| Show j 1 I J aiTSTEMOUS TIDES t rtHOSE OF THE LAKES THAT THE II III 14t I 1 SKIPPERS CALL SWASHES j I I H Tif7 nil IKiddttilr ream Clm Water and I A 11 pi f Mutt flrtato Cuprlm An old Yak rtl fklpprr Talk letelletIj l I D atkabjOI II i Tidal w TM 011 the grfl3l taboo are t I net of uneoniiuon ooonrren Mlil 1 1 in I old Lake Ktl chipper anil although niMtorologlffiil eipetM IIITO far intro II I thin 100 peeve tried I to cindy ont their I 1 canoe we duet know any tan abont It now than thoydlil ot the lime the meat It van rnte loddtnl on lobe Krlo nfl Ii t I lloekputt anil tlwtroyml Colonel head ntnett fleet In October 1784 That I I wan the trot tidal wave on Ibo tahoe ill J that one have any record of I I liar area many of thorn imuhot < M one mali them on the liVM the hoot one about ten preen ago when lay 1 1 I Kliooon warn swept high aDd dry at Pott Stanley by aware that aecmad to 1 lIt i nine ao tile lab lIke come raonntor marina 1 ma-rina animal coming from the depth to t Ibo nrfactL WocmM ton U 1 ronhldg to j I wart m n toil away It oamo with a LolllnR front tin feet high Mmlnit like loud ramping cLaim M It Inept toward tM That In a peculiar tiling about tile I lake tidal warn Thojf do not como with n roar Ilk tho ocean ntnf but II with A load biasing toniiil and then It I only one Inaianoe on rooord whn they id II = tlh ttc = = too either ftccoupoalwl I or follovml by I I itrong wlndi That one Initanoe woo at Toledo In 11 I otnbor 1656 when the wind ttlilcb > had I boon blowing aliff offuhuru anddnn J lywhliled Into a howling iior < ntw nnd ni qnlfk on the change llo tile Mind that ware leaped out of tile lab ant CllDlO hDrllng open Ihoolooro a wild alit aucry loan < eight feet high Ill every I othtr reoonlod oorutroncn of IholO I my tapioca f rak < of Ilia l > k vratnn the fur fRee of Ibo lobe l ha bren inrfoelly mini and the air waroely t > roeptlbl I Snob wan Iho oomllllon when that big mr attiwktil mnt Iort Stanloy twampliiK lay icliooiier ont drowning on tlf lay turn The wane roowlwl M fut nut had manila In und the Ink In IMH I than lID inlnutet wa in nuootli M a mirror Within the iitit hour Ihoro wore four moro wwbw each ono of IOM I force and cuban until Ibo lad wan toarMly snore thin a ripple MIamI the Seat thliiR I roinombor for Iwo lot three yuan old at the tlmo VD tao of time tidal TATM It appMrxlearlylnlheiprlngon l I the Om ado share oft Otter Cicok Tli rn WM n 1 1tcoo of roodi there then with along ttrttoli of beach between It and the hU My father hid n 33 ton Mhounor lying off the ohcro half n mile or inora Tho water rn > a dna ratio wlwli without warning of any Und n wine lifted llKlf from tha IXMOIII of Iho lobe probably IM I inllei ont ant twrpt hare ward with lit mighty My inotlicr and I weru with father on lilt schooner At that awash colon rushing npon ua It nlldlo ma nail Ibo iMplou foam ot r lit whlta creit was hlnher than tile II I Mboonert tonal but 1 know now that II It WM not moro than 13 fret MulL Tho waro wa lilgh cuongh and f Irani t ciioagu though to twerp the Khooiier I nihorn ai If It bat l beam n cockleshell and acroM that itrotch of Imch I Into tile wools where It 1 was loll amoui lha l I I tree n liopelnu wreck 1 In toil mluutM tile lakowoi ai calm u over but an hour later n 1 tlmllir I crane appoorod at Kettle Creek 30 mlloi I from Oiter Crock and tumbled all torn > of lako craft ashore I irneM tho gruatMt tidal wave over I croon on any of the lake won tbo ono Dr Foster and hit party ot voyager tow on Lake Hnprrlor betwnni Ocppor I harbor and ISagla rlrtr That wa In Anitutt ISIS l Thla twa < h wai more than 20 feet high all Ilka nil of lu kind tyrung tudduily from the lake lit ilet td oulra It 1 wu a quarter of u 1 mil distant from Ir 1ostort bent l which when Iho dtalonbatacebegiao wai direct lyln tho path of Ibo crone Itwatorett cl l with foam nut ourled over like ii 1 lulffhty ooeau turga haters reanhlug I Ibo boat howerur the crave turnml to I that lit toarst oilremlly Inept 111II11 it I at a illitauou I of 00 foot the crater lo 1 i ri l twcon thatoitremllyaud tile boatbelnit Boarwly rufllcU by tIle Influcnoe of tile ruthlng lido Thowarowai only half inllo from 1 thorti tot notwlllittaudlng IM great kilo and velocity It nrtcr ruuohwl thore C Tha Bauio roll rlOD cnprloo tint canoe 1110 change Itt coursa and taos harm I leanly by Ibo YMM tooniud 1 to iou 110 It 1 once more and It wink rapidly I train IK I Krrat heluht ai It nvprnuohinl lie iharo nuil truck Iho beaah with no morn fern or tIne of water than might hura oauiu from Ibo wain of n pasting neel I Ireiuemb > twakhon Lake Michigan at tho mouth of the Moiiouil lira That olio apprtred III April lane and rushed 11110 Iho ricer with tnoh lrevreI o h1 II nt Mt the ferryboat oh Iho Jlenomlnee Tho recurrent oeoillatlons of them awathra on usually of deorewlng tin Knd force but Ohio enema the MaunmlnM wasnt that kind Th ebb of this IIde wai jail an tadden nail flow but In a tow inluntoa tire followed by another waro much larger than the toot ono and the ebb of Ibo teoond twain wan followed liya war still large than the Moond That nerned 1 to tarltfy the men of the lobe at Mmioralnoo that day and with Iho needing of Iho third ware ralmnen era unwonted < nralld on I lit Unoni The limo btlween Ibo com Ingot the tint wave oDd Ibo reoodlng of UM third Wan Ices I boll I > 0 mInute Tbo rapine thing about those lake tidal waru Is I that they are entirely oal 1111 their Inflaenoo A swash even of the grtatost force and height may not affect nor than a mil of lk front the water at elUur mil of them bolo undisturbed beyond lhatdistsmee I Pimp ill wart atom In from theopiiiwu tee Now York Bun |
