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[Flying Dutch Fan]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

[sac]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

I'm thrilled to report I now have an answer to a question that has bugged me.  A couple years ago on a visit I noted the Holland channel was flowing backwards, which is of course, odd.  No one could tell me why, not even the well informed park ranger.  If you weren't looking at the water closely you wouldn't have even noticed (other than the channel being a blue/green color rather than brown/rust).  As I recall it was the morning after a night of storms.

[KnightSlappy]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

I'm thrilled to report I now have an answer to a question that has bugged me.  A couple years ago on a visit I noted the Holland channel was flowing backwards, which is of course, odd.  No one could tell me why, not even the well informed park ranger.  If you weren't looking at the water closely you wouldn't have even noticed (other than the channel being a blue/green color rather than brown/rust).  As I recall it was the morning after a night of storms.

When I read this, I initially imagined some sort of Dutch language cable television station that was playing in reverse. Then I realized you were talking about water. 

[Gregory Sager]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

I'm thrilled to report I now have an answer to a question that has bugged me.  A couple years ago on a visit I noted the Holland channel was flowing backwards, which is of course, odd.  No one could tell me why, not even the well informed park ranger.  If you weren't looking at the water closely you wouldn't have even noticed (other than the channel being a blue/green color rather than brown/rust).  As I recall it was the morning after a night of storms.

All this talk about unexpected lake seiches and channel backflows! For shame, Hollanders! Time to tap into your ancestral heritage and build some dikes and stuff. Remember, Father Neptune dances to the Dutchman's fiddle, not the other way around!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

We are true Dutchmen - afterall, the original channel was dug by hand.

[Dark Knight]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

I'm thrilled to report I now have an answer to a question that has bugged me.  A couple years ago on a visit I noted the Holland channel was flowing backwards, which is of course, odd.  No one could tell me why, not even the well informed park ranger.  If you weren't looking at the water closely you wouldn't have even noticed (other than the channel being a blue/green color rather than brown/rust).  As I recall it was the morning after a night of storms.

All this talk about unexpected lake seiches and channel backflows! For shame, Hollanders! Time to tap into your ancestral heritage and build some dikes and stuff. Remember, Father Neptune dances to the Dutchman's fiddle, not the other way around!

Think of all the land you could reclaim by damming the channel, building some dikes and canals, and erecting a few windmills to pump out Lake Macatawa!

Maybe Hope College could acquire some of the land -- enough to build a decent fieldhouse complex, perhaps.

[Gregory Sager]

That's the first time in quite awhile that I've actually laughed out loud while looking at a map, DK. Nice job!

(I assume that the Macatawa River will now issue into Lake Michigan via a very long and wide underground drainpipe.)

[oldknight]

Also saw this in the paper today (pasting an excerpt) - wish we had some pics or video...

Also unusual was recession of water, called a seiche, at Tunnel Park. Seiches occur when strong, sustained winds cause large amounts of water to move from one part of a lake to another, like water sloshing around in a bathtub.

The water receded to the first swim buoy, 20 or 30 feet from shore, said Gary Bowen, who lives north of Tunnel Park with his wife, Peggy.

"I looked down and I'm thinking, 'Boy we've got a lot of beach,'" he said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."

The seiche lasted about 15 or 20 minutes during the second wave of storms Monday morning before the couple watched the water come back.

I'm thrilled to report I now have an answer to a question that has bugged me.  A couple years ago on a visit I noted the Holland channel was flowing backwards, which is of course, odd.  No one could tell me why, not even the well informed park ranger.  If you weren't looking at the water closely you wouldn't have even noticed (other than the channel being a blue/green color rather than brown/rust).  As I recall it was the morning after a night of storms.

All this talk about unexpected lake seiches and channel backflows! For shame, Hollanders! Time to tap into your ancestral heritage and build some dikes and stuff. Remember, Father Neptune dances to the Dutchman's fiddle, not the other way around!

Think of all the land you could reclaim by damming the channel, building some dikes and canals, and erecting a few windmills to pump out Lake Macatawa!

Maybe Hope College could acquire some of the land -- enough to build a decent fieldhouse complex, perhaps.

The construction of the Jenever factory alone is enough to get my vote to reclaim the polder land.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Think of all the land you could reclaim by damming the channel, building some dikes and canals, and erecting a few windmills to pump out Lake Macatawa!

That would mean that Calvin would then have to dam the Grand River to keep up - or was that already in the "master plan"?   

Maybe Hope College could acquire some of the land -- enough to build a decent fieldhouse complex, perhaps.

Why build a decent one when you already have a magnificent one?   

[ziggy]

That's the first time in quite awhile that I've actually laughed out loud while looking at a map, DK. Nice job!

(I assume that the Macatawa River will now issue into Lake Michigan via a very long and wide underground drainpipe.)

I don't mean to pry, but under what circumstances had you previously laughed out loud while looking at a map?

[KnightSlappy]

That's the first time in quite awhile that I've actually laughed out loud while looking at a map, DK. Nice job!

(I assume that the Macatawa River will now issue into Lake Michigan via a very long and wide underground drainpipe.)

I don't mean to pry, but under what circumstances had you previously laughed out loud while looking at a map?

Perhaps when looking at a map and realizing that Defiance and Bluffton, OH can play in-region with all CCIW, MWC, NATHCON opponents, but Grand Rapids and Holland, MI can't.

/deadhorse

[Gregory Sager]

That's the first time in quite awhile that I've actually laughed out loud while looking at a map, DK. Nice job!

(I assume that the Macatawa River will now issue into Lake Michigan via a very long and wide underground drainpipe.)

I don't mean to pry, but under what circumstances had you previously laughed out loud while looking at a map?

Ask, and ye shall receive ...

[ziggy]

Nice game on the opening night of the 2011 Russ DeVette Tournament: Marietta at Hope

[sflzman]

Fenville High's Basketball team on the ESPY's tonight

[sac]

Nice game on the opening night of the 2011 Russ DeVette Tournament: Marietta at Hope

Here's what I wrote about it back in May.   If someone else can confirm this is the first game that would be swell.  I have yet to see or hear confirmation that's the case.

Some sleuthing has revealed a very interesting date on the Hope College basketball schedule next winter.

The Marietta schedule is showing the Pioneers playing in the Russ DeVette Tournament vs Hope, Dec. 29  http://pioneers.marietta.edu/schedule.aspx?path=mbball .   I should mention that while the schedule shows a Marietta v Hope game, that might not necessarily be the case since neither schedule is set in stone, but it looks like Marietta will at least be in Holland next December.

I suspect Marietta is going to start the season ranked among the top 15 since they lose no one from a Sweet 16 team.   Looking at their schedule the Pioneers should be coming to Holland with a sparkling in-region record.  Marietta is coached by former Albion Briton, Jon VanderWal.

This is exciting as the top programs in the Great Lakes Region rarely get together during the regular season.