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| Ice engulfs barns in the Tunbridge World's Fair grounds. Photo via mychamplainvalley.com |
Although the fair has gentrified somewhat, it's still a great hint of a throwback to the Way Things Used To Be.
Mother Nature threw a curve ball, or should I say an ice ball to the Tunbridge World's Fair during that thaw and rain storm on January 24.
The fairgrounds is in a floodplain for the first branch of the White River. The thaw and rains broke up the river's ice, and huge chunks of it filled the fairgrounds, according to mychamplainvalley.com Some of the ice chunks are the size of boulders.
The ice filled some of the livestock barns with up to five feet of ice. And the ice chunks badly battered those structures.
The Valley News reports that as many as eight barns were damaged. Luckily, barns that store expensive equipment and peoples' RVs and other pricey things are on higher ground and were not damaged.
There's so much ice nobody can get in and assess how much damage there is. They'll have to wait until the ice melts in the spring to assess the damage and make repairs.
The good news is the fair isn't until early autumn, so there is so time to get everything back in shape. Fair organizers said they would have everything ready for the fair come hell, high water or ice.
Of course, the bad new is we still have the spring thaw to go through, which could make things worse. As could February thaws, like we're having now.
I don't think this particular warm spell will cause much harm in Tunbridge or elsewhere. It won't rain all that much, and temperatures will slip below freezing again Tuesday afternoon or evening. Another possible thaw is due Thursday or Friday, but again, the rain won't be super heavy and another freeze will come in Friday night.
Here's the news report from Local 22 and 44 in Vermont:
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