Yesterday was a crazy windy day. On crazy windy days one heads to Lake Erie. With the hopes that a seiche is occurring. Image below is included with wiki article explaining difference in Lake Erie levels during a 2003 seiche. We weren't disappointed. Below are two of a couple dozen images we took yesterday. Look at those clouds- what an ominous sky. I LOVED IT!Fence usually dividing the beach is immersed in waterSwim at your own risk, indeed.- The seiche increased water levels on the eastern side of Lake Erie by 2.3 metres or about 7.5 feet. The canal level was way up as well- Link- Tribune
The winds created a seiche at the eastern end of the lake which saw water pushed well past the shoreline.
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) said the lake rose at least 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) with wave heights of more than 1.5 metres (5 feet).
Flooded roads along the lakeshore in Fort Erie were reported and part of North Shore Drive in Haldimand County was also flooded. H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park in Port Colborne also saw flooding and the level on the Welland Canal reached the top of the wall along parts of West Street.
