Da big lake is angry

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Skylar

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21 foot waves, holy wah!


...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY. A GALE
WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY.

* EXPECT SUSTAINED STORM FORCE WINDS OR FREQUENT STORM FORCE
GUSTS UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY.

* DURING THE STORM WARNING...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF
UP TO 42 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 8 PM EDT FRIDAY.
FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR THE
LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 21 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 12 AM EDT SATURDAY.

* EXPECT SUSTAINED GALE FORCE WINDS OR FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS
FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY.

* DURING THE GALE WARNING...PLAN ON THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED
WINDS OF UP TO 35 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST TO OCCUR AROUND 2
AM EDT SATURDAY. GUSTS OF UP TO 45 KNOTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
LOOK FOR THE LARGEST WAVES OF UP TO 21 FEET TO OCCUR AROUND 2
AM EDT SATURDAY.
 
Admin

Admin

Administrator
Staff member
She was angry. Took lots of pictures, will share in tomorrow's journal.

-John
 
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techsledder

Member
Going across the Big Mack last night the escorts were mandatory. First time for me... The waves were huge from what we saw!
 
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frnash

Active member
It looks like an extended power outage at da eastern tip o' da Keweenaw too, including Copper Harbor. ZIP 49918, 75 customers affected, still out as I write.

Also still out: ZIP 49950 (Fulton, Mohawk, Eagle River (MI), Central, Bete Gris) 27 customers; ZIP 49984 (Shingleton, Melstrand), 21 customers.

Click for a report of UP Power Co. current electric outages, updated every 15 minutes.
 
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frnash

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Well Copper Harbor is alive and well once again. Sharon Smith reports (in her September 4 Journal) having to drive to the top of Brockway with her cell phone to make an emergency phone call, since the AT&T land lines were out, with an estimated repair time of next Tuesday(!), she was on generator power at home for over 32 hours, and:
"The nice man I got at UPPCO explained that a very high wind gust (estimated 80 to 100 mph!) had hit a main power pole and exploded it, and it was taking some time and a lot of checking to get it repaired."
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She further reports:
"I was just looking at the data for the mid-Superior buoy, which is the closest one to us. The peak of the storm apparently was between 4:00 and 6:00 last night, when the wind was blowing at a steady 44.7mph (they don't report gusts), and at 6:00 the waves were 15 feet high."
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Fortunately AT&T apparently had the land lines working by early Saturday afternoon.

Further, as of 4:00AM (EDT) Sunday 9/5/2010, UPPCO is still reporting 13 customers without power in ZIP 49950 (Fulton, Mohawk, Eagle River (MI), Central, Bete Gris)!

Ol' Superior sure was in a rage, and we aren't even in the "Gales of November" yet!
 
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polarisrider1

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Looks like another round is coming for tuesday. 40 mph winds? waves? the whole shooting match! Not going to be a fine day for a picnic or a boat ride.
 
eagle1

eagle1

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Since it was such a nice day on my day off today I headed to the big lake (by me anyways) Lake Winnebago. Took some pics, winds were 30 to 40 MPH. Not as impressive as Superior but cool none the less.

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