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05-11-2013, 01:26 PM
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| Wall of ice destroys homes in Manitoba
That's some crazy The Day After Tomorrow shit going on right now. Quote:
A local state of emergency has been declared in a western Manitoba municipality after homes in Ochre Beach were destroyed and seriously damaged by a wave of lake ice.
Area officials told CBC News the wind pushed built-up ice off Dauphin Lake on Friday evening and caused it to pile up in the community, located on the lake's southern shore.
The piles of ice, which were more than nine metres tall in some cases, destroyed at least six homes and cottages, according to the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.
Another 14 homes suffered extensive damage, with some structures knocked off their foundations.
Clayton Watts, Ochre River's deputy reeve, said it's a miracle no one was hurt.
He told CBC News one minute people were watching hockey in their living rooms, the next they heard something that sounded like a freight train near their homes.
"It happened so quick," said Watts. "And you can't predict it — not like water that slowly comes up."
Watts said there are several cabins that were completely flattened by the wall of ice that came at them.
"The ice is over top of them, they've been crushed, there's nothing left," he said.
"There are other cabins that have been knocked right off their footings," he continued. "There's ice right over top of some of the cabins, coming over the roof on the other side."
The damage is even more traumatic for some, he added, as many of the homes in the area were ruined by flooding in 2011.
Dozens of properties in Ochre Beach and Dauphin Beach were evacuated due to extremely high lake levels that spring.
"They're devastated. Most of these people were hit pretty hard during the flood," said Watts.
"Most of them were just back to the stage where they were back living in their homes again. And now this has happened. So they're pretty devastated right now."
Ochre Beach is about 300 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and 20 kilometres east of Dauphin.
Wall of ice destroys Manitoba homes, cottages - Manitoba - CBC News | 
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05-11-2013, 02:29 PM
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05-11-2013, 02:57 PM
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Oh shit.. insurance companies are gona be busy! lol
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05-11-2013, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo  Oh shit.. insurance companies are gona be busy! lol | In the article it said damage by ice is not cover......
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