Erie Kai
From the Canadian side comes the wind. The sustained wind buffets the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, and we can hear the roar of the waves from a block away. The longer the wind blows, the louder the “Wildcat’s” roar. The lake is aptly named for the native American word for wildcat.
This winter the snow came as well as the northern wind, blowing wave after wave of water over the quarried slate blocks, which protect the beach. With dropping temperatures, the water begins to freeze, though, coating the blocks, forming a lacy, layered ice sculpture of sea mist.
Nancy Brady, 2019
This week’s prompt over at Carrot Ranch was sea mist. In 99 words (no more, no less), this is my entry. Technically, the Great Lakes are an arm of the sea, that is, the Atlantic Ocean so sea mist is possible. For more 99-word flash fictions, see all the entries at https://carrotranch.com
I can see your images. Very nice.
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Thank you. I wasn’t sure it came across.
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Great description … hope it’s warming up now?
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Not yet, Kate.. There is still quite a bit of ice on the lake. Since the wind is out of the south right now, the ice is being blown toward Canada. It will take a few weeks of warm weather before the lake will be ice-free. Eventually though people will be once again swimming, fishing, and hanging out at the lake.
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Nan I really have no idea how people can live in such an extreme, shovelling snow, lack of sunshine … I really doubt I’d cope
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Kate,
Actually we have really decent weather. Yes, we get some snow, but not the lake effect snow the weatherperson(s) talk about. I live at the dip (lowest point on the land) and while the lake can freeze over, it does it slowly and the ice is blown about by the wind. I guess I can cope because I am used to it. I like snow to tell the truth; extreme cold not so much. ~nan
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