Storm in NE October 28-29, 2006

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Wayne McCown

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I just posted four photos of L. Ontario (located at the end of the Little Mac Album). As the winds picked up to 40+ mph (some areas got gusts of 55+ mph), the lake appeared like an ocean with waves (rollers) of 20+ feet.
 
Wayne, it was quite a storm on the coast of Maine too! We're in Downeast Maine, about 70 miles from the Canadian border. We had high winds/rain for the better part of two days and were without power for 30+ hours. Just south of us, they had gusts over 80mph and I don't doubt that it approached that here. We're on top of a rock overlooking little Kennebec Bay looking south into the ocean. Glad my boat is safe in the garage in Virginia!

Charlie
 
It was not as bad here as had been predicted. A Storm Watch was issued for L. Ontario (which means they expected winds of 55+ mph) and our local weatherman (who is quite expert) predicted the waves at 5 miles offshore would exceed 30 feet.

I don't think it got quite that bad. But I did not venture out in my C-Dory to find out!
 
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