St. Louis Arrival “Icepacolypse” 2018

[@raybin6873]

St Luey....my hometown. I remember seeing all those river barges going up and down the river...Peabody coal trains crossing the railroad river bridges....and of course the snow and ice. Brrrrr - gets pretty cold there.....but I now live in Georgia.

[@Missed49]

Thanks for posting, Captain. I was born in Cape Girardeau and my grandmother told me she had crossed the river with mules and a wagon when she was a child around 1900. I never saw it freeze that hard in the 50's or 60's.

[@barrypultz1811]

excellent film documentation of the "Granite City Locks" and the wild life !!!!! Headin South under The Eads Bridge !!!!! and the Arch !!!!! nice stills ...... "It's a beautiful Day" thanks so much marktwained

[@waylon7359]

Home sweet home. I miss the days of being on the river with my dad . Captain Orick.

[@ronnieflorence8774]

The best you every put out. Thanks ICE!

[@gaspode2005]

Fantastic images - thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe guys.

[@briancummings9122]

I just LOVE this guy,, thanks for the video's

[@williamwintemberg]

Boy Oh Boy! Beauty and Danger all at once. Great Job!

[@budm9982]

Started watching this one because its our home town. Now its our new drinking game vid. Take a shot every time you say "ice". Have yet to make it past 10 minutes before passing out.

[@buffalostate1]

cool seeing from the river view. I live very close to the river around there. Ive never seen it that bad.

[@rdwatson]

Great timelapse at 12:30. Thanks for the video

[@bradolsen9981]

Ice is your word of the day

[@roygunter3244]

Seeing those deckhands out there breaking up and making up tow reminds me of working one winter on deck. So you want to work on the river, come on out it is all gravy but some of it gets lumpy.

[@barrypultz1811]

Final destination Consolidated grain and Barge Company !!! and Old Man river keeps flowin by !!!!! thanks...

[@BowzerTowboats]

Amazing video and time lapse. I wonder just how far south this ice is getting to?

[@marktwained]

Last week it was gorging up just a few miles upriver from Cairo. There were boats getting hung up and not able to shove through. Worst I’ve ever seen that far down.

[@crocodile1313]

I always wondered about the waiting that riverboats have to do. Like at the beginning of this one where it looked like he had to wait at least over one night before it was his turn at the lock. I'm guessing that those tugs have sleeping quarters and kitchens to pass the time. If you ran out of food or booze in transit, does the newest, greenest guy have to ride a dingy to shore to get more?

[@DonaldKing23]

That is amazing.

[@FergusonTO30]

I've noticed on some shoreline barge moorings, typically two large chains are used. Are the chains permanently linked to one barge, to which all others attach? New Sub

[@marktwained]

Yes, generally it is. It is a “spar” barge or anchor barge. They are normally older barges retired from service, and used for tying off.

[@FergusonTO30]

Thanks for the quick reply!

[@schmidt60410]

Don't worry about that coyote unless he's carrying a box of ACME Explosives.

[@josephezra4249]

i guess it's pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to stream newly released movies online?

[@jmurphy1973]

Ya know, if y'all would leave our ice alone, the rivers are some of the best high speed snowmobile riding around. Honestly, I don't know if I'd trust a big river like the Mississippi but smaller ones like the Cedar and Iowa Rivers in Iowa are awesome for a long high speed run.

[@RayJProductions97]

This is the coldest winter St. Louis has had in 20 years

[@MrSuzuki1187]

How deep is the river near the St. aLouis Arch?

[@rodransome3783]

How do you use depth finders on front of tow when there is ice?

[@deweys]

Sorry if you answered this elsewhere.. But does this cause any damage to your boat?

[@marktwained]

It can be hard on equipment. We did not have any damage from this trip.

[@bradhig]

St. Louis was my old hometown. How bad does the ice have to get before they close the river?

[@captain__devin]

bradhig I work in st.louis harbor it don't shut down. EVER.

[@robfraley4210]

Now I remember just WHY we moved to Floow’da... ✅👍😎☀️

[@СергейБрехов-о7и]

Какой год постройки судна?

[@donniecarlisle2296]

Look cold

[@barrypultz1811]

the final still photo ...... !

[@xx2345000]

Thank goodness you pronounce Coyote correctly!

[@barrypultz1811]

I always thought it was coyoteeee

[@neillsmart213]

@@barrypultz1811 depends on where you're from? Downunder we would say the same as you

[@bradolsen9981]

Sorry about you and Shonda yes and why are things just don’t work out sometimes

[@marktwained]

I’m much better off, and happier. She was dead weight to our relationship. That’s about all I care to say about her.

[@stanpatterson5033]

You can use the word "ICE" all you want. All that we ask is that you don't let it come out as "Ice Ice Baby..." Please. As for this video, you've assembled an ice composition... whoops, I meant a nice composition here with a good balance of video and still shots. Very icely done.

[@marktwained]

Thanks for compliment. Glad you enjoyed. I held back my temptation of using any music or rapper references. Haha

[@brickit26]

Iceage

[@stevenallen9359]

I wonder if he was ever told in or out when he was a kid. LOL

[@tonyseelbach7642]

GREAT VIDEO... tell me the cat went back to shore!

[@marktwained]

It was a coyote. I see them quite often on riverbank along there. Yes, it went back to shore.

[@jmurphy1973]

That has got to be murder on the props.

[@marktwained]

Not a problem. They chew up ice pretty well.

[@joeyritchie6151]

Are they brass props or steel?

[@MrNstone2007]

They just tied us up due to all the runaway barges hopefully not for long ROBERT DEAN MOORE be safe

[@marktwained]

On upper end of Ohio River? I heard something about it, but just spotty information.

[@marktwained]

Y’all be safe as well.

[@MrNstone2007]

Yeah the new Cumberland lock on the Ohio

[@MrNstone2007]

It was a mess I believe the count was 67 loose a few tankers three made there way over the locks

[@mikemoore8135]

Have you ever seen it this bad before?

[@marktwained]

It’s worst I’ve dealt with. I’ll have more footage. It was bad all the way to Cairo. It was gorging up and stopping boats just upriver from confluence of Mississippi and Ohio rivers

[@cajunbabu]

Wait till the big thaw comes...it's all gonna head south. Hope the flooding won't be too bad.

[@marktwained]

I would prefer running on flood river as any, on the Lower Mississippi. I can make much better time north and south. When it gets high we can cut of river miles by running slack water outside of channel.