If you follow national news at all, you may know that there were two huge ice dams causing a great deal of havoc in Connecticut in January. In Kent, a mile wide and 12 foot deep ice dam flooded the Housatonic River and caused the Kent School to evacuate for more than a week. Closer to home, the ice dams at the Haddam Swing Bridge caused massive flooding in Haddam. The ice dams and the flooding were so historic that the national morning programs were live in Haddam for almost a week. We passed near Haddam while driving home from a basketball tournament while the ice breakers were starting to break through and took a little detour to check things out. It was pretty spectacular and the property damage was really extensive.
Ariel footage of the Connecticut River. The river is 12 feet higher north of the Swing Bridge.
Photos do not do justice to the size of the ice chunks. Bigger than cars. Just amazing.
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