GREAT LAKES MAKE WEATHER CHANNEL'S TROPICAL UPDATE?

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Hurricane Sandy 

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Never thought I'd see the day when the Great Lakes made the Weather Channel's Tropical Update and Hurricane Central, but Sandy was 900 miles wide. Her swath hit from New York and New Jersey all the way to Chicago and north to the Arctic Circle. Her fringes spawned 74 mph winds kicking  the Great Lakes into waves two stories high that called a halt to shipping for two days.  

11am Update on Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy

Below are some links to Hurricane Sandy's affect on the Great Lakes.  

Lake Michigan waves in Chicago 
Lake Michigan 32 Ft. waves 
Lake Michigan storm surge
Chicago lake front
Great Lakes shipping
Lake Huron shipping
Lake Huron waves Sarnia Ontario

WINDS KICK UP HUGE WAVES ON LAKE HURON

Port Sanilac - Oct 29, 2012 -- Don-Sharon Frisch 
Great slideshow at WNEM Mid Michigan TV
Superstorm Sandy makes its mark on Mid-Michigan 

We live in interesting times. :)

Vivian

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY ARE CALLED "GREAT" LAKES? Part Two, Lake Michigan

Thanks to Dave Herholz for this photo of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline

Once again a Frenchman is credited with discovering a Great Lake. Searching for a "South Sea" to the Far East Jean Nicolet left Quebec in July of 1634 with seven Hurons paddling canoes. Lake Michigan must have seemed like an ocean to Jean, because by the time he arrived in Green Bay Wisconsin that Autumn he was convinced he was about to meet some exotic Far Eastern peoples. Trying to make an impression he dawned flowing robes and announced himself by firing pistols into the air ... but all he did was frighten a few members of the native Indian tribes. 

http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/history/1600s_1700s.html

Today, twelve million people live along Lake Michigan's 1600 miles of shoreline. Because of it's many sandy beaches it's often call the nation's "third coast", attracting millions more tourists every summer. 

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/greatlk.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_michigan

Noted for vibrant sunsets, spectacular sand dunes, and the City of Chicago––Michigan is perhaps the most well known of the five Great Lakes. Stretching from the Straits of Mackinac at the tip of Michigan's mitten, more than three hundred miles south to Chicago Illinois, it is the only Great Lake contained entirely within US borders. Four states line its shores, including Wisconsin and Indiana.

Sunset at Sleeping Bear Dunes

Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan. Thanks to the National Park Service

Portage Indiana, Lake Michigan Shoreline

The ferry boat SS Badger departing Manitowoc Wisconsin for the 118 mile trip to Michigan

Thanks to Madmaxmarchhare@en.wikipedia

Even a colorful character like Jean Nicolet would be awed by the lake he discovered. 

Vivian