Category Archives: High Tide

High points of the day, plenty of water under the keel.

President Donald Trump, “Our best days are yet to come”.

Posted on January 22, 2020 by On the North River
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Flight 93: Eighteen years later.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by On the North River

At some point, all the passengers came to realize their lives were past preserving. It wasn’t a question of saving their own lives, they were already dead men. It became a question of saving the other people… the targets. Saving … Continue reading →

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DID TRUMP CHOOSE WISELY? IT LOOKS LIKE HE DID

Posted on September 24, 2018 by On the North River

Kavanaugh’s letter to Senators Grassley and Feinstein These are smears, pure and simple.  And they debase our public discourse.  But there are also a threat to any man or woman who wishes to serve our country.  Such grotesque and obvious … Continue reading →

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Nantasket beach at sunset.

Posted on July 29, 2017 by On the North River
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A Grand Day Out!

Posted on November 19, 2016 by On the North River

Wind Surfer at Sandwich’s Boardwalk Beach. Would you do this? I wonder if it still seemed like a good idea at this time… For comparison, a photo I took standing roughly in the same place in Sept 2007. Tide was … Continue reading →

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Marconi Beach in Wellfleet

Posted on October 2, 2015 by On the North River

October 2, 2015; 4:04 PM ET While Hurricane Joaquin is no longer expected to make landfall in the United States, coastal flooding, gusty winds and rounds of rain will occur in part of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Making it a … Continue reading →

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Sippy’s $25,000 house; parts 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11 & 12.

Posted on November 23, 2013 by On the North River

The Whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Wonderful stuff. In order, oldest first, newest (today) at bottom. So Me And Paul Newman Walk Into A State House First Comes The Concrete Leper Colony. Then The Framing UMASS … Continue reading →

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Five inch (plus) rain

Posted on June 8, 2013 by On the North River

Luddam’s Ford spillway after over five inches of rain overnight… Normally… Downstream… This riverside home, high moon tide (normal maximum) Add rain…  

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Water like glass, Sky no horizon.

Posted on December 19, 2012 by On the North River

To get a really thick fog there will be no wind, and when there is no wind the surface of the water will be like glass.  And then you can get images that look like this. It becomes impossible to … Continue reading →

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The Tide is High.

Posted on November 15, 2012 by On the North River

Very High.  I haven’t checked yet to see how it stacks up in the record books but it’s definitely higher than I personally can remember.  Normal high tides are 8 to 10 ft. (Tide heights today; Cohasset 11.38 ft, Scituate … Continue reading →

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