(X-post from LBN) The Bay is freezing
Ice covers vast expanses of the Chesapeake Bay – likely more than at any time in years.
“Most of the Bay is frozen,” says Brian Jackson, an analyst at the National Ice Center. “The coverage extent is way above normal.”
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Jackson says there aren’t good long-term records of Chesapeake Bay ice extent, but that this year’s levels are even more expansive than last year’s maximum reached at the end of January, which followed several outbreaks of bitter cold.
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Virginia Army National Guard aviation crew from the Sandston, Va.-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment delivers food, mail and medicine to Tangier Island, Va., Feb. 19, 2015. The 1.2-square-mile island has been iced-in since recent frigid weather made routine seaport deliveries impossible. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti)
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