Frozen floodwater

[NorthernRaider]

I remember that actually happening in the early 60s when I was a youngster, we had heavy snow, then a quick thaw followed by very heavy rain and most flat areas were covered with 2 ft of water, then it froze, didnt half bugger up the phone lines, and in some grave yards the recently deceased floated to the surface.

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Frozen ground will suffer from heave like tundra and steppe does, in Canada they dont bury their telegraph poles they make them into a tripod type thing instead. A good freeze on the land they way it is now would destroy many miles of road surface.