Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1899 — Storm Effects on Lakes. [ARTICLE]

Storm Effects on Lakes.

The tidelike effects of gales on lakes having no ordinary tides is very considerable. In the Caspian a gale will raise the water on either side six feet, causing a total difference of level of twelve feet, and in Lake Erie heavy gales occasionally cause a difference of level of more than fifteen feet.