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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes regional team and the National Weather Service’s Detroit team have simulated wave height during the Great Storm of 1913.
The storm sunk 12 boats and killed 250 people.
November 27, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/11/27/curious-about-what-the-great-lakes-storm-of-1913-was-really-like/Great Lakes storm fans have a chance this year to mark the 100th anniversary of one of the worst to ever hit.
January 29, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/01/29/the-great-lakes-storm-of-1913-michigan-museums-ontario-communities-create-tributes/The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 is widely considered to be the defining tragedy of the region.
October 28, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/10/28/play-brings-drama-of-historical-great-storm-to-the-stage/The Great Storm of 1913, os one of the defining moments in Michigan’s weather history.
People can examine that storm in the Michigan Historical Museum’s exhibit, “Lake Effects,” on Oct. 5.
September 16, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/09/16/michigan-historical-museum-highlights-deadly-storms-weather-science/The town is a designated “harbor of refuge” by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
September 15, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/09/15/photo-friday-harbor-town-lexington-michigan-has-charm-and-history/A book about the salvaging business in the Great Lakes sat unread for over 50 years. Now its story will be told again.
June 2, 2017 https://greatlakesecho.org/2017/06/02/salvaging-a-forgotten-classic/Last week I covered the release of an animated model of an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac.
July 16, 2014 https://greatlakesecho.org/2014/07/16/upending-the-basin-making-data-dance/It was a busy year for Echo; after all, it was the year of Michigan’s wolf hunt and the year of the Great Lakes Storm’s centennial anniversary. We look back at the year’s stories that got the most views.
December 26, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/12/26/the-most-viewed-echo-stories-of-2013/Just in time for the 100th anniversary, Great Lakes author Michael Schumacher has penned “November’s Fury,” a comprehensive account of the devastating Great Storm of 1913.
November 19, 2013 https://greatlakesecho.org/2013/11/19/interview-author-michael-schumacher-on-novembers-fury/