[Rhodes22-list] Major Ice Damage

[kroposki]

Roger,
	Some one up their had a master plan.  An opportunity to
demonstrate the newly acquired mechanical engineering skills.  Maybe a
long cantilevered boat lift able to handle an R22...
	Waiting for you to post the drawings....
         Ed K
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Roger,
The lake we lived on in Wisconsin had rather violent ice break ups since
we 
lived on the far side of the mouth of the Yellow River. I remember
seeing 
entire trees being moved across the lake and somehow they always managed
to get 
stuck right in front of my house. Spring and summers were spent
dragging, cutting 
and stacking the wood on our bank which was then used later the next
winter 
for huge fires on the ice. 
It is no exaggeration to say we stacked the wood log cabin style and
then 
filled the interior with wood sometimes twenty feet high. It was very
impressive 
and drew people from miles for a really good party. And no, it never
burned 
through the ice.
These days I'm content to have a fire in our fireplace when the temps
hit 30 
degrees.
The winds are really howling tonight. Sailboats are breaking lose from
their 
moorings and grounding and just recently I clocked a gust at 54 mph. It
must 
be a cold front moving in after a beautiful weekend. Oh well, I guess
winter 
isn't done with us after all.
Good luck on your dock project. Build another one and it will probably
last 
another twenty years without incident.

Rummy
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