Lake Erie is going to be unhappy

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RichieRitz

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STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
TONIGHT Southeast winds 15 to 25 knots becoming southwest and increasing to 35 knot gales after midnight. Rain likely this evening, then rain and snow after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 8 to 11 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.
FRIDAY Southwest gales to 45 knots increasing to 50 knot storms. Heavy freezing spray. Snow. Waves 14 to 18 feet building to 17 to 22 feet. Waves occasionally around 28 feet.
FRIDAY NIGHT Southwest storm force winds to 50 knots diminishing to 45 knot gales. Heavy freezing spray. Snow. Waves 16 to 21 feet subsiding to 15 to 20 feet. Waves occasionally around 27 feet.
SATURDAY Southwest gales to 45 knots becoming west and diminishing to 35 knots. Heavy freezing spray. Snow showers. Waves 15 to 19 feet subsiding to 11 to 15 feet. Waves occasionally around 24 feet.
SATURDAY NIGHT West gales to 35 knots. Freezing spray. Snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Waves 10 to 14 feet. Waves occasionally around 18 feet.


thinking about 28 ft waves on lake that averages like 62 feet...
 
Yeah we got it going right now along Lake Mich in WI. Right now the actual air temp is -1, with sustained 35 mph wind.
 
We're on the far east end of Erie. They are predicting a 12' surge, 4' above flood stage and 15' waves. One community has been evacuated already. Winds are above 70 mph.

I wanted to go down to film some of the waves and flooding, but all roads are closed. My son came home from his job at the hospital and he said he couldn't see past the hood of his car.

A mature white pine tree in my backyard came down in the wind. The good news is that it just missed my boathouse. Inside is our SeaRay, all covered, polished and winterized, snug as a bug in a rug. The bad news is that it landed on top of my neighbor's barn.
 
GypsmJim said:
We're on the far east end of Erie. They are predicting a 12' surge, 4' above flood stage and 15' waves. One community has been evacuated already. Winds are above 70 mph.

I wanted to go down to film some of the waves and flooding, but all roads are closed. My son came home from his job at the hospital and he said he couldn't see past the hood of his car.

A mature white pine tree in my backyard came down in the wind. The good news is that it just missed my boathouse. Inside is our SeaRay, all covered, polished and winterized, snug as a bug in a rug. The bad news is that it landed on top of my neighbor's barn.
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The even better news is, it will be a claim on his insurance, not yours.
I've been on the shitty end of that stick twice before.
 
Had a buddy of mine took a good Bank One job in Cleveland. We grew up together in south Louisiana. He spent one winter up there, quit his bank job because of the weather and became a school teacher down here. Said he does not understand how someone can stand the winters up there. The winters are insane. You guys are a hearty breed, let me say.
 
I got Hepatitis in Winnsboro one year ages ago. Three months out of work. I'll take the snow any day.
 
DWABoat said:
Had a buddy of mine took a good Bank One job in Cleveland. We grew up together in south Louisiana. He spent one winter up there, quit his bank job because of the weather and became a school teacher down here. Said he does not understand how someone can stand the winters up there. The winters are insane. You guys are a hearty breed, let me say.
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If you were born in the south, or anywhere that's reasonably warm year round and move up north where it's not, you will have issues if you cant figure out what to do. As much as I hate the saying, "It is what it is". You get ready for bad weather and when it hits, you stay in. That being said, you have to make the most out of when it's 'just cold'. Go out to dinner, ski (Cleveland isn't Aspen, but we have some hills), sled/toboggan hit the parks go out to a movie and understand you are going to need to deal with it for about two months January and February. If you can get through January which is grey and miserable and February is cold but the sun starts to show back up once the lake freezes over, you will live. Cabin fever/boredom is what you really need to guard against.

After watching parts of the Gulf coast just disappear and peoples lives get shattered, the Admiral (Buffalo native) and I reassessing our thoughts of moving to Florida when the retirement comes (currently 7.2349 years) and looking at vacationing down there for a couple months during winter. I could probably deal with hopping a plane on December 26th each year and getting back in March to get the boat ready for the season.
 
