More snow more over flow, you think and some ideas if you go in the water
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And a particularly good point to note:
Listen to Professor Popsicle on what to do:
"Most people have a completely wrong conception about what happens if you go in ice water. They think that you'll become hypothermic within minutes. And this actually causes people to panic and make bad decisions and make a bad situation worse.
"Really, when you're wearing winter clothing, like you would be on a snowmobile, the average person will have between half an hour to 45 minutes before they actually become clinically hypothermic.
"So don't panic. Keep your wits about you. Get your breathing under control.
"Put your arms up on the ice and kick your legs until your body becomes horizontal, near the surface of the water. And it's actually as simple as that. You just kick your legs and you'll end up coming up like that and then you kick and pull yourself horizontally up on the ice."
If you can continue to crawl out (ice picks help), you can save yourself. But even if you only get halfway out, you will significantly increase the period of time that you can survive until someone arrives to help.
It's no miracle. It's survival.