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Title: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: Buckshots on Jan 21, 2019, 12:21 PM

I just read on the news that a father and his three young children went through the ice in a vehicle on Storm Lake. Sounds like he got all three children out and onto the ice but an eight year old child and the father did not make it. The other two children are in the hospital with really bad frostbite. Horrible Tragedy. Does anyone know how much ice is on Storm Lake? I can’t imagine there’s much yet alone enough for a vehicle.

Title: Re: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: mlee3553 on Jan 21, 2019, 03:46 PM

I read something that they slid off the road, not on it fishing, and broke through. All hearsay though, just very sad regardless.

Title: Re: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: Buckshots on Jan 21, 2019, 03:56 PM

I just heard that too. That would make more sense as far as why there was a vehicle on the ice!

Title: Re: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: Ice_Fly_Guy on Jan 21, 2019, 04:52 PM

That's absolutely terrible.  I almost had a similar incident yesterday at Black Hawk Lake.  Going around a little curve by the floating dock, it was super slick and I had to choose between the lake and a couple trees.  I took the trees.  I'm glad I was only going about 10 MPH.

Title: Re: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: Bates on Jan 21, 2019, 06:41 PM

News said they were swimming at Kings Pointe earlier in the day. People seen them driving on the lake and go through and called it in.

Title: Re: Storm Lake Tragedy
Post by: Agronomist_at_IA on Jan 21, 2019, 10:17 PM

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