Autumn Nor'easter

Waves Crashing on the Shore
Originally uploaded by cageyj

October 2007



I woke from a light fitful sleep to the sound of rain and rain outside my slightly opened bedroom window. The clock showed 4 am. Lila would not expect a walk for another 45 minutes. Because of the rain and wind, I doubted that we would walk far.
A strong “nor'easter” is hitting the area today, packing heavy rain and wind gusts to 55 mph. ...
Because of the winds, the Weather Service has issued a gale warning that is in effect until 7 p.m., when a small craft advisory will take effect and last into late tonight. Today’s strong northeast winds will create waves of 10 to 14 feet on Lake Superior.

(http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=52461)

The Old Gravel Crib
Originally uploaded by cageyj

The spring and autumn equinox mean little here in Northeastern Minnesota. The gales of spring and Autumn mark the major changes of season.

I walk through the sky walk, periodically passing puddles, with buckets or yellow caution signs where wind helped force the rain gain entry. These winds sink ships and flatten the works of human kind. When we human kind have passed it will be the wind that will hand this landscape we have changed back to nature restored.

(Pictures from the Spring of 2005)