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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, homeported in Cleveland, conducts ice breaking operations in Lake Erie near Vermilion, Ohio, to break up ice jams that may cause flooding further inland March 13, 2015.
The crew encountered ice windrows 5 feet high on average, with some as high as 20-feet above the water.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Seaman James Becker
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug home-ported in Cleveland, conducts ice breaking operations in Lake Erie near Vermilion, Ohio, to break up ice jams that might causing flooding further inland March 13, 2015.
The crew encountered ice windrows 5 feet high on average, with some as high as 20 feet above the water.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman James Becker
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug home-ported in Cleveland, conducts ice breaking operations in Lake Erie near Huron, Ohio, to break up ice jams that might causing flooding further inland March 13, 2015.The crew encountered ice windrows 5 feet high on average, with some as high as 20 feet above the water.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Joshua ZikeThe crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug homeported in Cleveland, conducts ice breaking operations in Lake Erie near Vermilion, Ohio, to break up ice jams that are causing flooding further inland March 13, 2015.
The crew encountered ice windrows 5 feet high on average, with some as high as 20 feet above the water.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman James Becker