I spent 27 years in Florida.... I've been up in Michigan for the last 3 and I can't get used to it. Unfortunately, life will not allow me to move back down or to winter down there. Plus, I'm getting to the point where moving again really doesn't make sense. Woe is me.....right? Anyway, there isn't a winter sport that least bit interests me. Walking the dog is a major pain and he doesn't even like it. He'll lay out on the patio in full sun in the summer. He also started life in Florida. I'd much rather be "belly aching" about the 30° morning temps down there right now than the -30° windchill last week.

The odd thing I wasn't a boater down there. I brought my 24' Laguna center console down when we relocated and sold it after a year. I didn't like all the work needed to clean it and flush it after every use so I messed with cars. Now I'm up here and have a boat again all for maybe 4 decent months of use a year. I'm pretty sure I have lost my mind. Sick of no sun. Sick of heavy coats, blue jeans, sweatshirts and thick socks. Sick of a "destroyed" truck from the salt and road grime sitting in the garage. I had an appointment earlier and hoped to run it through the wash. No bueno. The streets and too sloppy and it would be a mess by the time I got home. The roads themselves suck.

Oh well.... Got that complaining done with. And, it didn't help..... ;)

Off to the basement and work on a jigsaw puzzle.... Whoopee....what fun.
 
There are people that simply aren't satisfied with anything. If you are easily bored, then you need to get a life.

Two months of snow can be drudgery, or they can be fun too. You can always go outside and do fun hobbies. To compensate, the other 3 seasons are simply wonderful. Two months of scorching heat is unbearable. You can put on more clothes, but you can take off only so much.

If it snows, you find an indoor sport. If a hurricane is approaching you pee your pants.

There is no ideal climate. We all have to pick the lesser of the evils, as they apply to our own desires.

All I can say is that I hope y'all stay down there. It keeps our roads less crowded and the real estate values within our means.
 
Been many many places in lower 48 (and O Canada, West Indies and Scandinavia) and many great areas to visit/live for a while. As far as living year round, CLE still ‘best location in the nation’ for me. Can’t believe I said that but must be true cuz here I am. Do most people live, go to school, work, raise a family, and croak within 50 miles of where they were born? If no family here we might be elsewhere, but probably farther north. I don’t know.
 
Well I’d mention ice fishing but…
Jus Cruisin said:
I spent 27 years in Florida.... I've been up in Michigan for the last 3 and I can't get used to it. Unfortunately, life will not allow me to move back down or to winter down there. Plus, I'm getting to the point where moving again really doesn't make sense. Woe is me.....right? Anyway, there isn't a winter sport that least bit interests me. Walking the dog is a major pain and he doesn't even like it. He'll lay out on the patio in full sun in the summer. He also started life in Florida. I'd much rather be "belly aching" about the 30° morning temps down there right now than the -30° windchill last week.

The odd thing I wasn't a boater down there. I brought my 24' Laguna center console down when we relocated and sold it after a year. I didn't like all the work needed to clean it and flush it after every use so I messed with cars. Now I'm up here and have a boat again all for maybe 4 decent months of use a year. I'm pretty sure I have lost my mind. Sick of no sun. Sick of heavy coats, blue jeans, sweatshirts and thick socks. Sick of a "destroyed" truck from the salt and road grime sitting in the garage. I had an appointment earlier and hoped to run it through the wash. No bueno. The streets and too sloppy and it would be a mess by the time I got home. The roads themselves suck.

Oh well.... Got that complaining done with. And, it didn't help..... ;)

Off to the basement and work on a jigsaw puzzle.... Whoopee....what fun.
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Haven't seen this much snow in years... and it snowed a foot more after his picture was taken lol.

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Jus Cruisin said:
I spent 27 years in Florida.... I've been up in Michigan for the last 3 and I can't get used to it. Unfortunately, life will not allow me to move back down or to winter down there. Plus, I'm getting to the point where moving again really doesn't make sense. Woe is me.....right? Anyway, there isn't a winter sport that least bit interests me. Walking the dog is a major pain and he doesn't even like it. He'll lay out on the patio in full sun in the summer. He also started life in Florida. I'd much rather be "belly aching" about the 30° morning temps down there right now than the -30° windchill last week.

