{"id":280,"date":"2017-02-18T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasaga365.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2020-02-17T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:14:49","slug":"week-of-february-12th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasaga365.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/18\/week-of-february-12th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of February 12th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Weekly Temperature<\/caption>\n
<\/th>\nSun<\/th>\nMon<\/th>\nTue<\/th>\nWed<\/th>\nThu<\/th>\nFri<\/th>\nSat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>\nFeb 12<\/td>\nFeb 13<\/td>\n Feb 14<\/td>\n Feb 15<\/td>\n Feb 16<\/td>\n Feb 17<\/td>\n Feb\u00a018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n
High<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n-6<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\r\n
Low<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n-5<\/td>\n-6<\/td>\n-9<\/td>\n-7<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

This week started out with the usual cloudy and depressing weather pattern, but by the weeks end it was simply glorious!<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering, I’ve been getting the daily temperatures above from a site called Weather Underground<\/a>. \u00a0They have a history feature which allows me to go back and check what the temperature was\u00a0every day.<\/p>\n

We get moderate weather\u00a0being so close to the lake, but\u00a0in just six weeks I’ve observed how much the temperatures are above historical norms. As I write this today (on February 15) the low temperature was -6 C. \u00a0On average for this date it is -11 C. The record low was -30 C. \u00a0This is anecdotal, but almost every day so far in 2017\u00a0the temperatures has been\u00a0several degrees warmer than historical averages. \u00a0You’ll have a hard time convincing me that climate change is not real. \u00a0Georgian Bay hasn’t frozen this year other than sometimes in the morning when there is a thin sheet of ice across the bay if the\u00a0wind is calm overnight.<\/p>\n

On February 12th I walked the whole length of the beach pretty much through a blizzard. \u00a0I’m definitely getting my exercise on the snowy days because even when I try and walk on the snowmobile\u00a0trails, the snow is often pretty deep.<\/p>\n

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Looking towards beach one on February 12th 2017. Walking in and out of snow squalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the early part of the week I saw\u00a0only two people walking on the beach. \u00a0I saw tons of snowmobilers though. \u00a0We’re getting\u00a0new snow every day\u00a0and I’m getting to know some of the regulars too. \u00a0All the snowmobilers wave at me which is pretty cool.<\/p>\n

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Lots of snowmobiles this time of year. \u00a0I tend to walk along the waterline\u00a0and avoid the trails on the upper beach to avoid getting run over<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think I took my best picture on February 13th below. \u00a0 This\u00a0is a cottage I walk by every day. \u00a0 They have an awesome location right on the beach. \u00a0The cottage is almost buried in a snow drift in this picture. \u00a0You can see the north end is\u00a0blurred by blowing snow coming from drifts along the beach.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorites pictures so far. This was taken at 17th street north walking back to my truck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just had too Google Map this for comparison. \u00a0Below\u00a0is what the same cottage looks like in the Spring. \u00a0Most of the properties have sand blown into the yard making it hard to grow grass.<\/p>\n

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The same cottage at the north end of 17th street in the spring of 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the coolest things I saw all week\u00a0was a sled with a parachute attached. \u00a0I took pictures mostly at a distance because it was hard to get the sled and the chute in the same picture. \u00a0I was on the beach over an hour, and this guy\u00a0was crisscrossing beach one the whole time. \u00a0He was obviously very good at his sport. \u00a0The wind was from the Northwest, but he seemed to have no trouble tacking back and forth.<\/p>\n

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Sled attached to a parachute crisscrossing the beach on February 13th. \u00a0He was moving faster than I could run to keep up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although I got pretty close, a full picture up close was impossible because the chute was at 60-70\u00a0feet out from the sled as you can see below. \u00a0I see people doing the same in the summer on surf boards with para-sails.<\/p>\n

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Travelling at high-speed with the chute a good distance from the sled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The picture below is not mine – I asked my cousin Gordon Sheppard in Collingwood for permission to re-post his picture from Facebook because I thought it was cool. \u00a0 Note the angry looking sky.<\/p>\n

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Picture of the Collingwood terminals taken by my cousin Gordon Sheppard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was rough to walk on the beach this week. \u00a0I got up the beach every day, but found myself walking at least part way\u00a0on the streets (usually on the way back) to avoid the wind and deep snow. \u00a0Picture below taken just east of\u00a016th street north.<\/p>\n

Picture looking north from\u00a0Shore Lane. The snow blows across a ridge\u00a0showing the “cut” the snow blower needs to make to keep Shore Lane clear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The cloud cover broke briefly February 16th and we briefly saw the sun for the first in a while.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 17th was sunny and also crisp and cold. \u00a0An awesome day. \u00a0I decided to head out on the ice to check things out. \u00a0It’s interesting how the ice\u00a0moves in and out. You can see the pattern below where waves crash against the shore and freezes into a berm of ice, the water calms and freezes over night, and the next day a new frozen berm starts 20-30 feet out as the waves pick up again. Where were about a dozen such berms of various sizes walking from the shore to the edge of the water. \u00a0 I didn’t feel comfortable getting too close to the open water even though it was cold enough in the morning when this was taken.<\/p>\n

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February 17th – walking out on the ice to check\u00a0out the layers of ice berms caused by the wave action and successive freezing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday I think will be another record high temperature. \u00a0By around 10:00 AM when I ventured out it was already 8 degrees Celsius. Crazy warm. \u00a0We’re going to loose a lot of snow. \u00a0I’ll be curious to see what the beach looks like tomorrow. \u00a0There may be a lot of water and mud. \u00a0It’s supposed to be way above normal all week. \u00a0Great to feel the warmth of the sun.<\/p>\n

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February 18th was ridiculously warm. Already 8 degrees in the morning when this picture was taken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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