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February 22, 2011
Is It Summer Yet?
Mother Nature loves to tease us this time of year . . . . . giving us brief glimmers of hope, that spring is near. Then a reminder that, no . . . . we still have some chilly days to endure before we can begin celebrating those Summer days at Okoboji. |
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July 18, 2010
A Summer Storm to Remember
The strong thunderstorm that hit the Lakes Area Saturday evening at around 10:30pm caused some major damage. The biggest casualty seems to be trees - literally hundreds have been uprooted or mangled.
Driving along Lakeshore Drive this morning, heading north along the Lake, it looked almost like a war zone. Trees down, branches everywhere, power lines damaged, roads closed, and the buzz of chain saws filled the air.
The areas that seemed to incur the worst damage were the north end of West Lake - Haywards Bay, Fairoaks Beach, Pike's Point, Brownell heights, Monarch Cove, North Bay, Triboji Beach, Raebel's Beach, The Landings neighborhood, and then the south end of the Lake along Terrace Park.
By midday major progress was already being made on clearing trees and debris, as well as power line repairs.
The Ritz summed it up pretty well. |
