Breaking News: Ice Mountains on Lake Superior

 I wrote the below during the midst of a blizzard and then lost my connection for two days. I am finally able to repost with photos. 

I am in total awe. We have got massive seas of ice rolling toward us from Lake Superior. The waves have got to be at least 15-20 feet high, the geysers hurling huge hunks of ice into the air 40-50 feet, the noise deafening. Without the mountains of ice that have been growing for the past week, I don't think our home would survive those waves. The mountains protect us. These photos were taken the first day. Since then the mountains have doubled in size and the lake seems determined to add to their height.  I have never seen waves or geysers or ice like this. And the noise ... like squadrons of bombers roaring overhead. Like thunder reverberating and shaking the ledge rock. I wish you could all be here to see this.

How mighty are thy works, Oh Lord!

This photo was taken before the real storm but the ice had already started to build due to the wave action alone.

There is a 30 foot drop below this landline. These peaks are several feet higher than the shoreline and during the storm grew to twice this height. I tried to get out there to capture the sight but the wind was too strong and the ice chunks were hurling too high and too close.

Today is a beautiful sunny day. I donned my snow shoes, tramped into the -4 degree cold and took my camera with me. The ice mountains have shifted and moved to directly in front of our house. 

Note the ice chunk in the cleft of the tree to the left of the swing on our neighbor's property

Note this ice chunk lying in the middle of the photo; it's a good 20 feet closer than the one in the birch and only 10 feet from the house.