Is this normal? I don't think it is.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Sad part is that Climate Change deniers will try to use this to try to prove their point even it proves the science that it's real.

[left-of-center2012]

1. So why would it not be normal?

I don't know where this one is but I know there are lighthouses in Maine and if an icy rain fell they could become covered in ice.

Why not?

Why would they be immune to ice?

[wyn borkins]

2. Ice Is Quite Normal During Michigan Winters

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That lighthouse lives in St. Joseph, Michigan USA, and this link depicts that it does indeed 'ice-up' (there).

[Kaleva]

3. Water spray and temps below 32 produce ice.

[GoneOffShore]

4. 7 Dec 1971 I boarded a freighter in Toronto. By Quebec City, the north side of the ship

looked like that.

Further up The Seaway the ice fell off.

[alphafemale]

5. Lighthouses are next to splashing water

And temps below 32 degrees are common in the winter.

[MissMillie]

6. one or two years doesn't make a trend

only those that can pass 4th grade science understand that

[PJMcK]

7. Climate is different than weather

It's a distinction that is lost on the who deny the human influences on our planet.

Ice will form whenever there's water and a temperature below 32º F. Throw is a strong wind and you'll see the nearly horizontal icicles develop. This video depicts a weather event in a very cold place.

Just because it's cold in some parts of the Earth doesn't mean that the average temperature of the whole planet hasn't increased. This is what climate relates to.

Regardless, thanks for the video, Lady FR. It's quite beautiful and it shows some of the incredible variety of our world.

Have a great week.

[NutmegYankee]

8. It happens often - many years it's even more extensive.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. Shoot, this kind of thing even happens in NC.

I remember my car being encased in ice one morning way back in my college years. Fairly normal occurrence when the conditions are right.

[Emile]

10. Frozen lighthouses is very common. Check these out!

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/fantastic-frozen-lighthouses-michigan

[Groundhawg]

11. Yes it's normal.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. I hate to pile on but I am very interested in why this wouldn't be normal.