Sounds of ice in Paugus today

Water Camper · 02-20-2012, 03:39 PM

We were down at the water this morning around 11:00 inspecting the ice damage to our landing. It was amazing to hear the sounds of the ice. Very haunting sounds. Cracking sounds but more than that, very loud, dove-like calls radiating up out of the ice and floating across the bay toward us. I really can't descibe this sound adequately but it was amazing. Almost a kind of singing really, coming in every few minutes, some very loud, some almost a whisper. We could hear them up at the cottage too, very far away.

Now to the landing. In the six years we've been there we've never seen any kind of damage but today, OH BOY! Our poles, which should be standing up straight, are now bent over and heading toward Big Island. The 2 x 6" framework has been split, and is pulling away from the landing, and the landing is sliding, being pulled by the pent poles toward the lake. We secured it with chains and come-a-long to some trees until we have a better chance to access the problem. Hope it holds! Yikes. New spring project.

There's also still a bob house on Paugus down near Spinnaker. Hope it's on pontoons! There's open water on the West side of Paugus at least 20-30 feet out from shore depending on location, and the winds are breaking the ice up fast. Please be careful!

02-20-2012, 03:39 PM	#1
Water Camper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pembroke, NH / Laconia, NH Posts: 451 Thanks: 10 Thanked 207 Times in 89 Posts	Sounds of ice in Paugus today We were down at the water this morning around 11:00 inspecting the ice damage to our landing. It was amazing to hear the sounds of the ice. Very haunting sounds. Cracking sounds but more than that, very loud, dove-like calls radiating up out of the ice and floating across the bay toward us. I really can't descibe this sound adequately but it was amazing. Almost a kind of singing really, coming in every few minutes, some very loud, some almost a whisper. We could hear them up at the cottage too, very far away. Now to the landing. In the six years we've been there we've never seen any kind of damage but today, OH BOY! Our poles, which should be standing up straight, are now bent over and heading toward Big Island. The 2 x 6" framework has been split, and is pulling away from the landing, and the landing is sliding, being pulled by the pent poles toward the lake. We secured it with chains and come-a-long to some trees until we have a better chance to access the problem. Hope it holds! Yikes. New spring project. There's also still a bob house on Paugus down near Spinnaker. Hope it's on pontoons! There's open water on the West side of Paugus at least 20-30 feet out from shore depending on location, and the winds are breaking the ice up fast. Please be careful!