Hudson River Jan 17 2009 - gizwiz's Photos

About 24 hours after the US Air Jet landed in the Hudson, the river started to freeze.

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gizwiz > Ice in the West 79th Street Boat Basin in NYC is getting heavier as the temperatures drop. It's been below freezing for 5 days, days and night. More ice comes down river from upstate where it's even colder.

gizwiz > My workboat was frozen solid but a passing freighter wake broke up the ice around the hull. If I chatter when I talk on the phone it's because my yellow phone line is frozen in the ice!

gizwiz > The ice is frozen unevenly. But one year it frozen fairly smoothly and friends from the marina went ice skating --- right inside the marina!

gizwiz > You know what we need right here? Just a bit of global warming!

gizwiz > The plastic bag is to keep water from entering the propeller hub. The prevents water from enterting the hub and freezing inside.

gizwiz > My boat was frozen in solid ice, but after a giant wake broke it up, it starts to float away with the outgoing tide. My outboard motor is in the lower right on the photo.

gizwiz > Everything freezes, even the dock lines.

Ice in the West 79th Street Boat Basin in NYC is getting heavier as the temperatures drop. It's been below freezing for 5 days, days and night. More ice comes down river from upstate where it's even colder.

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