I remember that night well. I was active duty going to school in Great Lakes Illinois. It was a monday night, we listened to the news reports on the radio in the dorm like barracks.
Yep, I will never forget that day. We lived about 2 miles from Lake Huron, and about 100 miles north of Detroit. The wind there that day was a constant 70mph according to the radio weather reports. I filled a gallon milk jug about half way and threw it straight up as high as I could, about 500 feet later it hit the ground and kept going ha ha. The last place in the world that I would’ve wanted to be that day, was on the water. It was wicked.
OS2 here; I was at Great Lakes from debt mine 1977, never been so cold in my life! Worst duty station ever