Lake Superior Storm

This video was shot on Thursday, August 10, 2006. A sudden wind storm blew in over Lake Superior. It reminded me of the dangerous November gales (but come early) that the Lake is so infamous for.

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• superior
• tofte
• minnesota
• wind
• storm

[TippmannHawk]

wow can u see other side of the lake?

[caffeinatedangel]

Not from that area, I think there are some parts of the lake that are narrow enough across you can see Wisconsin.

[TippmannHawk]

well have you not loged in in months or something? i rote that comment 3 or 4 months ago?

[caffeinatedangel]

Yeah, pretty much. Its taken me a long time to catch up on my comments. :)

[mrlego611]

this remindes y'all even u caffeinatedangel about the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald which split in 2 and sunk in a terrible storm.

[caffeinatedangel]

Yeah, that was definitely in my head as I was watching this storm - though I'm sure the forces the lake threw at the Edmund Fitzgerald would put that windstorm to shame.

[canaryman69]

@TippmannHawk hell no you can't see the other side of the lake, it is hundreds of miles, can you see hundreds of miles?

[sauerkraut145]

Very nice it looks like Huron in a storm. As a kid our parents had a cottage on Lake Huron- the summers were great but the winters are polar-like. Lake Huron can also get very rough when there is a N.E. wind.

[Psilaxs]

@yoshi2560

Yes it is a fresh water lake.. people eat the fish they catch from her.

[Psilaxs]

@TippmannHawk

LOL!

"Lake" Superior is an inland SEA. She is over 350 miles long and a breadth of over 160 miles. She breads weather, fog rain snow storms cyclonic blizzards and hurricane force winds. yes you can see the other side... if you are near one of her tributaries. But the answer for intents is no. She is bigger than south carolina. plus some.

[chazfensk]

I grew up right next to lake superior. It really is an interesting lake.

[classiciron1958]

I grew up in Oulu, WI, about twenty minutes from the south shore of the lake, and the storms and wall clouds that came off it are like none I have seen since. The whole south shore is made of either rocky cliffs or mud banks, gorgeous the whole way.

[CusterFlux]

Cool thing about Lake Superior is it's a failed continental rift valley - the largest failed rift on the planet - so its geology tends to look wilder than the other great lakes. The gulls hang out in the surf looking for confused fish ...

[irishoforiel]

The most dangerous time here in November when The Witch of November rolls in.I live in Wisconsin about 90 miles from Lake Superior.I believe she is around 300 miles long.

[irishoforiel]

I am heading up to Chequamegon Bay for the Fourth of July.The biggest freashwater bay in the world.Lake Superior really is an inland sea.

[laysea65]

great vid, lake superior has the most beautiful water as far as the color it puts the ocean in Florida to shame. It is so clear and blue just amazing. I am going on vacation in august to Munising to see the pictured rocks which look amazing ok enough of my imput.