The odd thing I wasn't a boater down there. I brought my 24' Laguna center console down when we relocated and sold it after a year. I didn't like all the work needed to clean it and flush it after every use so I messed with cars. Now I'm up here and have a boat again all for maybe 4 decent months of use a year. I'm pretty sure I have lost my mind. Sick of no sun. Sick of heavy coats, blue jeans, sweatshirts and thick socks. Sick of a "destroyed" truck from the salt and road grime sitting in the garage. I had an appointment earlier and hoped to run it through the wash. No bueno. The streets and too sloppy and it would be a mess by the time I got home. The roads themselves suck.

Oh well.... Got that complaining done with. And, it didn't help..... ;)

Off to the basement and work on a jigsaw puzzle.... Whoopee....what fun.
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I'd pretty much mimic your thoughts. It's hard to beat the summer boating here in the Straits but the winters are lengthy. Parents keep us near but I was surprised a few weeks ago during the pre-Thanksgiving two foot snowfall when my wife mentioned, "Maybe we should live in the south and just come up here and live on the boat for the summer months." I wouldn't object to that and might have to nurture that thought.
 
play dough said:
I'd pretty much mimic your thoughts. It's hard to beat the summer boating here in the Straits but the winters are lengthy. Parents keep us near but I was surprised a few weeks ago during the pre-Thanksgiving two foot snowfall when my wife mentioned, "Maybe we should live in the south and just come up here and live on the boat for the summer months." I wouldn't object to that and might have to nurture that thought.
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Being that moving to Florida permanently again isn't in the my future, heading south for at least 2 months would at least keep me less suicidal because of this dismal weather here in the winter. Bring I'm wishing, my wish would be to spend those 3 months in a condo along the 7 mile beach on Grand Cayman.
 
Jus Cruisin said:
Being that moving to Florida permanently again isn't in the my future, heading south for at least 2 months would at least keep me less suicidal because of this dismal weather here in the winter. Bring I'm wishing, my wish would be to spend those 3 months in a condo along the 7 mile beach on Grand Cayman.
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It's been years since I've been on that beach in Grand Cayman but if you could afford three months there, you could easily do six in Florida. I think I paid $65 for a case of beer and that was about 20 years ago.

One thing that the admiral and I do is take two weeks somewhere warm at the end of February and at least for us, you comeback with a different mindset then when you left.
 
Jus Cruisin said:
Being that moving to Florida permanently again isn't in the my future, heading south for at least 2 months would at least keep me less suicidal because of this dismal weather here in the winter..
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Did this for the first time last year and I'm 17 days away from our trip this year.

If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

Our boat on the Illinois/Wisconsin border gets pulled on Nov 1, it takes a few weekends to get it cleaned up and all the stuff out away for the winter, that brings you Thanksgiving. A few more weeks and it is Christmas. And then you have to get ready to head south. Not only does the 2 1/2 months of Nov, Dec, and half of Jan fly by, but the cold and the snow are bearable knowing I will be in the warmth soon enough.

Be forewarned, there is NOTHING as cold as April on Lake Michigan when you spend the winter in warm weather. That is the only downside.

It is much like a boat - it isn't cheap, but it is money well spent.
 
yobub said:
Did this for the first time last year and I'm 17 days away from our trip this year.

If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

Our boat on the Illinois/Wisconsin border gets pulled on Nov 1, it takes a few weekends to get it cleaned up and all the stuff out away for the winter, that brings you Thanksgiving. A few more weeks and it is Christmas. And then you have to get ready to head south. Not only does the 2 1/2 months of Nov, Dec, and half of Jan fly by, but the cold and the snow are bearable knowing I will be in the warmth soon enough.

Be forewarned, there is NOTHING as cold as April on Lake Michigan when you spend the winter in warm weather. That is the only downside.

It is much like a boat - it isn't cheap, but it is money well spent.
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I'm jealous Jim. I will be in Ft Myers from 1/22 - 1/27 but will not be able to make it down to visit you in the Keys....
 
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