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In reply to the discussion: Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)13. Meanwhile, the upper Chesapeake Bay is frozen over...
Extreme February cold ices over most of Chesapeake Bay in rare event
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/02/23/extreme-february-cold-ices-over-most-of-chesapeake-bay-in-rare-event/
Ice covers vast expanses of the Chesapeake Bay likely more than at any time in years.
Most of the Bay is frozen, says Brian Jackson, an analyst at the National Ice Center. The coverage extent is way above normal.
Jackson says there arent good long-term records of Chesapeake Bay ice extent, but that this years levels are even more expansive than last years maximum reached at the end of January, which followed several outbreaks of bitter cold.
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Too late! We're all gonna die! All together holding hands. Check out this placid scenery:
freshwest
Mar 2015
#45
True - on NPR a scientist this morning said the salt would be settled to the bottom
Hissyspit
Feb 2015
#36