Lake Erie Frozen,Lake Erie Frozen 2010: For the first time in 14 years, Erie gets completely blanketed by ice

National Weather Service in Cleveland reports Lake Erie to be completely frozen. And according to records, this is one phenomenon which has come about just once in the last 14 years.

Along the northern shore the ice spread is very thin since that is the deepest part of the lake. But the southern shore has several inches of snow and reportedly people are already out enjoying skating along the southern shore.

As of now, the ice cover looks complete, but Gary Garnet, warning coordination meteorologist, informs that fresh winds may cause cracks and fissures in the ice.

Even then the current cold northeast winds are expected to cover the lake, even if not for its whole expand, in ice for the rest of the month.

Lake Erie is one of the five Great Lakes. And since it is the shallowest of the five, there is always greater chance of its getting frozen completely.

Meanwhile, ice chunks are reportedly floating off the coast of Dunkirk, N.Y., too. And this is something more unusual than Erie getting covered by ice. Because on that part, the lake is at its deepest and it will generally be the last place to freeze.

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