Wisconsin winterfest officials allow cars to park on frozen lake. Some fall thru

[Liberal_in_LA]

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"I see a whole row down in front of the water, and I see my car way out there, and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I gotta get to my car,' so I ran to my car and by that time there was at least two rows of cars down in the water," said Julie Rowe of Woodstock, IL.

Many of the festival-goers realized something was wrong after hearing a disturbing message over the loudspeaker.



"We heard on the loudspeaker that anyone that had their cars on the ice, their cars were sinking," Watertown's Matthew Demko said. "Me and my friend Jason came walking back and we seen that the water was over our tires. We said, 'Uh uh,' we came running back and got inside of our vehicles and they said, 'Hey get away from the cars,' and we said no."

Parking is scarce in the area, so officials allowed people to park on the ice.
http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/cars-fall-through-ice-at-lake-genevas-winterfest

[HassleCat]

1. Southern Wisconsin

The southern part of the state. The tropics. Banana belt.

[leftofcool]

2. I can't think of anything more asinine than parking on a frozen lake.

Do these folks pay high insurance rates?

[dembotoz]

6. more asinine is putting them in lines like a parking lot

looks like somebody sent them out there

[Wounded Bear]

7. Probably been doing that for years....

global warming and all that.

[snowy owl]

3. Gobal Warming, Scott?

Maybe this wil convince you. Nah.

[hifiguy]

4. Ice melts, you dimbulbs.

That much you should know, living in Cheeseland.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Well . . . . at least it will take a bunch of Trumperstickers off the roads