Jay Austin
@jaustinumd.bsky.social
Lake physicist, working on scales from milliseconds to millennia.
I am the unofficial bell-toller at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth, MN. Tonight at 7:10 PM I tolled our largest bell 29 times to honor the 29 souls lost in the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am the unofficial bell-toller at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth, MN. Tonight at 7:10 PM I tolled our largest bell 29 times to honor the 29 souls lost in the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy.
If you want to keep your gear safe, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE LAKE. One of our buoys was just hit by a vessel (which will remain nameless here).
June 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you want to keep your gear safe, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE LAKE. One of our buoys was just hit by a vessel (which will remain nameless here).
Found some 136 year old graffiti carved into a rock in the park near our house this evening
May 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Found some 136 year old graffiti carved into a rock in the park near our house this evening
This is a bit of a surprise; while Lake Superior ice cover is on par with 2024- way behind the long term average- the other four lakes are near or even exceeding the long-term average coverage. Superior coverage typically peaks in early March so we still have a ways to go.
January 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a bit of a surprise; while Lake Superior ice cover is on par with 2024- way behind the long term average- the other four lakes are near or even exceeding the long-term average coverage. Superior coverage typically peaks in early March so we still have a ways to go.