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Corps of Engineers completes second ice survey of the season Written By: Steve Gardiner | ×
Bill Chelmowski and Dan DeVaney used this airboat to conduct the ice survey on Lake Pepin on February 9, 2021. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimedia
The air temperature was 5 degrees above zero. The wind chill didn’t matter, because once Bill Chelmowski and Dan DeVaney climbed onto the airboat, they created more wind chill than nature did.
The two are members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crew that conducts the ice depth surveys on Lake Pepin every February and March.
“When we do the initial survey every season, we put in stakes and take measurements at every mile marker on the lake,” said Chelmowski. “That takes us about four hours.”
Making plans is a plan for a calamity to come
Some weeks we make a plan on what to cover, and it all goes out the window when news breaks. 6:30 am, Feb. 11, 2021 ×
This is the story of fire and ice.
Fire is hot, fast and liable to burn you if you re not careful. Ice, on the other hand, moves more slowly. You can plan for ice, watching your step so you don t slip. Ice – no matter how much the Wise Woman grabs the dashboard when I drive in the snow – isn t going to jump out and grab you.
Post Bulletin Reporter Brian Todd tempts the fates on thin ice at Lake Pepin Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Brian Todd/btodd@postbulletin.com)