I was raised in lower Michigan, I remember the day very well. I was in the boy scouts and we had plan a camping trip that weekend, It turned bad weather as soon as we set up camp, it rained and rained and the wind picked up and blew like crazy and the temperatures dropped, basically cold and damp windy night. It ended up being a crappy first night, and in the morning we called it quits and hiked out of the camp.
I grew up on Sawyer AFB in the UP. I remember going into Marquette many a time and seeing the bulk carriers loading iron orr at the dock.
I used to live in Marquette. That day the waves were bigger than anyone remembers.