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Very strong NNW winds here. Tomorrow the waves on Lake Michigan are predicted to be 15-20 ft. with an occasional 26 footer. Lake Superior will have 24 footers. Gordon Lightfoot sings of "The gales of November", but it's only mid October!
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Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: K-zoo]
#7694527 10/17/2210:25 PM10/17/2210:25 PM
From shore I have safely seen very large waves on Lake Erie. The power in the water is amazing.
Back one summer day when I was 20 years old, I was a guest on a large boat on Lake Erie. The engine died as a major storm approached. Unfortunately a tornado developed and it came right over us. The waves were immense. The wind was deafening. Only by God’s grace did everyone survive. Miracles happened that day.
For a good read about weather developing suddenly and placing lives in peril, look up writings about “The day the duck hunters died”.
RP - why do you think this winter will be rough? Thanks for the video. I have not seen that before. Many important images!
Best wishes.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: K-zoo]
#7694547 10/17/2210:51 PM10/17/2210:51 PM
Garry I was younger when the Edmond Fitzgerald went down. I live on the east side of superior that was by far the worst storm I have ever seen in my 50 years here. We found a life boat the next day as everyone was walking the shorline looking for survivors. I think that boat is in the museum in Michigan. We found 2 of them they were torn from their rests when it went down I think. Nobody was getting into a lifeboat on the lake that night. I saw waves of what I believe where 75 to 100 feet
Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: K-zoo]
#7694594 10/18/2212:42 AM10/18/2212:42 AM
Here is Superior around 3:00 pm this afternoon, winds out of the NW at 27, tonight supposed to jump to 40 plus. The water has raised the creek by about 4 feet, pushing it upstream. These are little waves.
Last edited by Spade; 10/18/2212:43 AM.
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Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: K-zoo]
#7694604 10/18/2201:37 AM10/18/2201:37 AM
Garry I was younger when the Edmond Fitzgerald went down. I live on the east side of superior that was by far the worst storm I have ever seen in my 50 years here. We found a life boat the next day as everyone was walking the shorline looking for survivors. I think that boat is in the museum in Michigan. We found 2 of them they were torn from their rests when it went down I think. Nobody was getting into a lifeboat on the lake that night. I saw waves of what I believe where 75 to 100 feet
I was a kid when the E.F. went down. We had just started fishing a new place in western Ontario the year before. Crossed at the Soo and took 17 west. I still remember that second trip, my parents stopping somewhere by Copper Mine and pointing out into the lake. "That's where it went down". Made that trip a whole bunch of times since then. It's even eerier now that I have an adult perspective of what happened that night.
The big lakes are nothing to fool with.
Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.
Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: Spade]
#7694685 10/18/2206:48 AM10/18/2206:48 AM
When the sun rises, I expect to look out and see Houghton Lake rocking and rolling too.... 15-25 mph, gusts to 45 outta be pretty wild on the water here. I see a duck hunter today, I know he/she is nutso
Blessings, Mark
Re: The Great Lakes are Angry
[Re: K-zoo]
#7694708 10/18/2207:30 AM10/18/2207:30 AM