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sablebrush52

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Dec 9, 2023
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This honestly was pretty impactful to all of us living near the Great Lakes. I usually shed a tear when Wisconsin Public Radio plays the song and states the names of the sailors who perished, ringing a bell for each one. While I was born a couple years after the boat went down, the event still resonates.

Unless you come and visit, you’ll never truly understand how vast and powerful these lakes are, especially Lake Superior.
 

BenMN

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This honestly was pretty impactful to all of us living near the Great Lakes. I usually shed a tear when Wisconsin Public Radio plays the song and states the names of the sailors who perished, ringing a bell for each one. While I was born a couple years after the boat went down, the event still resonates.

Unless you come and visit, you’ll never truly understand how vast and powerful these lakes are, especially Lake Superior.
Very true

Someone just got knocked off the jetty at Grand Marais. She made it out


When I was there in August we were having a nice takeout dinner right there until water rescue pulled up with a body

We moved across the bay and just as we did rescue teams sped in for another guy. Unreal

Oh, and I'm in. Som Besths
 
Dec 9, 2023
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Very true

Someone just got knocked off the jetty at Grand Marais. She made it out


When I was there in August we were having a nice takeout dinner right there until water rescue pulled up with a body

We moved across the bay and just as we did rescue teams sped in for another guy. Unreal

Oh, and I'm in. Som Besths
I spent my kid years in Duluth and northern Minnesota. Those rare summers where Superior warmed up enough to swim in there was a spot that was about chest deep that went out a fair distance from shore before the bottom dropped out. You could reach out with your foot and feel the undertow. I did that twice before my mom found out and reamed me a new one while telling me about people who would get sucked down into the depths of the lake and never seen again.…
 

GKChesterton

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The real faces of St. Nicholas:
 

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