Squall

[Shearwater]

Was up at La Vérendrye Reserve for a few days. Saw a what looked like a squall heading my way from the end of the lake. About three minutes after getting off the water, the micro-burst hit ripping off some large branches and throwing them 100 or so feet out into the water. I haven't seen anything like this in such a relatively small lake. I should have taken a video as a few pictures really don't do it justice. Four minutes later it was gone and the water calm.

 

[Iskweo]

Holy cow. We hae certainly had some wild storms this year. I beliewe Mem had the same thing happen to him too. I woiuld not want to be on the water when something like that hits.

 

[Shearwater]

Forgot to add that my little ADC wind gauge showed gusts up to 80 kph at it's peak. Some may have noticed that I also use a double blade as well as my single blades. When I saw the squall approaching, I switched to the double blade to get me into that little cove and ashore asap.

 

[yellowcanoe]

In situations like that you never know if you are better on shore or on the water.. I have been in a microburst a few times. One was a microburst over 150 mph that topped about seven 24 dbh white pine and threw the tops on cars below.. Mercifully I was in a cabin.. One new Nissan Titan was reduced to a block of metal three feet high.

In Wabakimi we took to the water near shore cause the trees were crashing down in camp.. Little black spruce but still powerful . The winds were clocked at 54 mph.

And another microburst while car camping in the Adirondacks felled a tree between our tent and the kids tent. Truly terrifying..

Once in the Bdub while camping on an open rock.. We had laundry drying on a nice day.. haha.. Looked up and saw a wall of water coming down our small lake. Thats where we learned to tie down everything including the 70 lb canoe, which left on its own for a trip