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On 21 Mar 2026, Mike Powell said the following...

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Got you here.


Jay

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. . . . and a mushroom starts to grow.


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Hello Mickey!

** On Sunday 22.03.26 - 18:51, Mickey wrote to Mike Powell:

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So.. how you liking the wacky weather we're having in Ontario sofar?

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I seed you did that... B)

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** On Sunday 22.03.26 - 18:51, Mickey wrote to Mike Powell:

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. . . . and a mushroom starts to grow.

So.. how you liking the wacky weather we're having in Ontario sofar?

Is it anything like what we are having down here... it heats up to an unseasonable number, storms, and then cools to an unseasonable number? ;)

Mike


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So.. how you liking the wacky weather we're having in Ontario sofar?

Is it anything like what we are having down here... it heats up to an

>unseasonable number, storms, and then cools to an unseasonable number? ;)

It's definitely been an odd year. We are still getting snow a few
times a week but at least it's warming up enough most days to melt
most of it. Not too much shovelling to do these days. I do still
have a lot more snow covered ground than bare, but it's not so
deep these days and any place you walk a lot tends to melt right
down the the ground.

The bay our front where I get my water still has about 14 inches
of ice on it where normally it should be getting dangerous to
walk on the ice by now.. and the snowmobilers are still running
around on it.

I can see about 1/2 mile out from here and there is no open water
showing at all yet, although farther out I'm sure the tiny bit of
water that stayed open this winter is probably getting wider every day..

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Hello Mike!

** On Tuesday 24.03.26 - 11:24, Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

So.. how you liking the wacky weather we're having in Ontario sofar?

Is it anything like what we are having down here... it heats up to an unseasonable number, storms, and then cools to an unseasonable number?
;)

Well.. it *is* Spring. the high-daytime / low-nightime swing is what the maple syrup season needs. ;)

You in Kentucky? Seems to be quite a zone for wild storms all the time.
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Hello Rob!

** On Thursday 26.03.26 - 06:40, Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL:

Is it anything like what we are having down here... it heats up to an

unseasonable number, storms, and then cools to an unseasonable number? ;)

It's definitely been an odd year. We are still getting snow a few
times a week but at least it's warming up enough most days to melt

[...]

The bay our front where I get my water still has about 14 inches
of ice on it where normally it should be getting dangerous to
walk on the ice by now.. and the snowmobilers are still running
around on it.

I heard that some people were out on your Georgian Bay just yesterday - and there needed to be a rescue operation.


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Is it anything like what we are having down here... it heats up to an unseasonable number, storms, and then cools to an unseasonable number? ;)

Well.. it *is* Spring. the high-daytime / low-nightime swing is what the maple syrup season needs. ;)

Oh, I get that. What I meant was that one day is way hotter than "normal"
for this time of year, that evening or the next day it storms, and by the next night we are under a Freeze Warning. That is not normal. ;)

What would be normal would be for us to start having some warmer than normal days around the end of March (now) thru early May, and then to have a cold front come through that would probably cause storms. The next day would
return to closer to normal... maybe lower but not frosting or freezing!

You in Kentucky? Seems to be quite a zone for wild storms all the time.

Not all the time, and not usually until late March-April-early May. It is getting worse because of what I describe above.

Mike


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The bay our front where I get my water still has about 14 inches
of ice on it where normally it should be getting dangerous to
walk on the ice by now.. and the snowmobilers are still running
around on it.

I heard that some people were out on your Georgian Bay just yesterday - and there needed to be a rescue operation.

I hope that isn't why we've not heard from Rob today. :D

Mike


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It's definitely been an odd year. We are still getting snow a few
times a week but at least it's warming up enough most days to melt
The bay our front where I get my water still has about 14 inches
of ice on it where normally it should be getting dangerous to
walk on the ice by now.. and the snowmobilers are still running
around on it.

I heard that some people were out on your Georgian Bay just

>yesterday - and there needed to be a rescue operation.

That was a while back unless it happened again. Something like 23
people were mostly ice fishing and the ice they were on broke up
into 3 big pieces and drifted away from shore and they had to be
rescued possibly by helicopter..

No danger of that here since you need open water for the ice floes
to drift out on and there's no open water within sight here yet.

But this warmer weather and now some new rain has made a mess
of the ice surface. The old snow is now slush and not great for
walking on and there are little rivers of water flowing into
the shoreline from the melting snow added to the rain.

I noticed today that my water was rather dirty from all that
run-off so I'll be hoping for a little more melting closer
to shore so I can scoop up water there instead where it's
mostly just clean sand.

Then I just have to time it right to rescue my water 'well'
box off of the ice before the ice gets dangerous to walk on.
It's only in about 3 feet of water so even if I went through
it's just a soaker situation rather than really dangerous.

We have lost about 3 inches of ice melting off the top of
the ice and it will be melting from underneath as well and
getting thinner by the day.

In the past I could usually count on all the ice being off
the by by about April 10. I don't think there's any chance
of that this year.

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Well.. it *is* Spring. the high-daytime / low-nightime swing is

>> what the maple syrup season needs. ;)

Oh, I get that. What I meant was that one day is way hotter than "normal"

>for this time of year, that evening or the next day it storms, and by
>the next night we are under a Freeze Warning. That is not normal. ;)

The guy who has been plowing the snow here sent out a December bill
back then, and then a January bill but like he normally waits until
he figures the snow is done in early March before sending out a
final bill for February and the bit in March.

Well it's April now and still no final bill. We kept getting snow
long after it should be done. The ice takes a while to melt
depending on temperatures but snow fall usually stops before
the middle of March, but this year it's been anyone's guess..

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I heard that some people were out on your Georgian Bay just

>> yesterday - and there needed to be a rescue operation.

I hope that isn't why we've not heard from Rob today. :D

Ha.. no if it's the one I was thinking of that happened a ways
further South where the ice was melting faster so there was open
water past the ice for it to float out into when it broke up
close to shore. No open water can be seen from shore here yet..

Plus, if the ice started to drift out when I was on it, I'd just
hop off and walk to shore since it would have to move quite a
ways before the water would be more than 3 or 4 feet deep..

When the ice was first forming in early December I walked out
on it thinking it was thick enough and went through so I know
what to expect.. The tricky part then was getting back up
on top of the ice because, once you're in the water, the ice
tends to just break away when you try to climb back out.

The small hole I made going through it ended up being about
10 feet long as I attempted to pull myself out onto it.

Again, not really dangerous. I could continue doing that all
the way to shore if I had to which was only about 60 feet
further in..

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Again, not really dangerous. I could continue doing that all
the way to shore if I had to which was only about 60 feet
further in..

Since it wasn't really dangerous, I bet it might have been amusing to an on-looker. :D

Mike

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Again, not really dangerous. I could continue doing that all

>> the way to shore if I had to which was only about 60 feet
>> further in..

Since it wasn't really dangerous, I bet it might have been amusing to an

>on-looker. :D

Possibly.. I was just getting ready to put the box I use to cover
the hole I make in the ice where I get water and I'd walked out
and cut the hole and gone to shore to get the box and dragged it
out to the hole. I then took a few steps heading back to shore
and with no warning at all, no shifting or cracking or anything,
I just suddenly dropped through the ice like it wasn't there.

The ice was probably about 2 inches think which should have been
lots to hold my weight. There was maybe 30 inches of water there
so, with splashing and such, I still only got wet up to the top
of my thighs and it seemed like it would be pretty easy to just
drag myself out on the ice, but it kept breaking away when I put
any weight on it for the next 10 feet or so.

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