>> Chuck - You may have experienced a seiche. These happen when the air pressure is lower in one part of great lake than other. It sets up something that is usually described as being similar to water sloshing in a bowl: it goes up on one side and down on the other, then switches. These are not all that rare on the Great Lakes. >> I have experienced seiches on Lake Superior, but they were periodic and much slower. This was a one-time event, and very rapid compared to the seiches. But this was not the only strange thing I have seen in Pukaskwa. On another, very still, day on the same trip we were paddling along the shore north of Michipicoten Island when I noticed tall clouds developing over Michipicoten and the mainland to the north. Gradually these clouds grew higher and higher, forming tall pillars. Finally they reached a thin layer of mackerel clouds, where the cloud pillars began to spread out fpr miles in all directions, a band of clear blue sky always separating them from the pre-existing layer of clouds. Ihad never seen this phenomenon before, and have never seen it since. 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 Fri Dec 27 2002 - 20:38:14 PST
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