Geography

It helps to understand what I encountered this morning.

Narragansett bay is situated basically north and south. Opening up to the "Ocean" down there by Newport/Jamestown/Whatnot.

We had crazy rain last night. If it was snow we'd be under feet of it. There were people reporting 4" of rain overnight.

To add to the rain the winds were ripping at ~30 mph sustained with gusts upwards of 50-60 at times this morning around 7:30. All from the south.

And yes, wind does act on large bodies of water. Small ones too. So bottom line, between the massive amount of rain water pouring into the Bay, and the wind blowing everything UP the bay, plus a high tide somewhere between 7 and 8am. The bay was wicked high and flooding from riverside into Providence and up the rivers. It was CRAZY.

I didn't have the fancy old digi cam that does the movies so I was stick with the really old old slow one (think 8 years old but damn does it still work, Olympus stuff is quality, that or we've just managed to take good care of it). I got about 35 shots or so.

Some okay. Some blah. But most give you a solid feeling of the water level.

One or two now. maybe more later when I have a chance.
We'll go with the lighthouse as a comparison (no Zoo I don't think any of the RI lighthouses are "manned" some are in private hands and this one may be a summer or part time residence)...

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Heck I even put my folding Japanese pruning saw in the bag 'just in case' on the way out. It is a nice saw, wicked sharp and efficient.

Well... That was a freaking blast. So amped and pumped up after that ride in.

Man is it awesome here!!!
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