Deputy fire chief warns of thin ice over bodies of water
BARGERSVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — This week’s winter storm brought snowy and chilly conditions, but authorities want people to know it is not cold enough to venture onto ice over bodies of water in central Indiana.
Deputy Chief Michael Pruitt of Bargersville Fire Department said central Indiana does not regularly see the temperatures northern states get to make thick ice. “We see people up in the northern states, they’re riding their snowmobiles, they’re driving cars, they’re out fishing on these ponds and lakes. We’re not that lucky here, especially in central Indiana to have those types of conditions.”
“They go under those long periods of cold up there where they get that 20-inch freeze on ice. Ours thaws and freezes so often throughout the winter months it just never gets that chance to be stable and thick. It can change from being very thin at the shorelines to maybe a little thicker, and then right back to thin again. You just never know what you’re going to get in Indiana.”