Bass fisherman;Huge NE winds on Long Point then switched to huge SW winds, can't imagine how much snow has drifted into the marshes and along the Point.I can't see the huts in close at Old Cut.Most of the huts on the bay were ok three narrower huts flipped over. It sure is a beautiful day here today.
I watch a site from the States especially when the winds are gales from one direction then the opposite to watch the levels of Lake Erie.You can see that the level at Toledo rose 42 inches above normal then dropped 50 inches when the wind changed to the west.At Buffalo it was the opposite,rising 60 inches, at Erie it rose 40 inches or so.Is it any wonder with the water dropping or rising 5ft. that the ice starts breaking up and moving around? This event looks like it's a similar time frame as the guy parking in the lake.
Toledo Station; http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=9063085+Toledo,+OH+&flag=0
Erie Station; http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=9063038+Erie,+PA+&flag=0
Buffalo Station; http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=9063020+Buffalo,+NY+&flag=0
List all Local Stations;http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov/monitor.html
Note; The levels at Erie PA. seem to be closest to LP
The crack that the sleder drove into was supposed open up. It's opened up, I think, in the outer Bay.
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