A very windy day on Lake Erie at Port Colborne - 15 October 2011

There is a windstorm today, 15 October 2011. Winds are gusting to 100 kph (60 mph) and the temperature was about 10C or 50F, so I decided to visit Nickel Beach in Port Colborne, Ontario. This is on the northern coast of Lake Erie and abuts the Welland Canal.

As you can see in the video, the wind was blowing and the waves were rolling in Gravelly Bay. It was a joy to be there. I hope that you enjoy it too.

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Wow - What a wind on April 28, 2011 !!

Wow what a wind!

I've never seen anything like this in the Niagara Region before. Take a look at some of the pictures below to get an idea of the damage done to the infrastructure and homes in St. Catharines.

These photos show some of the devastation caused by the wind. The city is lucky that the trees had not filled out with leaves. The damage would have been much worse and the electricity outage much longer. As it is, many people were out of electrical power for 2 days and some longer.

Most were spared

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