tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post3194604587520299750..comments2023-05-24T09:41:52.181-04:00Comments on Running In the Yard Next Door: It's Official. . .Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-34981455182007860102012-11-04T14:30:56.652-05:002012-11-04T14:30:56.652-05:00May is a little early (but only a little) for dipp...May is a little early (but only a little) for dipping one's toes in the Great Lakes. Jen and I took a walk on the beach on Lake Michigan in April, once. Which was fine, until we decided to let the waves (which had been ice a couple weeks previously) wash over our toes. . .<br /><br />Jen's first great act of, uh, marital obedience was on our honeymoon, when I, uh encouraged her to join me swimming in Lake Superior. In August. The water temp might, or might not have, been above 50F. Which, for Superior, is about as warm as it ever gets. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-34083143058107110922012-11-04T12:58:31.167-05:002012-11-04T12:58:31.167-05:00hardcore, man....seriously hardcore. i swam in on...hardcore, man....seriously hardcore. i swam in ontario in may 1987 and still have the frostbite to prove itlimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-31550544512739019472012-11-03T17:54:16.740-04:002012-11-03T17:54:16.740-04:00Lime - Well, you just need your winter wet-suit. ....<b>Lime</b> - Well, you just need your winter wet-suit. . .<br /><br />I saw an article once about an actual group of Great Lakes surfers. The lakes don't get surf-able waves all that often, but it happens from time to time, and these guys are gonzo. They keep each other posted, and anytime there are waves bigger than six feet anywhere on the lakes, they put the word out, and converge on the place as quickly as possible (which can be challenging, if you're in Minnesota, and the waves are on Lake Ontario). And it wouldn't surprise you, would it, to hear that surf-able waves on the Great Lakes are most common in October and November. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-10472104469834996062012-11-03T14:12:29.430-04:002012-11-03T14:12:29.430-04:00so you could have taken surfboards out on the lake...so you could have taken surfboards out on the lakes, huh? of course that's provided you're ok with a little hypothermia...limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-37262149776733132982012-11-02T22:24:39.719-04:002012-11-02T22:24:39.719-04:00corgi - Hi, and welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
...<b>corgi</b> - Hi, and welcome! Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />The ultra-storm is gone from here; judging from the accounts of those who bore the brunt of it, we just took a glancing blow. . .<br /><br />I've pretty much come to the position that snow is for January and February, and the latter half of December. Once the calendar flips to March, I'm quite adamant that winter is, and by right ought to be, over. . .<br /><br />;)<br /><br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-52045386082200039692012-11-02T19:42:24.818-04:002012-11-02T19:42:24.818-04:00first time visiting/commenting on your blog. I hop...first time visiting/commenting on your blog. I hope more pleasant fall weather has returned to your neck of the woods as the superstorm has moved on. I do remember liking the first snow of the year when we lived in Montana and the March snows because winter was winding down; just never crazy too much with the January snows. I'm on the west coast now so Sandy didn't cause any damage to us, though sympathize so much with those that got devastated from the storm.<br /><br />enjoy the weekend<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-10037941322278584412012-11-02T10:09:30.726-04:002012-11-02T10:09:30.726-04:00Sailor - Wow, that's a long time to be without...<b>Sailor</b> - Wow, that's a long time to be without power. The longest I've ever had to go without power is 2 days. The first night was kinda fun, and we made an adventure of it with the kids. By the second night, it was feeling like a pain. . .<br /><br />We have a big ol' maple tree in our back yard that's been coming down by stages. About a third of it split off and fell one winter, and another third fell in a windstorm a couple years back. So we've got a nice pile of firewood from that. The third that's left is doing OK for now, but we really need to just go ahead and take it down (but - do you know how much the tree services want, to take down a big tree like that?)<br /><br /><b>Xavier</b> - So no flooding, then? That's merciful. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-83205166284762031312012-11-01T19:59:37.361-04:002012-11-01T19:59:37.361-04:00yeah, really thankful as many hear were traumatize...yeah, really thankful as many hear were traumatized just from the thought of another storm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-85265539575764835402012-11-01T18:58:20.082-04:002012-11-01T18:58:20.082-04:0085+ Major winds, not so much rain, and thankfully,...85+ Major winds, not so much rain, and thankfully, we're inland so no storm surge, etc- but still without power (they're projecting 11/10, now), and it's chilly- but the roof stayed on, and I can replace shutters and the lost trees, while saddening, will become firewood for next year.<br /><br />Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01439394316761968708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-53866992216037867572012-10-31T16:51:18.348-04:002012-10-31T16:51:18.348-04:00Xavier - That's one big-ass storm. . .
And so...<b>Xavier</b> - That's one big-ass storm. . .<br /><br />And sometimes it's nice to get bypassed, eh?<br /><br /><b>Skip</b> - Yeah, it was a little more 'real' here, when we had our own rain (& snow!) and 50-mph wind. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-91037882042932117052012-10-31T12:36:23.008-04:002012-10-31T12:36:23.008-04:00It's really hard to relate when you're 280...It's really hard to relate when you're 2800 miles away. Though the New York media has been hitting us over the head with it for a couple of days now. They have pretty much shined on what the storm did in Haiti before it ever blasted Cuba. <br />I watched the "World News" last night and it was all about New York City. The local station cut away half way through their "special one-hour broadcast."<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-82259663235044109692012-10-30T22:57:53.886-04:002012-10-30T22:57:53.886-04:00everyone around here was bracing for the worst, th...everyone around here was bracing for the worst, this being just a year after Irene/Lee trashed us so bad. fortunately we were prepared but passed by for the most part. <br /><br />at one point this big nasty was more than 1200 miles across. amazingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-67850624063937374522012-10-30T17:11:50.520-04:002012-10-30T17:11:50.520-04:00IT - Frankenstorm; of course. I've seen that,...<b>IT</b> - Frankenstorm; of course. I've seen that, too. . .<br /><br />When I think about 20-foot waves on the Great Lakes, I also think about the western two-thirds of Lake Erie, most of which isn't even 20 feet DEEP. . .<br /><br /><b>Suldog</b> - Just, you know, so long as you didn't PRAY for Sandy to miss MA and hit NJ instead. . . 'Cuz, you know, that's been done before, and it's kinda embarrassing. . .<br /><br /><b>Bijoux</b> - There are something like 50,000 people in Michigan without power, mostly around Detroit. . . And if you didn't like how the wind <i>sounded</i>, you should've tried driving in it. . . Or, you know, not. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-66753897821153775912012-10-30T15:05:43.100-04:002012-10-30T15:05:43.100-04:00Half our town is without power and roads and schoo...Half our town is without power and roads and schools are closed. I've never heard wind like last night.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-69357639452735233202012-10-30T12:41:08.008-04:002012-10-30T12:41:08.008-04:00It was also being called "Frankenstorm" ...It was also being called "Frankenstorm" on my local news.<br /><br />We were mostly unaffected, personally. Much of MA was lucky in that regard. Some coastal areas were hit hard, some trees went down, some were/are without electricity, but we were lucky that the storm took that left turn into NY/NJ rather than continue on path to us directly.<br /><br />Of course, the folks in NY/NJ were not so lucky :-(Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-53799635411483394322012-10-30T12:14:13.206-04:002012-10-30T12:14:13.206-04:00I heard it called a Frankenstorm
...also heard abo...I heard it called a <i>Frankenstorm</i><br />...also heard about those 20 foot waves<br /><br />IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.com