{"id":40718,"date":"2014-03-29T06:56:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T10:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=39711"},"modified":"2014-03-29T06:56:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T10:56:53","slug":"sudden-danger-thawing-woods-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/sudden-danger-thawing-woods-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden Danger In Forest Thaw (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-1.48.10-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/files\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-1.48.10-PM-600x583.png\" alt=\"Vermont ice jam, March 2014\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39712\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOccasional spring thaws began several weeks ago in parts of the country. As Lewis and Susan Case hiked along Felchner Brook in the placid, mid-March woods of Vermont, they thought they were just making a nice amateur video of a brief walk on a cloudy day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Suddenly, things changed. A roar smacked into the peaceful silence, and Felchner Brook exploded with hurtling water, ice, and debris.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=516074638503650\" data-width=\"500\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSCaribou\/videos\/516074638503650\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>&#8230;Stay away from ice jams!&#8230;This video demonstrates how quickly a flood can occur when an ice jam finally releases&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSCaribou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US National Weather Service Caribou ME<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NWSCaribou\/videos\/516074638503650\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wednesday, March 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Skilling, Chicago\u2019s famed weathercaster and meteorologist, explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlooding brought on by ice dams can hit with frightening strength and speed&#8211;as illustrated by this video posted by Bill Morris, National Weather Weather Service-Chicago hydrologist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morris, who reports on Illinois river floods and timing, obtained the terrifying thaw footage from colleagues at the National Weather Service office in Caribou, Maine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0m79UmFnVaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Creek flooding can be spectacular, but river ice jams, like the one on the Delaware on January 9, 2014 (above) cause disaster in many parts of the country. 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