Hazardous Weather For Our Area Thursday

Be careful out there. From the National Weather Service:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 241 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-080645- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 241 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE, WITH THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT BEING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. SMALL HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND GENERALLY EXIT EAST OF VERMONT BY 9 TO 10 PM. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

#TBT: Camp Redwing

Back in the day, Schroon Lake was home to several, thriving summer camps. Among them Camp Red Wing For Girls. The camp was founded in 1918 and closed in 1980. Hundreds of girls -- and several generations -- called the camp home for two months each summer. We recently heard from one of them, Dree Henniger, who shared this unusual memory:

“1969 Woodstock in background. Sgt. Peppers hottest album. Cabin: Sleepy Hollow. Two waitresses tricked by camp to convince us two GA  girls could attend this wonderful exclusive camp only to find out we were slaves to the kitchen for early am set up serve breakfast clean up in time to set up for lunch, serve lunch, clean up after lunch only to repeat ad nauseam the dinner routine. Oh especially was fun when boys rowed over from across Schroon Lake and we were stuck in kitchen while they danced away”