Sporadic Tides in Maine

munkey · 10-29-2008, 06:29 AM

our large spring tides can sometimes flood the water front car parks, it happens every year, we had a report on the news say it was due to global warming.
I had a couple of tourists tell me about what they heard on the news and where all concerned about the water in the car park.

I told them to wait where they where for a minute and returned with a Tide book (I worked on boats so we had a tide book on every vessel)
I asked them what the date was, (which I knew already) and showed them the tide for that date.
Sure enough, spring tide with an asterix, saying king tide (larger than normal)
I also informed them that some of these charts are written a couple of years in advance,
Moral of the story, don't alays believe what you hear on the news

10-29-2008, 06:29 AM	#4
munkey Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: just outside the box next to the box you where thinking outside of Posts: 143	Re: Sporadic Tides in Maine our large spring tides can sometimes flood the water front car parks, it happens every year, we had a report on the news say it was due to global warming. I had a couple of tourists tell me about what they heard on the news and where all concerned about the water in the car park. I told them to wait where they where for a minute and returned with a Tide book (I worked on boats so we had a tide book on every vessel) I asked them what the date was, (which I knew already) and showed them the tide for that date. Sure enough, spring tide with an asterix, saying king tide (larger than normal) I also informed them that some of these charts are written a couple of years in advance, Moral of the story, don't alays believe what you hear on the news