I once experienced a storm surge on Lake Superior. I was camped with friends on a low beach in a bay in Pukaskwa National Park when a rainstorm passed by the mouth of the bay. Suddenly the water rose several inches and swirled onto the beach, putting out the fire in the Coleman double-burner stove I was cooking dinner on. The water remained high several minutes, then slowly drained away. I always assumed that low pressure associated with the rainstorm caused the surge. An alternate explanation would be the wake from an ore or grain ship that was over the horizon. However, Pukaskwa is far from the shipping lanes, so that explanation seems unlikely. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 26 2002 - 08:55:19 PST
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