Slushy, half frozen ocean waves on Nantucket beaches

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SLUSHY, HALF-FROZEN WAVES ON NANTUCKET

A never-seen-before phenomenon is puzzling Nantucket (Massachusetts): Silent slushy waves were oozing onto the beaches a few days ago. And the following, colder day - the ocean was frozen...

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boston.cbslocal.com...
NEARLY FROZEN WAVES CAPTURED ON CAMERA

www.dailymail.co.uk... dict-going-stay-cold-week.html
SLURPEE WAVES IN NEW ENGLAND




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originally posted by: MKMoniker
A never-seen-before phenomenon is puzzling Nantucket (Massachusetts):

I don't know about that. I grew up in Connecticut and I remember lots of ice in the ocean at the beach when I was a kid. Nantucket isn't that far away. ETA ... not the slush waves, but chunky waves. I guess that's different.

a reply to: MKMoniker

That's pretty awesome. Nice find.

I've seen the ocean freeze up, but this is pretty cool and I've never seen anything like it.

S&F

a reply to: FlyersFan

Thanks for responding.

I'm not a scientist, but I wonder if any of this especially-cold winter is due to the drifting magnetic North Pole:

www.newsminer.com...
(Dec. 2014) DRIFTING MAGNETIC NORTH POLE NUDGES FAIRBANKS CLOSER TO MAGNETIC NORTH

www.ngdc.noaa.gov...
THE WORLD MAGNETIC MODEL

www.ngdc.noaa.gov...
GEOMAGNETISM

a reply to: Ksihkehe

Thank you!

a reply to: MKMoniker

That's really odd!

Down right beautiful, does anyone know if there's any video of it? I would love to see that! I live on Long Island. And although we don't have frozen waves here, we do have frozen bays. I never thought I'd be able to walk out on ocean, but I did the other day.
I walked from the tree line.

a reply to: MDpvc

I couldn't find any video on the "slushy waves" from Nantucket. But here's video of "slushy waves" from Alaska:

www.youtube.com...
SLUSHY SURF IN ALASKA