Incredible ice jams attack Mille Lacs shoreline + video

Wind-whipped ice can't be stopped

May 2, 2014 at 2:36PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Take a look at these photos (below) by Mille Lacs resident Steve Fellegy of the wind-whipped ice jams that piled up on the shoreline of Mille Lacs on Saturday. Above is a youtube video of the ice by Darla Johnson.

No usual opening day, to be sure.

These photos are from Picard Point on the east shore of MIlle Lacs. (Scroll to the bottom for a link to a video showing an ice jam attacking Izaty's, approaching and entering a home.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

More incredible still, check out this video of an ice jam attacking Izaty's on Saturday, creeping in real time toward and into a home. It's available here.

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Dennis Anderson

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Outdoors columnist Dennis Anderson joined the Star Tribune in 1993 after serving in the same position at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 13 years. His column topics vary widely, and include canoeing, fishing, hunting, adventure travel and conservation of the environment.

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