Sandy Afternoon Update

Lake Michigan still looks pretty much as it does in the post directly below, from this morning, here at my vantage point.

However, other people around here, and in Chicago, have found some great wave action.

Waves photographed in Chicago caused by Superstorm Sandy (from WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio listener contributions).

Facebook friend JM, who photographed the pier and lighthouse.

And Facebook Friend MM, who filmed some waves.

I'll take and post some of my own pics before it gets dark.

Expecting Sandy

This photo, from this morning at 9:05am, shows waves that have grown a lot since yesterday afternoon.

Still, I would say that this is not really unusual for a Lake Michigan storm.  We have lots of days where the waves are pretty big and loud. Here's a video from the same time, 9am this morning, October 30, 2012:



Loud, but still not too violent.  Will update later today.

Back! With Hurricane Sandy Reports

Greetings all,
Believe it or not, I HAVE been taking photos since May, just not posting them.  Eventually, I will do some back blogging and post the spring, summer, and early fall photos of the lake.

For right now, I want to respond to several requests for photos of the waves on Lake Michigan.  The effects of Hurricane Sandy will be comparatively light here in the Midwest, but there are high waves predicted for Lake Michigan over the next several days, so I am chronicling them here.

For starters, here's yesterday morning (10/29/12) about 9am:

Just some mild ripples.

Here's yesterday afternoon, around 3:30:

The waves are definitely picking up by then.  Next entry will be this morning, 10/30/12.  Stay tuned.

Real Meets Surreal

The brownish-gray water looks like a photo, while the sky looks like a watercolor. From 4/22/12.

Gloomy Gray

From Friday, 3/02/12.

Inverted

 These pictures look upside down to me.

Ketchup

So far behind.  I just need to post these and get on with my life, no cute captions this time.

 What an incredible place to live and work. Wow.

Backblogging: The non-calm before the non-storm

I was out for a walk around 7pm on June 30th, and noticed that the sky looked weird and the Lake was roiling. I even took a video to try out my new phone video feature:

As you can tell, it was NOISY and wavy. And then, about 90 minutes later, this.

Sky of Many Colors

And Lake, too. From Friday, 5/27/11.

Bubbly

The sky looks like it is having a bubble bath. From this morning.

Pea Soup

Not quite that thick, but we have some fog-mist action going on. The air is warming up, but the Lake lags behind. From Tuesday, 5/10/11.

Gloom. Doom.

It's calmer today, but no less depressing. Spring, where are you? Please come back! We promise to be good!

More Misery

High winds, endless rain (sometimes frozen), winter goes on and on (I forgot to mention that it SNOWED yesterday. It melted by noon, but still).

Layers

Blue sky above blue-green stripe above brown-gray water above sandy beach above green grass. This was taken from a waterfront park, one where I don't think I've been for a photo before this one. Hmmm. From Sunday, 4/17/11.

Two Banks

The shoreline bank and the cloud bank. (If I ever had enough money to open a bank, I would definitely call it the Cloud Bank). I love the very light water contrasted with the dark blue sky. Taken from the park near my home. From Saturday, 4/16/11.

Light on the Water

Still cold, but sunny!
With lots of clouds for the sun to try to elude, so lots of interesting shadows on the water.
Amazing contrast. All from Thursday, 3/24/11.

More Winter

Brown, angry waves. From Wednesday, 3/23/11.

Winter Redux

After last week's springlike weather, winter returned with a vengeance this week, with sub-freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and a few dustings of snow. So the Lake was looking pretty brown most of the week. From Tuesday, 3/22/11.

Dull

I know, I know. How can anyone think this is dull? But really, we've had brown water and clear skies for over a week now (on the weekdays anyway) and I have been busy, so not as many pics. Maybe the show will move on to a new plot soon. From Wednesday, March 2.

Same Old, Same Old

Dull and dreary for another day.