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Went up to port Huron MI today for a bi weekly smoke and low and behold we saw these crazy people riding ice flows and swimming in the water. We later found out that it was a training exercise for the Canadian Fire and Rescue Squad of Sarina. Still nuts to me and Kath

It started when I noticed orange dots out on the ice and could barely see them through the bino's

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Then they started getting closer

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they were riding on the ice flows from the Tip of Pint Edward down the mouth of the river under the bridge and swimming back to shore

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http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...p2-7-09023.jpg

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Just some other shots of the Day
The Point Edwards Casino
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...p2-7-09030.jpg
The two Blue water bridges connecting Canada and the USA
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...p2-7-09028.jpg

The Griffons parking spot being occupied at the moment ,they were changing out a generator that's what the big crane is for
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The Hollyhock Coast Guard cutter taking the day off
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...p2-7-09033.jpg
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Nice pictures!

These rescue teams are amazing to me. Gotta be a little nuts, though. :ss

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Just some flow shots of ice that broke up floating down the river
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forget that. its good that they are willing to do it but u wont catch me in that water if i can help it

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wow some great pics

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These guys were riding on Brash ice, to give you a size comparison the flow in the last picture is about 30 feet across and about 20 times the size of my van, 9/Th's of the flow is also under water and the whole river is moving at about 6 mph. Anyone of the flows if they hit you is enough to basically crush you. I heard on the radio that there were over 90 people involved in setting up and executing this training excerise. Lucky timing for us to catch them doing the excerise while we were going for a walk along the boardwalk on the us side having a 601 black.

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Brrrrrrrrr. Hats off to them. Thanks for the pics.

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Looks like fun! :dance:

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At least they were not ice fishing.:D

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very cool find, thanks for sharing

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So Chris, why couldn't you go way upstream and ride one of those puppies down yourself? I'm thinking a canoe or a zodiac ought to get you on and off. Looks like a good way to spend an afternoon to me.
:ss

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Now if they could only teach Buckeyes how to swim...

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Some great pics. There was a time I might have thought that to be a cool activity pardon the pun but now I know better. Yikes. The 601 Black sounds nice though. :ss

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Riding ice......they are "NUTS"!!!!:2

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Dave: my thoughts exactly

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but from seeing some of your posts it seems as if you pilot an "ice breaker", my uninformed civilian name for it of course. What would you do if you were cruising along and saw that up ahead of you? Lay down on the horns and full speed ahead? Maybe create a little wake for 'em?
That would give them a little something extra to think about in their exercises.
:ss

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the griffon was down kinda my way clearin out the mouth of the grand river to keep the flooding at bay maybe......

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Thanks for the pictures. I wonder how many people call the police not knowing they are professionals performing training. Around here we get people calling the police for bridge jumpers when it is a crew doing work on the bridge. I guess the big signs on the side of the road saying "Bridge Work Overhead" is not much of a clue.