{"id":868,"date":"2010-09-04T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=868"},"modified":"2010-09-04T11:30:31","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T15:30:31","slug":"storm-surge-in-mahone-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/storm-surge-in-mahone-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm surge in Mahone Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-869\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/storm-surge-in-mahone-bay\/2010-09-04-storm-surge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-04-storm-surge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,338\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"storm surge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;On this tidal inlet near Oak Island, it&amp;#8217;s low tide, but it looks more like high tide, due to the storm surge. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-04-storm-surge.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-04-storm-surge.jpg\" alt=\"storm surge\" title=\"storm surge\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-04-storm-surge.jpg 450w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-09-04-storm-surge-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On this tidal inlet near Oak Island, it's supposed to be low tide at 11 a.m., but it looks more like high tide, due to the storm surge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At 11 a.m., as the hurricane approaches, the powerful southeasterly wind is pushing water into the bay, causing a storm surge.  We&#8217;re lucky that the tide is low. Otherwise, some coastal areas would be flooded and there would be damage to infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>At Western Shore, surf&#8217;s up!  This is usually a quiet and peaceful place, sheltered from the prevailing winds.  But not today; the wind is coming right into Mahone Bay bringing the ocean with it. <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2Gh-K1GXxuA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 11 a.m., as the hurricane approaches, the powerful southeasterly wind is pushing water into the bay, causing a storm surge. We&#8217;re lucky that the tide is low. Otherwise, some coastal areas would be flooded and there would be damage to infrastructure. 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This is usually a quiet and peaceful place, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/storm-surge-in-mahone-bay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Storm surge in Mahone Bay&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,3,230,317],"tags":[450,8,318,458],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mahone-bay-places","category-weather","category-oak-island-places","category-storms","tag-hurricane-earl","tag-oak-island","tag-storm-surge","tag-western-shore"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Storm surge in Mahone Bay - Nova Scotia Photo Album Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/storm-surge-in-mahone-bay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Storm surge in Mahone Bay - Nova Scotia Photo Album Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At 11 a.m., as the hurricane approaches, the powerful southeasterly wind is pushing water into the bay, causing a storm surge. 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