Ice Rinks at Gilbert Park: Two This Year, Neither Ready
After a winter in which the park saw no skating, the Park District of La Grange has added a dedicated hockey rink, but the weather prognosis continues to be poor.
Although the Park District of La Grange has expanded its Gilbert Park ice-skating service to two rinks this year, neither is yet operational—and it appear that neither will be anytime soon, either. “Neither of them are frozen solid, so neither of them are open,” said the Park District’s Superintendent of Facilities Chris Finn. “It’s all dependent on the weather. We need several nights and days of below freezing for it to freeze completely, and they have to be 100 percent frozen.” Finn said that the Park District added the second rink due to popular demand and the need for safety. The larger east rink will be for general skating, while the smaller west rink closer to Gilbert Avenue is exclusively for hockey, keeping pucks and sticks far …
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Ben
1:08 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Here's a relevant quote from a climatologist for articles like this, Darren: "2012 has been the warmest calendar year on record for the continental U.S. according to NCDC data going back to 1895." The data and quote is here: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=112 And here's a user-friendly short video from the National Science Foundation on how our thawed ice … more ›