I grew up right near Lake Michigan and it requires respect for the weather and conditions. I was running with some Waukegan guys starting from the pier and saw a crazy stream of boats racing back to the harbor in a storm. Coach Lorenc at Waukegan was a great collegiate runner and worked to do fantastic things with the kids there. There were numerous water spouts touching down on the water - crazy cool to look at but would chop up any boat that hit one. Big accident between two boats racing in and the Coast Guard impressively saved lives, although not the boats. Weather forecasting in the 70's was not as good as it is today, but it was evident a storm was brewing and the boaters used bad judgment. My track teammate was very bright but got into trouble in the Coast Guard. Sent him as a kind of punishment to the dispatch tower in Milwaukee, (he was set to go to the Academy as enlisted and he was delayed) a place where as the above poster indicates was a leader in deaths and accidents. A true burn out job. The Great Lakes are no joke. Michigan leads in shipwrecks, but I always thought Superior to be dark and foreboding ,but of course beautiful.