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December Storm -5
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The Saga Continues! This is the 5th part of a story that still has a few parts to go! A story about a storm building on Lake Erie. December 1st, 3PM can be seen here ( If you go back in my gallery you will find four previous photos building up to this and more information on the lake as I ran out of space to write all about it here!) I was going to make a collage of photos but felt they told a better story seeing them full size. Lake Erie is where I live . In this photo I am looking East towards Peacock Point at the time I took the photo I had no idea how important this one would be in demonstrating the power of the wind and waves.
At this point our gale was ever present. The sound of the wind was strong enough but the sound of the water was deafening. The Wind was still blowing from the South/West and at this point I wasn't comfortable walking too far off my deck in fear that something would fly off the surrounding trees or someones house and hit me in the head or something.
The marine weather forecast that a gale wind was coming today from the West. A gale being a wind over 35KNOTS or about 40MPH ( whole trees in motion; inconvenience in walking against wind ) At this point I was pretty sure the gale was inforce I was really surprised when I looked down at the beach in front of our house and saw a guy setting up duck decoys..he was there about a 1/2 hour before he realized he made a mistake, I'm really glad he didn't have a boat...he lost most of his decoys as the wind and the power of the water just swept them away..it amazes me living on the lake and also being on the ship with my husband how some people take these lakes for granted in just how dangerous they can be. Listening to the Marine forecasts before you go out on them is a nessassity. Alot of lives have been lost out here. I hope no one lost theres during this one.
Stay tuned for what happens next! :o)
A cliff hanger TrekNature photo!
Thanks for viewing my photo and for your comments!
Donna:o)
PP work, had to clone out a no parking sign that was really distracting in this one. |
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Hi Donna,
wow what an dramatic change within such short of time. The road seems gone. Very scary if you ask me.
TFS..Sky
Impresionantes las fuerzas de la naturaleza que tu has podido captar. Muy buenos detalles.
Saludos, JL.
Belle photo, l' eau a l' air remuante,ce n' est pas le calme,belle prise,bons détails. Thomas
Hi Donna,
Very interesting series: sometime our planet earth shows its anger...
May be even more dramatic if this image a bit sharper.
Nice shot, I will follow this series.
Ben Lakitan
Donna,
The saga continues .... & so do I continue to follow your "TRUE" to life factual story.
Love the way the huge tree is the main body of the frame to this MAGNIFICIENT landscape.
You are indeed most talented both as a photographer & a story teller.
Keep it coming... I await you. Best regards, Mario.
Hi Donna,
I've missed a whole bunch of your storm photos, but I am getting an idea that this is just the beginning. I live your spy like POV and the framing of the tree. I am surprised to see that there is still a blue sky. I am used to the darker grey to almost black.
TFS,
Niek
hi donna,
another lovely shot from you,
well composed, nice pov, lovely natural colours,
framed beautifully,
tfs & regards
pankaj
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Looks like we have white caps...;-)
Definitely no small boats out there now. Thinking of the poor guy setting out the duck decoys. Probably the only chance he had to go duck hunting and hated giving it up.
One day I was flying to that tender barge I told you about. There was a thunderstorm also approaching it. Backlit storms over the gulf were some if the prettiest sights I've ever seen. I was trying to decide if I had enough time to land before the storm hit. I decided I could, but then I'd be stuck on a rolling deck during the storm and that would not be good. So I turned and flew five miles in the opposite direction, and landed on a stable platform. Turbin engines require a two minute cool down. I should have never waited the two minutes. The winds started picking up considerably as I applied my rotor brake after the two minutes. My blades stopped, but started spinning again in the wind. I got out and managed to get my tiedown on and barely tied the aircraft to the platform as the deluge hit. I was leaning at about a 45 degree angle into the wind to keep from being blown off the deck as I made my way down to the galley. When I got there I was drenched to the bone. Those oil men just laughed and said, "Some people will do anything for money."