wind storm 2 or 3 weeks ago

[gizmoe]

we were just north of selkirk 2 or 3 weeks ago on a beautiful sunny morning. by noon the wind had picked up to about 60-70mph. luckily we were in a solid shack, but i sure feel sorry for whoever it was that had the portable gray car shelter out there. i had actually zoomed in on it with the camera earlier just playing around (new camera) and got not a bad pic of it. it was about an hour later i was outside when the wind ripped it out of the ice and sent it tumbling across the ice. i would have got video of it but i set the camera wrong. it went pretty much straight east, and a little south before it got stuck about 10 feet up in the tree's. 10 min later it was gone from there to. felt bad for the owners but there was nothing that could be done. we drove by on the way out at about 3:00, 3:30 and all that was left was the two rather comfy looking chairs. tent might still be up on the east treeline somewhere, but with the wind that day it probably beat us to beausejour. didn't catch anything that day either. anybody else out there that day? i do actually have a before and after pic of that shelter. now ya see it, now ya don't. stuff happens

[gizmoe]

can't believe that nobody else was out there that day

[Master Angler]

Ya, I was out that day up in the Ducks with my portable cube.  It was nasty...........the only time I've had to leave because the cube....well.....didn't like the wind much either  , and I've had it in some pretty big winds before but not like that.  Had it set up before the big winds hit, and did manage a half dozen brookies before we left.  As we were leaving I looked back across the lake to where we were fishing and in that one spot in was non-stop snow devils (those mini tornado things).  Something with the shape of the lake there, it was the only spot with them.  It was those that were wreaking havoc on the cube.

[tibbs42]

we were out on lake manitoba that day.. our 2 ice cubes turned into 2 kites real quick