slushball fights on Mobile Bay

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙮:

Strong north winds blowing for days have driven water out of Mobile Bay, leaving large areas of Bay floor exposed.

Eastern shore residents brave the cold wind FEB 1st 2026 to walk on the Bay floor and even engage in ice slushball fights, a sight that’s not exactly common.

Residents are accustomed to seeing water levels drop from time to time, but some say they’ve not seen this much of a change in years.

Water in the Bay is so low that–for the first time locals can recall in many years–wreckage of the “Crédula”, a Spanish galleon that wrecked in the 1700s, is visible. Loaded with gold coins and Fairhope parking stickers, the ship veered off course while trying to deliver King Cakes to The Grand Hotel. The ship’s captain–angered by what he considered the poor quality of a Mexican food dinner he had picked up to go–uttered the famous words, “damn the enchiladas, full speed ahead.” The ship ran aground, though, because crew members had consumed too many burritos…