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Huge Waves on the Great Lakes!

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user098123
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Any surfers around? haha not likely...

"A storm over the upper Great Lakes will continue to lash portions of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes today through tonight with high winds and rain. Winds will cause chilly AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures and damage due to toppled trees and power lines. Thousands across the region already had power cut Sunday. Other areas could experience power outages today. Winds will also whip the waters of the Great Lakes into a fury. Waves will be as high as 15 feet on Lake Michigan and over 20 feet on Lake Superior. Conditions will be dangerous for recreational boaters and commercial shipping."

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Weathermatrix&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Weathermatrix/archives/2009/09/great_lakes_storm_winds_waves.asp

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Grand Haven Pier, not too far away from where I grew up.

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Wish I could see that in person!  That water level is usually like 6 feet below the pier, at least.
Sep 28 2009 6:48PM
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Mooose...
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Thats crazy

doesn't look very surfable though...
Sep 28 2009 6:51PM
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ChefBoyardee
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Holy Shit!! Im at school in Oshkosh Wisconsin and ive heard that people surf in Sheboygan which isnt too far away... the wave in the second pic looks absolutely brutal, such a sweet shot
Sep 28 2009 6:52PM
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1337
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yea there are a lot of people surfing up their this weekend
Sep 28 2009 6:53PM
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user098123
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Haha ya probably not too good for surfers.  However, people surf all winter long on Lake Superior up in Marquette.  They get the thickest wet suits you can buy and go out there during midwinter storms, the lake effect can bring in 10 ft+ rip curls.
Sep 28 2009 6:53PM
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horner
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Lake superior is calm at the moment.
Sep 28 2009 6:54PM
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factory81
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i live in grand haven

people are trying to surf out there. i was just out watching them retawded fucked.


Seriously retarded.


I should have brought my jetboat out though and went wave jumping. I would have sunk it though, no question about it haha.
Sep 28 2009 6:59PM
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Chompo.
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i live down in detroit and lake st claire was pretty choppy today
Sep 28 2009 7:12PM
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ace_
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hmm.. GL doesnt happen to mean Gull Lake does it?
Sep 28 2009 7:12PM
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user098123
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It does actually.........
Sep 28 2009 7:13PM
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ace_
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weird

plainwell right here!
Sep 28 2009 7:14PM
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Tinga
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we're always on the wrong side of the lake.
Sep 28 2009 7:15PM
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Che~
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damn that 2nd pic is epic
Sep 28 2009 7:16PM
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user098123
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Where are you located at Tingas?

And ya that is weird Ace, I have met a few people from that area randomly on NS.  I graduated in 2006, this is a screenname I've had for awhile.  At MSU now.
Sep 28 2009 7:16PM
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Tinga
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duluth. south west corner of superior.
Sep 28 2009 7:17PM
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user098123
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Ah ok, I've never been over there.  Been to quite a few other places in the UP but not there.  Awesome place, love going to Marquette and Tech.
Sep 28 2009 7:18PM
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ace_
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kind of neat actually haha.

wolverine conference john dayo represent!
Sep 28 2009 7:18PM
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user098123
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Haha ya for sure.
Sep 28 2009 7:19PM
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blackwallstreetd
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last time i was in grand haven (like a month ago) there were like ten people surfing . it looked so sweet but cold.
Sep 28 2009 10:19PM
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no_steeze
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no it does not, there seem to be lighthouses in the way
Sep 28 2009 10:21PM
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Pklink04
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yeah but the breeze is still rippin out here, makes me wish i was home and could go sailing
Sep 28 2009 10:32PM
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