It seems like a bizarre thing to remind people about, but as they say, common sense isn’t all that common, so thanks to the Forest Service for issuing this reminder today:
Visitors to the Pisgah National Forest are highly discouraged from walking on ice formed along area lakes and rivers. The warning comes following reports of people walking on ice formed on Lake Powhatan outside of Asheville.
Walking on ice is extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs.
Visitors who walk on ice run the risk of falling through the ice and drowning or suffering hypothermia, the rapid lowering of the body’s temperature.
That’s the Forest Service warning. Here’s mine:
Even the snow is falling today in Asheville, it was well above freezing yesterday, which means all that lake ice warmed up and is quite viscous beneath what appears to be a very fragile, thin icy surface. Do you really want to fall through? Remember the lake was closed for most of the summer because harmfully high bacteria levels.
More common sense in the forest would tell you to heed weather forecasts before heading out on backpacking or even day hikes, without proper clothing,
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