Ice Boom Removal Starting!!!

[joes spot]

looks like ice boom lost a section with this wind

[B3B]

http://www.iceboom.nypa.gov/

[lineman49]

Ice boom still in but has no ice behind it!

[pollock-a-lope]

time to find the boat in storage! won't be long now!!!

[joes spot]

ice boom coming out today

[Mr. Roboto]

http://weather.buffalonews.com/2016/03/08/3262/

[lineman49]

Looks like they got 1/2 of it out already! Now how long do we have to wait for the launches to open?

[joes spot]

there goes the boom 2017 / all ready half out

[Mr. Roboto]

The ice boom will likely remain intact near the mouth of the Niagara River at least for a few more days, the International Joint Commission said.

There's still too much ice on Lake Erie to begin removal of the apparatus, put in to limit the amount of ice the flows down the river, the commission said.

Its removal is considered an annual sign of spring in Western New York.

According to regulations, all floating sections of the ice boom must be removed by April 1 unless there is more than 250 square miles of ice on eastern Lake Erie, the commission said. Measurements on March 25 revealed roughly 976 square miles of ice in the area, which is considered to be east of a line between Long Point, Ont., and Erie, Pa., according to the commission.

Authorities will continue to monitor ice cover, as warmer weather is predicted.

http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/28/ic...-until-sunday/