{"id":2123,"date":"2009-02-02T21:12:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2010-01-16T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T18:07:31","slug":"the-verdict-of-groundhog-day-six-more-weeks-of-winter-on-the-outer-cape-at-least","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"The Verdict of Groundhog Day:  Six More Weeks of Winter on the Outer Cape &#8230; At Least"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sue-kayak-sunset-840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"514\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2124\" title=\"sue-kayak-sunset-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sue-kayak-sunset-840.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sue-kayak-sunset-840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/sue-kayak-sunset-840-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Sue Wieber Nourse Watches the Sun Set Behind Great Island<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Looking at Blackfish Creek back in August as we conducted night surveys of diamondback terrapin activity\u00c2\u00a0in the channel off Boathouse Beach on Lieutenant Island, it&#8217;s really hard to believe we&#8217;re even on the same planet, never mind the same continent, same peninsula, same estuary as today.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though the day brought bright sunshine and some melting of caked ice on walkways, clues that winter would cling to the Outer Cape for at least another six weeks were fairly abundant as the tide rushed in from the bay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f2r2_gXa9c8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f2r2_gXa9c8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2r2_gXa9c8&amp;fmt=18\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to View Video in High Quality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Incoming Tide Drives Giant Ice Floes in Blackfish Creek<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">With a 15 foot range from highest high to lowest low, the physics of Wellfleet tides\u00c2\u00a0and the geography of its estuaries\u00c2\u00a0generate enormous\u00c2\u00a0forces and intense energies that\u00c2\u00a0toss multi-ton icebergs through the creeks like Legos, interlocking them horizontally and vertically until channels are completely clogged in an icy mosaic.\u00c2\u00a0 As though this\u00c2\u00a0freeze itself were not enough evidence, tomorrow brings the forecast of a major nor&#8217;easter for the Outer Cape\u00c2\u00a0as more than a half foot of snow is predicted with gale winds that will pile up two foot drifts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">So, even though not a single turtle saw its shadow on the Outer Cape\u00c2\u00a0this Groundhog Day 2009, even though\u00c2\u00a0not one snoozing reptile opted to emerge from brumation to test the extent of this frigid and seemingly never-ending winter, the verdict is in: six more weeks of winter &#8230; 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