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I recently wrote a #GreatLakes tweet discussing the distinction between storm surge and seiches, following a huge surge on LakeErie. I was asked if a seiche was to follow, but the answer caught me off guard: #LakeErie may have huge storm surges, but it has a weak seiche game!
I’ll reiterate: storm surge refers to water stacking up at one end of a lake during a large wind event; seiches are periodic sloshing of water back and forth in a basin. Seiches frequently follow storm surges, but they are separate phenomena resulting from distinct physics. 
While I study lake physics in general, the system I’m most familiar with is the #GLOAT, #LakeSuperior. Seiching activity is ubiquitous in Lake Superior- it’s hard to look at a record of lake level without seeing the characteristic, eight-hour oscillations.
#TheCannons at #TopsyFarms
"The Royal George! There, Captain, at the horizon, I see her!"
Autumn 1812
7 gunships of the #USNavy lay in ambush for the biggest kid on the playground.
#TheRoyalGeorge.
96 feet long.
22 cannons, firing 32 pound shot.
In June 1812, President...1/10
"The Royal George! There, Captain, at the horizon, I see her!"
Autumn 1812
7 gunships of the #USNavy lay in ambush for the biggest kid on the playground.
#TheRoyalGeorge.
96 feet long.
22 cannons, firing 32 pound shot.
In June 1812, President...1/10
Madison declares war.
It's not going well.
The Americans desperately need a win.
Manifest destiny; the vision of a North America united under the 15 stars & stripes is delayed.
The audacious British General Brock has gone against Royal order & attacked first.
Brock's...2/10
It's not going well.
The Americans desperately need a win.
Manifest destiny; the vision of a North America united under the 15 stars & stripes is delayed.
The audacious British General Brock has gone against Royal order & attacked first.
Brock's...2/10
friendship with Shawnee leader Tecumseh is already kicking the hell out of America's war plan.
The loss of strategically important #FortDetroit in August is a terrible embarrassment.
Surrendered without firing a single musket.
Brock calculates that strengthening the...3/10
The loss of strategically important #FortDetroit in August is a terrible embarrassment.
Surrendered without firing a single musket.
Brock calculates that strengthening the...3/10
