The Mackinac Bridge was closed again on Wednesday after wind tapping ice cream loosely

“In contrast to high wind closures, in which weather forecasts can give us solid information about when winching, it is guessing when ice cream falls and it is just a guess,” said Kim Nowack, director of Mackinac Bridge, in a press release. “Factors such as wind, sunshine and rising temperatures can give us indications that falling ice may be imminent, but not a clear timing. For the safety of everyone involved, we simply have to keep our system: If ice cream falls out of the towers and cables, we close the bridge until it stops.”