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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:22 AM Nov 2017

Sea like waves at Lake Tahoe...are they unusual?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/sea-like-waves-surprise-at-lake-tahoe/vi-BBF6QfU

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Sea like waves at Lake Tahoe...are they unusual? (Original Post) mfcorey1 Nov 2017 OP

Yes. Unusual, but it happens sometimes in specific MineralMan Nov 2017 #1

Looks a lot more dramatic in slow motion. Atman Nov 2017 #2

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

1. Yes. Unusual, but it happens sometimes in specific

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Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:51 AM

Nov 2017

wind conditions.

Atman

(31,464 posts)

2. Looks a lot more dramatic in slow motion.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Mon Nov 20, 2017, 10:59 AM

Nov 2017

I've been at Tahoe during some big storms. Wind-blown waves are not uncommon. Play this video at normal speed at it would look just like what it is -- some stormy shore break. Hell, I live on a lake, nowhere near the size of Lake Tahoe, but with over a mile of open water. A good wind can whip up some real breakers. Now look at the size of Lake Tahoe...no surprise.

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