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Wild winds in Cook County www.cookcountynews-herald.com Cook County News Herald <br />~~~. <br />;, Front Page <br />o General News <br />Wild winds in Cook <br />County <br />Staff reports <br /> <br />~. -~ <br />:. A- , , <br />,~: -- ~, ~ <br />__ _ ~ _ . <br />'Staff photo/Rhonda Silence Extremely <br />igh winds pounded the Grand Marais <br />:harbor, sinking boats by the Coast <br />Guard station and tearing trees up by <br />'their roots on Monday, September 28. <br />'See more storm photos on page A3. <br />Monday, September 28 came in like a <br />lion and went out like a lion. Whitecaps <br />whipped across the Grand Marais harbor, <br />with waves crashing over the breakwall <br />from the harbor side. Lake Superior was <br />slate gray, and giant clouds rolled over <br />the Sawtooth Mountains from the <br />northwest. <br />At the Cook County airport, manager <br />Rodney Roy reported wind speeds of 27 <br />to 42 knots -roughly 31 to 48 miles per <br />hour. "It's blasting here," he said. He <br />wasn't worried about the planes sitting <br />outside, though, because they are <br />always tied down whether it's windy or <br />not. <br />The primary problems in the county were <br />downed trees blocking roads and power <br />Click ads for larger version. <br />~U5~f~ai_55 rtit'!~ ~ER1;'ICE Dif~ECsO~Y <br />__ <br />a~~w,~_. ;~ ~ _ =. <br />.~._ ®~ __ <br />_ . <br />.' ~E~cA~u" <br />Y !. ~ ~ __ b~f® <br />cr,eca ~ ~ ~ ;, <br />'~- - ~- - <br />~~~` - -: <br />a~tnxF <br />~ - - ~~., . ,-3 ,, <br />~ , . __ ~n <br />}u~ ~~ r, . <br />__ <br />.^•u.r.~oa m^Narcew.~ wvCR~02 <br />.i~l r~[LC6iMFtUit <br />i <br />W~NNTM4 <br />..,tr ~• w.v~ <br />~~~cw~. ~, ~~ <br />- ~ <br />~ l~u ~ ~ ~ ., ~ ~, <br />_t ~~ <br />http://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/news/2009-10-03/Eront_Page/Wild_winds_in Cook_County.html (2 of 7)l i/5/2009 8:36:21 AM <br />,. 1 <br />