Today the Samuel Risley, Bristol Bay, and Neah Bay continued flushing the ice currently plugging up the St. Clair River. Efforts have been strictly focused on flushing the ice through the Old South Channel for the past week, though Mother Nature has not been assisting us and we are continuing to struggle to make headway in flushing the ice jam down river. At this point, our flushing in the South Channel alone is not proved effective in relieving the ice jam.
Tomorrow the Mackinaw, Samuel Risley, Bristol Bay, and Neah Bay will continue their efforts in the Old South Channel. We are watching the weather closely to identify an opportunity to potentially break into the North Channel to relieve some of the pressure and potential flooding risk for the counties along the St. Clair River. With the expected temperature drop, we do not believe the weekend weather will be conducive to flushing the North Channel. We will be watching for warmer weather and northerly winds to assist in flushing the ice jam in the coming week as we want to make any attempt to remove ice through the North Channel a success.
We will continue to monitor and reassess the water levels in the river and lake throughout the weekend.
Again, we appreciate everyone’s patience during this busy operation.
2 comments:
Thank you for the update and the positive outlook for the coming week-end. I expect the decisions made will be the right decisions and not made to make things worse regarding the ferry traffic.
I just can't help but comment. The more slush and ice that gets shoved under other ice, the more restrictions you put on flow.
The smooth surface that is left when frozen naturally, (Old South) the water that flows beneath will be far less impeded.
I can't understand. The mouth of the N. Channel at the lake is quite shallow in places. Why not just work the main channel. The deepest, and largest. Seems the effort would be far less time consuming. Yes...No Just asking.
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