Here, we see one of several local ponds yesterday with ice skaters trying their skates for the first time this year – and, for the first time ever, mostly wearing plague masks.
Skating (thick) ice has been late coming this year due to temperature fluctuations. However, yesterday was one of those beautiful winter days when even Herring Gulls wanted to the on the ice:
Nonetheless, we’ve had at least two reported near-fatalities with people falling through thin ice last week, according to Game Warden reports in the Bangor Daily News. The Wardens say that ice that is two inches or less thick is definitely not safe to skate on, but four or more inches is safe. They don’t say whether three inches is worth the gamble. (Brooklin, Maine)