Lake Superior during a storm

I found this video online. Taken at Presque Isle Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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mindstruggle

Looks angry

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@mindstruggle

It can be. The Edmond Fitzgerald is not the only ship on the bottom of the lake!

SomeMichGuy · M

@mindstruggle Indeed!

From the article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald

ElwoodBlues · M

Audio track: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot, which was lost with all hands on Lake Superior November 10, 1975.

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Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

Lakes that act more like seas,but no salt or sharks...

Musicman · 61-69, M

I don't know why, but I was expecting much worse.

Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

@Musicman It definitely can be worse and has

SomeMichGuy · M

@Musicman The clip is of a very limited view of a very big lake; it's somewhere on this nearly-separated, ear-shaped peninsula

just E of Marquette:

So you might say it's in the lee of the Keweenaw Peninsula:

By comparison, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in waters with no protection at all:

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