The Chesapeake Bay usually doesn’t freeze over, but this year’s cold has produced the most ice since the mid-1990s.
Fortunately for those of us that would rather think warm thoughts, there’s an office called the National Ice Center to keep track of these things. The Center’s Brian Jackson tells the Washington Post that the ice coverage is “way above normal.” With March around the corner, it won’t last long. Since boarding a boat wouldn’t get anywhere, we trawled social media for some moments frozen in time.
The Chesapeake Bay is frozen pic.twitter.com/obw0qMJp23
— neelie gr (@neeliegr) February 27, 2015
Frozen Annapolis. City dock,Severn Rvr,Chesapeake Bay@MayorPantelides @StateMaryland @chesapeakebay @AnnapolisPatch pic.twitter.com/IILtTJDdFY
— Mid-Atlantic Aerial (@midatlaerial) February 25, 2015
There’s a foot of ice covering the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay. http://t.co/hAhhyWgn74 pic.twitter.com/BEdjTfIdQu
— Russell Brandom (@russellbrandom) February 23, 2015
Back Creek’s ice is no match for DNR’s icebreaker Widener. pic.twitter.com/pyPRj8scAd
— Maryland NRP (@MDNRPolice) February 24, 2015
The frozen Chesapeake Bay at Cove Point, MD @jb_weather @DougHillABC7 @JimCantore @alroker pic.twitter.com/FlqvmcqJcD
— Linda Spahr (@ljspahr) February 18, 2015
