long range forecast for Europe.....time to sharpen your skates.
-- G
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
ANOTHER HARSH BLOW FROM WINTER COLD COMING TO EUROPE!
The major blocking developing over the Northern Hemisphere means another round of severe cold is going to engulf Europe. The current pattern of storms, and milder weather, will break to a much colder pattern as the block backs west and arctic air comes south into Scandinavia and then spreads out. This will make this the coldest winter for Europe as a whole in years.
Open minds, warm hearts, and plenty of warm clothes is what is needed in the upcoming few weeks for most of Europe.
Wonder what Al Gore says about the Accuweather forecast. Hang in there. It's bound to get warmer.
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