Chagrin River Ice over dam in Gates Mills 2/17/2011

On February 17, 2011, I was able to get in front of a tidal wave of ice the size of my car heading down the Chagrin River in Gates Mills, Ohio. I stood at the damn in the heart of Gates Mills. Unfortunately, the damn was breached and swept away by flood waters only 4 days ago.

[@BilltheTulaneGuy]

I feel the presence of Post10…
One of the best ice jam vids…
I am lost,why is this on my feed.
I seriously think something is very wrong with the TH-cam algorithm.
Thanks Algorithm!

[@bereamikebassmaster]

Totally freaking amazing,never seen anything like this

[@treynolds6]

Thanks for posting! This almost certainly contributed to the dam's collapse 2 weeks later.

[@gordonmccoy4537]

Impressive.... Thanks for posting...! Gordon

[@briang6040]

That is amazing! We don't see things like this here in Georgia.

[@treynolds6]

Two weeks later, the dam crumbled. The river is now free flowing from lake Erie to Chagrin Falls. We have steelhead trout fishing and a much healthier, prettier river! Losing that dam was the best thing to happen to the Chagrin, ever.

[@kheart1267]

This is so relaxing

[@lnr12241]

Even with all that flow and a waterfall the level is still rising, mother nature is awesome and powerful

[@jeffharper7579]

People need to realize that mother nature will always win!

[@jbolo5378]

Good capture!

[@riparianlife97701]

Great catch!

[@rosewhite---]

amazing! we don't get frozen rivers in UK these days!

[@derail14]

its a wonder of nature, yer only seeing the top parts of the ice, most of the ice in under water, some hunks as big as a house. just goes to show water is the most powerfull force ever know to man, you can contain it but you can not stop it.

[@sarajanesmith3892]

That's so cool 😎!!

[@wingmanalive]

That's just crazy!

[@cosmosabinodossantos3977]

MAGNÍFIQUE

[@tted5434]

Good catch.

[@hebneh]

The ice skating season on that particular river ended abruptly.

[@everready19373]

That's about 30 minutes from my house. I'll have to check it out in a few weeks.

[@kolla123]

Size of your car huh?

[@joebring9079]

What Dam?

[@doctormcboy5009]

im glad i live down south
but that looks cool

[@ireneobrien101]

A M A Z I N G ! ! !

[@theholytoast]

Mother Nature's Margarita machine.

[@SkyWardDude]

Wow

[@locouk]

The poor dish, they must be freezing cold bumping into ice because the water is so murky.

[@yggdrasil9039]

Quick, one last ice skate before the season ends

[@CaptCrewSock]

@PittsburghCopBlock Have you been speed balling?

[@keithsage1593]

We need more video.

[@aubreybryan5332]

Imagine attempting to Walk across that not knowing the Dept of the ice

[@hebneh]

And away it goes, turned into slush by its trip over the falls.

[@ROGER2095]

Upstream: Ice sheets.
Downstream: Slurpee.

[@tonylang7526]

PINE CRK PA, 70mi OF 12-15in THICK ICE GAVE WAY SUPERBOWL SNDY TO BIG FLDG AND SHKING SCENES!!!

[@mr2gti]

Face it - Nature pwns all!

[@zeekthehammer269]

stand back and zoom in so it doesnt pull you in lol

[@CaptCrewSock]

Hey it's cotten candy and the gross chocolate wonderfall, only bigger.

[@Phanhoavananh]

Long time ago

[@erocoptics5642]

Like one big giant slushy

[@staceymagoch8729]

The damn was gone the next day

[@jlpj203]

😳

[@annetteelliott1494]

Chocolate river with whipped cream......

[@timothyhorner3152]

Who saw the lion in the thumbnail

[@halfpipefreak]

un fucking believable !! awesome :D

[@jb-ik8sj]

Swim at your own risk!

[@ashokanas1046]

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[@wicia85276]

president

[@jamesrockne8671]

Shakey camera work

[@earlhaupenthal2444]

Climate change sped up

[@WildMessages]

Wow