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ChairmanAgnostic

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9. in the 1950s, on a perfectly clear day, a seiche killed a bunch of

Reply to Kolesar (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:30 PM

Nov 2012

people on the beach or shore. a 10 foot wall of water came and swept away people who had no clue that something would happen.

A storm on the other side of the lake caused a huge low pressure system, and the water simply had to go somewhere.
Like Chicago.

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photos of waves generated by sandy breaking along chicago`s harbor walls [View all] madrchsod Nov 2012 OP

Wow. Warren DeMontague Nov 2012 #1

mama's not happy to be fooled. ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2012 #2

I think the Great Lakes tend to "slosh" more when the wind rises hedgehog Nov 2012 #3

SIECHES ON THE GREAT LAKES Kolesar Nov 2012 #5

The water in Lake Erie actually piles up at buffalo under a strong west wind - very,very strange! hedgehog Nov 2012 #8

Erie's lack of depth (max around 20' as I recall) for it's surface size means big rollers .... Scuba Nov 2012 #10

There is a contentious proposal to control the level of Lake Huron by building a dike Kolesar Nov 2012 #11

Actually, it's the other way around - the Erie Canal feeds into Lake Erie at Buffalo hedgehog Nov 2012 #14

I thought the whole route was renamed the Barge Canal, but what do I know? Kolesar Nov 2012 #19

You are correct - it is the Barge Canal, but I always call it the Erie - hedgehog Nov 2012 #21

in the 1950s, on a perfectly clear day, a seiche killed a bunch of ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2012 #9

Greatest Page for these incredible pictures! Wow. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #4

harbor wall gap marker....they are large iron poles painted with a red or green strip... Evasporque Nov 2012 #6

Thank you! That makes sense. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #7

Red, right, returning Kolesar Nov 2012 #12

Incredible photos! PatSeg Nov 2012 #13

Wow! malaise Nov 2012 #15

And, as always, some moron is standing right there. MineralMan Nov 2012 #16

Oswego State University is literally on the shore of Lake Ontario - hedgehog Nov 2012 #17

Wow! K&R nt Mnemosyne Nov 2012 #18

Those lakes are no joke ellisonz Nov 2012 #20