Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 42° under mostly-cloudy skies. Today's high is forecast to reach 46°, also under cloudy skies in the morning followed by sunny-skies in the afternoon. The sun will rise today @ 7:50 a.m. and set later @ 5:13 p.m.

A Storm Watch will be in effect starting Wednesday morning @ 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Wednesday. Winds may be gusting to 45 knots and waves may get as high possibly increasing to storm force winds of 50 knots from the west by late morning! Winds will slowly decrease in the evening. This Storm Watch is intended to provide additional lead time for mariners who may wish to consider altering their plans.

A High Wind Watch will also be in effect from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Southwest to west winds may gust in excess of 45 mph and locally 60 mph, with the highest winds along the lake-shore and south of Interstate 94. The winds may blow down trees and power lines causing power outages. I'm not ready for another one of these! Flights may be delayed at major airports and travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on north to south oriented roads. Thanksgiving travel may be impacted. A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur.

Of course, what would a High Wind Watch be without yet another Lakeshore Flood Watch, in effect from 7:00 a.m. Wednesday until 4:00 a.m. Thursday. That indicates that those high winds will likely cause further erosion along the lake-shore.


Significant erosion of beaches and dunes, inundation of low-lying areas along the lake-shore and in river mouths, and considerable beach debris are possible. This storm may be stronger than any other storm so far this fall! Confidence is highest in impacts from Whitehall southward at this time. Yes, that's us! 


At this point, all bets are off except I can imagine the surfers hitting the shores and waters of the "Big Lake."

Yesterday, we traveled to that big-box retailer at the mall in Norton Shores to return a down-filled vest for Mary and buy a smaller one. Mary says that she has now sworn off any future visits to that retailer. While we were out, our winter snow service/fall cleanup crew came by and removed the leaves around the vast-gardens and the manse. Things look much better and now I can do the easy part, planting those flower bulbs and garlic that we purchased a few weeks ago.

Also yesterday, we spoke to the claims representative from our homeowners insurer about the damage to the manse and the tree that fell last Thursday night. Some costs will be covered, like the tree removal, while others may be subject to the policy's deductible. That claim is still in process and won't be finalized until later today or tomorrow.

John will be by today to assess the necessary repairs to the manse necessitated by that fallen tree. The siding needs attention, but the previous owners saved some pieces of that siding that should be okay for the repairs.

Today, I plan to go to the movies and see Ford v Ferrari accompanied by a humongous bucket of popcorn and a ginormous cherry-cola. The movie is about two hours and forty minutes in length, so I have to pace myself. Mary will drop me off and go to the grocery store for the things she needs to make our vegan Thanksgiving dinner. Then she'll return and retrieve me.

I won't get to do much else today, but I'm retired, so it doesn't really matter. Ciao.

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