It seems that there are an awful lot of concerns over the thickness of the ice. Although I do not ice fish it is hard not to follow all the threads each year. So with all the massive crowds coming what happens if there isn’t enough safe ice to handle everyone?
Whose fault is it if people do go through? Do you blame the organizers or does it all fall onto the shoulders of those venturing onto the ice?
Just curious how is it determined that there IS enough frozen ice to handle the amount of people that are expected?
I'm not trying to discredit the organizers but rather understand how the decision is made when conditions are as they are this year. I know when snowmobile trails cross lakes where we ride there has to be at least 6 inches or more of solid ice from one side to the other. Any less and they wait to put the markers up.