ROUGH!!!!!

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Lake Michigan reporting waves over 20 feet!! in the northern section. superior yesterday was over 27 feet.
 
That just goes to show that Illinois really sucks or Canada really blows...I think it's Illinois
 
Its been blowing 30+ sustained with gusts to 60 here in Milwaukee for the last 36 hours. Its supposed to settle down thursday afternoon.

RGY, do you know of any good webcams on the lake?

Shadowcruzr, I agree its gotta be Illinois...
 
Sure glad you're leaving Indiana out of this! :)
 
Well, after all, they DID predict a very active hurricane season for 2010.

But they didn't say where.

I sincerely hope all vessels are safely in port and all is well.

Bob
 
.............when the gales of november came early
 
It's suppoed to hit here any time now.
I doubled everything up yesterday.
I hope I don't lose cable tonight for game 1
 
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Originally posted by pdecat

.............when the gales of november came early

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The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind ....

Sing on Gordon. :)

Bob
 
RGY, do you know of any good webcams on the lake?

In Ludington, MI there are two user controlled web cams. One on the Ludington Daily News website and the other on Harborview Marina website. Just looked at the Harborview cam and the spray was going over the 60' north pier light. It's just a bit choppy.
 
Wow. Somehow just saying they are 27 foot does not capture the true ferocity of what that means. This aint no swell.
 
this was in my paper today, Ludington MI:

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Originally posted by pdecat

this was in my paper today, Ludington MI:

Thats a great picture...

Is that the lighthouse by the beach in Ludington that you can walk out to? It doesn't look quite as enjoyable as the warm sunny day we walked out there.
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The only time I've ever been afraid for my life was crossing Superior in a storm in December on an icebreaker/buoytender (CCGS Samuel Risley). We had taken on a substantial list as as ice built up on the superstructure (Chief Engineer estimated over 600 tonnes of ice on the decks). We headed for Batchawana Bay and shelter pounding into the waves. The aft deck looked like a hockey rink. Most of the crew were in their bunks in their gumby suits hugging their life jackets praying we saw the next sunrise. I remember laying in my bunk (we all bunked heads to the bow) watching the door curtain on my cabin swinging out 45 degs and then back as we surfed the waves.
 
This NOAA site is a very useful tool.
It allows you to see past and forcast wave heights, winds and a host of other things.
The top map allows you to go back over the last 48 hours and the bottom one forcasts forward.
Check out Lakes Superior and Michigan over the last 48 hours or so. and follow the core of the wind event as it moves
west to east. Also check the water levels in Lake Erie as all the water gets blown east.

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/
 
Rick, what years was that? Do you still sail RISLEY? I was on MACKINAW 83 and 30 and the KATMAI BAY.
 
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Originally posted by cgpuddles

Rick, what years was that? Do you still sail RISLEY? I was on MACKINAW 83 and 30 and the KATMAI BAY.

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Not exactly sure, Dec of '88 I think. I was on the Risley from '85 to '91 as Logistics Officer. I think the roughest trip we had was going across the lake when the Mesquite hit the reef. That was Dec of '99 if I'm not mistaken. We took it on the beam the whole way across.

I remember passing the Big Mac in the ice coming out of Whitefish Bay. Sort of a race. No comparison though, what 50 yrs technology difference? I really like the Bay class tugs. Got lots of pics at home I'll post someday. They're great little icebreakers. Exactly half the propulsion system of the CCGS Griffon (was on there from '80-'85), Fairbanks Morse opposted piston engines, about 1000 hp each I think.
 
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Originally posted by cgpuddles

Rick, what years was that? Do you still sail RISLEY? I was on MACKINAW 83 and 30 and the KATMAI BAY.

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I really like the Bay class tugs. Got lots of pics at home I'll post someday. They're great little icebreakers. Exactly half the propulsion system of the CCGS Griffon (was on there from '80-'85), Fairbanks Morse opposted piston engines, about 1000 hp each I think.

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I'm hoping to find my way to one next transfer season. Something about smashing through ice appeals to me.
 
It's kind of like riding in a blender for hours and days and weeks sometimes. There's so much vibration you can't even type or read! We had to condemn two fwd cabins for sleeping because of the noise.

I remember an ice jamb on the St. Clair river (spring of '83 I think) that took us all (US & Cdn Coast Guards) weeks to clear. We beat our heads into the stuff for 3 weeks before we split a shaft seal. Those little Bay class tugs would run circles around us (CCGS Griffon). I gotta go through my pics this weekend and get some up.
 
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