Climate change in general and extreme weather in particular impact our lives more and more frequently whether we’re in Essex or Santa Fe. And yesterday floods threatened both homes at once! Add to the flood warnings another tornado watch in the Champlain Valley?!
First this startling BOGO popped up on our phones.
As the wind began snapping limbs and scattering branches, Susan and I headed down to Rosslyn’s waterfront to check on boats, secure securables, etc.
Although that snapshot does a poor job of capturing the drama, it was one of the roughest days I’ve seen on Lake Champlain. Long fetch out of the south-southeast. Monster seas with sloppy tops. Huge gusts adding to the turmoil. But Rosslyn’s boathouse, dock, boat lifts, and ski boat fortunately withstood the assault.
Here’s what the meteo metrics looked like. And those high wind gusts always seem to be about half again as powerful over water!
After Rosslyn’s waterfront, we headed down to the Essex Marina to check on the Chris Craft. I adjusted the lines, but it was riding well, and the worst of the weather was already behind us. But we did enjoy a subtle rainbow that you can just barely detect in that photograph above. 
And then the rivers and streams, swollen by the deluge and churning chocolaty due to the amount of silt and soil blending into the water, began to threaten riparian regions. I simultaneously received the two messages at once, a reminder that our two worlds are not so distinct when it comes to the turmoil of climate change.
And then this visual confirmation of the lakes leap up, undoing weeks of retreat after another major rain event. These, my friends, are times for agility and flexibility and a steady hand on the tiller…
What do you think?