MONDAY, 10/30:
Wow. That's all I have to say about
that.
Yesterday Loraine and I took advantage
of a few relatively nice hours of weather to walk down to Shiras Park
and check out some of the damage caused by Tuesday's cyclone. At
first, walking down the bike path, things didn't seem so bad; a tree
knocked over here and there, and a few branches blown around. But
then we got to the park itself, and saw what happened when the
ferocious power of Lake Superior was unleashed on that tiny
peninsula--
As you can see, the parking lot is in
shambles, and in many areas the beach was literally washed away. In
fact, how often do you get to see a tree growing out off a beach?
That, of course, is only because the
tree actually used to be up away from the shore. Now the shore has
moved past the tree line. As an example, here's a picture Loraine
took of me three years ago sitting on a bench--
Notice the nice sand beach in front of
me? Well, look at the same area now, from a different angle--
No beach exists, nor does all the
ground in front of the bench. You have water, and then a bunch off
rocks washed up on shore. No beach, no sand, no nothing. In fact,
the bench is lucky it's even there any more, as it came within a few
inches of being washed away--
The park wasn't the only thing damaged
by the storm. Lakeshore Boulevard is closed to vehicular traffic
because, well, it's no longer a paved road--
A paved street probably still does
exist underneath all that beach sand, washed up & over the tree
line by the wave action Tuesday. It'll just take a while for it to
all get cleaned up.
If you've ever wondered who would win
in a battle between man-made objects and Lake Superior, wonder no
more. In fact, it wouldn't even be close.
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