Spring may be days away but if history is any indication, Mother Nature isn't done with winter just yet. At least not in New York. Remember the ice house 5 years ago?
The first Saturday in February, people from across the region bundle up and head to Hanford Mills Museum for its annual Ice Harvest Festival. Using historic tools, children and adults can walk out on the frozen mill pond to cut and maneuver blocks of ice. The ice blocks are pushed up a ramp and then loaded onto sleds, which are hauled to a traditional ice house.
Okay, maybe not such a great idea. A home owner in Connecticut wanted to drain his pool recently, so he did what he thought was the right thing: hire professionals to do the job.
The pool company sent over a guy to do what should have been a fairly simple and straightforward task, right? Thi...