John: Yes, from November to May the waves are often 10 feet high, and occasionally they reach heights of 20-30 feet. And the spray from those waves, at below zero temperatures and relentless winds carrying the spray on shore, encompasses shoreside trees. At first it weights them down, and later on, when the icicles reach all the way to ground, the ice actually holds the trees up. For some trees, the ice continues to build up until the entire tree is inside a giant ice cube.
Lee John Eichholz wrote: > ENTS -- > > Confirmation of the below, just check out the NY Times: > http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/travel/escapes/16superior.html > > Apparently, there is an active winter surf scene on Lake Superior. The > waves aren't reliable enough in the summer. > > John Eichholz > > [email protected] wrote: > >> ENTS-- >> >> 48 below--that's nothing!! The weatherman on the CBS-affiliate out of >> Little Rock, Arkansas, repeatedly pointed out that the metro area may >> experience up to 60 consecutive hours of sub-freezing weather this >> week--yes, folks, that's right--we do occasionally freeze here in the >> banana belt! >> >> Having grown up in northern Wisconsin, we got pretty accustomed to >> truly cold winters. It has been amusing to watch Arkansans scurry for >> their winter gear when the temperatures even threaten to fall to 50 >> degrees...But, as this list my wife's grandmother just sent me, cold >> is relative (at least in the eyes of Michiganders)... >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
