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White Hurricane by David G. Brown6/25/2023 ![]() In 1913 there was no knowledge of weather fronts or jet streams. This fascination culminated in a book published this year named White Hurricane, as the storm of November 1913 came to be called.ĭavid dug into meteorological records of the day, and enlisted present-day meteorologists in reconstructing the storm as it unfolded over several days. From an early age, he eagerly accumulated all the information he could find about that storm. The first gale of the season came early in 1913, and his father’s story of jumping from second-story windows into snow banks captured the imagination of David Brown. They face the gales of November year after year. These ships navigate until the upper lakes shut themselves down as ice chokes harbors, locks, and rivers. Commercial shipping doesn’t have that luxury. They congratulate themselves that they don’t have to deal with 20-foot waves and gale-force winds. Recreational boaters have the luxury of hauling boats out in October and tucking them away for the winter, then smugly checking the Great Lakes weather from warm homes. ![]() Those who sail the Great Lakes - especially Lake Superior - take that admonition seriously. ![]()
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