When we had a cat I would turn the treadmill on while the cat sleeps on it and zing! he's gone... oh and I got and RC Truck to chase him with too. I kind of miss Max but I'm very allergic to cats.
The best thing anyone can do that doesn't know a lake can get a depth chart. Find out where rivers come in and go out. That is where the ice is going to be thin at all times. My lake has an underwater river about mid way down the lake, I would never take my car out there... Scugog, I'm ok with taking my 2006 out there after the new year and I've tested many an area on the ice by foot. I would not go up to the far North end of Scugog in my car, sled yes but I don't have one...
so much on my plate as of late I missed this. I hope they are WRONG and it was a bad scan/test. I know what the waiting time is like and it SUCKS not knowing! I'm not the praying kind but I'm sending best wishes your way.
oh and a float suit is a must! Even if you use snowpants and a floater jacket, they need help to find the body you know if you go out and it's far from safe...
where is that pic someone had about ice thickness and what is considered safe? like, walking, sled/atv, car then truck, you know the one... I walk most times but when the ice is nice and safe I take my AWD car out. depends where I am too.
Terry, do you let the cat drift back on a board till it get's far enough out and then pull the board out from under it? I hear that add's to the action due to the shock of what just happened to me thoughts running through the cat's mind.