As they say everything is BIGGER in Texas.

I boated on three lakes in Arkansas for most of my life (Ouachita, Hamilton & DeGray) and have boated on Lake Norman here in North Carolina since 1999 and have never seen anything even close to four feet except in the ocean.

Pictures PLEASE

Cheney gets very rough. There really is not anything around to block the wind.

If i had pictures i would post them.

Just a few weeks ago we had a storm roll thru and sink a few jet ski's and lift pontoon boats off the lifts and slem them into the overheads. I was not there fro that but it was bad.

Waves on a lake. Ever been to lake erie in buffalo 4-5' waves is a good day 7-8' then we think about going out. But 92 mph in a 29 in 4-5' that must have been a hell of a ride.[/

Yeah but that was a storm. Was anyone out boating in it?

Surely it does not represent normal or common conditions you see on a lake while boating. Probably more wind damage then anything.

I've been on Lake Erie twice and I compare the Great Lakes to the ocean and not an inland lake.

The first time there the locals canceled two card stops from the poker run due to conditions. I saw three broken outdrives, one broken gimbal and a Cigarette delaminate and these were NOT four foot conditions.

RHC here on the board can back that up.

For sure,not an everyday occurance and it was a pretty bad storm. Alot of docks were torn up and a good amount of boats damaged. No one was out in it but some of them wish they were.

No Sh!t, the USA Olympic sailing team trains there. It is the "best" lake in the USA for sailing & sailboarding/kite sailing training.
It gets rough & the wind blows there 24-7.
I've been out there on my old sea-doo in the traughs & not been able to see shore.
PM tuner tech & ask him how big the water was. He was there.

Smitty 272
I have seen 98/99 mph BUT NOT IN FOOTERS!!!

Maybe you should have researched a little harder before you started this post. You said you were in 40-50mph winds, yet your weatherunderground post only shows wind in the upper 20's, gusting to 40mph............could you have overestimated your wave heigth as well???????