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[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It has been a long time since most of those places have been cold enough, long enough, to have a lake become that solidly frozen. It has been 30+ years since I have seen this happen in the mid atlantic.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The water's really deep there, too, so it's riskier. Isn't that were the Titanic sunk?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think by "mid Atlantic" they mean a city in the US on the Atlantic coastline, but not the northern tip of the country, or the southern end. The mid part. But they're talking about lakes or rivers in those areas, not the ocean itself.

[–] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think there may have been a joke in there.

Or maybe not.

Nope, nobody jokes on the Internet. In fact, it's illegal.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

I think you missed the joke.

That's the north atlantic ocean

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’ve lived in the mid Atlantic my entire life and have never driven on a frozen lake.

I do my donuts in parking lots that haven’t been salted or plowed yet.

back in the 90s there was a couple times lakes in western PA/NY froze over enough people were out driving on them.