{"id":37819,"date":"2025-10-18T20:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37819"},"modified":"2025-10-18T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:02:36","slug":"lakeside-sunrise-before-t-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=37819","title":{"rendered":"Lakeside sunrise before T-storms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing like midwest thunderstorms to bring weirdly unstable air, clouds and wonderful sunrises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the sunrise, a few clouds, and a sliver of a moon &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"has-rounded-corners-20\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a 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What would make the lake level so much lower than the piers, boats and shoreline?   Climate or weather?  Human activity?  All of the above? &#8230; it&#8217;s tragic for the homeowner for sure, but if this water is so low, what about all the water needed for trees, birds and animals &#8230; and the health of our earth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"has-rounded-corners-20\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?attachment_id=37827\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX B700&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760763234&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN2404\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"37827\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?attachment_id=37827\" data-url=\"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goatbells.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCN2404-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I walk this lake 2x every year, spring and fall, and I have never seen it that low.  And without any birds but a few geese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing like midwest thunderstorms to bring weirdly unstable air, clouds and wonderful sunrises. Before the sunrise, a few clouds, and a sliver of a moon &#8230; As the sun rose, different clouds rolled in and the sun went back and forth behind them. 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