I have deliberately not put music to this to try and give you the feel of what it was like, hope you enjoy it. Oui, les gens ne vivent dans ces phares dans le Michigan. Your photos would be of equal interest! I even took my GPS from the jeep to the end of the Muskegon breakwall and marked that spot. Photo #5 by Mariners Weather Log/NOAA, Aftermath of the Winter Storm: The photographer described this photo as, 30 foot tall outer light of the St. Joseph, Michigan after a severe winter storm. and Naragansett Bay RI and many in the Vinyard and Nantucket area. Hope all of you are members of the Lighthouse Society of America to help preserve these amazing treasures! No island, just built on a cement crib. The lighthouse is 114 feet high, which means that foam is spraying 100 feet into the air, propelled upward by a raging sea that sinks ships and floods towns up and down the coast. One yr., I believe it was in the mid 60s, when the Mockifiel grounded on the pier next to the lighthouse during one extreme winter. Thanks again. Tue Dec 7 2021 - 20:15. I dont think I would like to be there at such a time. I, as a child 1n late 1920s & 30s, visited Ponce De Leon, FL Lighthouse almost every weekend Come check us out. This was filmed in 1994 on video tape. I lived in Detroit and Port Huron for 27 years and still consider the lake shore lines and beaches to be the most beautiful in the world. Bunny Walters. The Boyd and Nicholas Blog, http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/04/power-of-the-storm-44-ferocious-waves-attacking-lighthouses/, Pretty amazing photo tribute to waves and lighthouses: Power of the Storm: 44 Ferocious | scot hacker's foobar blog, US Government Top Secret Town: Manhattan Project Atomic City aka Oak Ridge TN, noplaneta.com.br | The Friday Shirk Report Volume107, Walking on Water: Adventure Across Frozen Lake Superior to Apostle Island Ice Caves, For Geeks & Security Freaks: Unhackable Heart. Mother nature at work, absoluteley awesome, especially for me..I live in TEXAS!! A stark example of the madness of weather that surrounds the Great Lakes region. Red Did you say 20 feet high FROZEN waves? Google splka.com for information on an experience you will never forget! Photo #32 by []. Upper Mich. can make one very humble, but it is stunningly beautiful. It is a trip worthwhile taking. It is the last and the largest lighthouse ever built on the Great Lakes. Now Im a Florida girl. Fabulous pics and oh, how, so true some of the other sentiments I read about them from others. Now I did the same..I meant South Haven , not South Bend. Lighthouses are found worldwide, marking dangerous coastlines and lighting the way to safe harbor. comment: The pictures were totally Awesome and really beautiful Lighthouses.!!! However, its interesting to note that on that fateful November night in 1975 when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down off the coast of Whitfish Point, the electricty in the area had gone out and for some unknown reason the generator at the lighthouse didnt kick in. I grew up in Michigan and mainly went North to Port Austin area to Lake Huron or to Lake Michigan in the summers, but all the lakes can be rough in winter. The pics are eirrie (?) The lighthouse is 114 feet high, which means that foam is spraying 100 feet into the air, propelled upward by a raging sea that sinks ships and floods towns up and down the coast.It is Feb. 8, 1978. Bye. and have loved lighthouses ever sense. Beautiful scenery in the summer, awesome from the shore in The lighthouse in the photo is 76 ft tall. Some are seemingly never-ending and nowhere to pile all the Love that lighthouse. My congratulation to the hero photographers. It sounded as though it would run out of air from time to time, like an asthmatic. Easy fix. It has since been replaced by automation, Awesome pictures butwhere was Manistee Light house. Photo #33 by American Red Cross / NOAA / NWS, Sheboygan Lighthouse (NOAA Station SGNW3). lighthouse keepers job. The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Anyone with enough guts to fair the waves of great storms to get to a lighthouse definitely more guts than me. Be safe! Footage shared on Facebook shows dramatic scenes as they watch the huge waves slam into the wall of the lighthouse tower. Never had the experience of visiting the inside of one but plan to search which ones are available to visit inside. In a larger container, they can run out farther and weaken. Inquire Within. I was born and raised in Frankfort and I and my friends would go out to light house and stand and wait for a wave to hit pier and then run as fast as we can to get behind light before the wave would wash us off in to the water. You get a good dose of humility in a Michigan winter. Old Maine Lighthouse Covered in Snow from New England Storm. As supervisor of Grand Haven S. pierhead lt,{#41 & others} in early 1960s I walked out the catwalk to take the watch morning after storm and ice coating like #41 but more ice like (#6), Foster J. Trainor who I was releiveing, had to through an axe out that upper window so I could chop the ice off to get the door open so I could get in and he could go home. The photographer described, In this picture is the outer and inner light. Wonderful pictures from some very brave photographers! My family has a cottage a mile south of the Sturgeon Bay, canal light house. He is the one that sent me this video. should never be criticized. Truly amazing of Mother Natures awesome power & beautyCongrats to the brave people who shot these photos I only wish I was brave enough to venture out to these beautiful Lighhouses during storms and other natural wonders. Awsome! In March, the warm winds would break up the ice and the caves would disappear just as fast as they came. Before joining the NZ Lighthouse Service I had been a merchant seaman, and so in one way or another I have had a long association with the sea and its sometimes ferocity! Thanks again! those were really awesome pictures. Never underestimate the power of wind and water. Thank you! Ah, but life on the lakes! Several winters I visited the north shore of Chicago and remember both Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on the breakwater and Grosse Point Light in Evanston. I loved Lighthouse living and have many wonderful memories to this day. We just got back from Munising and Grand Marais, MI and it was beautiful! lol will stay in the suburbs. A blizzard has rammed New England, shutting down roads, businesses and schools. I am thankful that I was on an island. The beauty of Gods creation. As the remnants of the record low pressure moved on this past weekend the waves on Lake Michigan were pretty rough. What devotion these keepers had to tend the light. The photographers should be acclaimed for their fearlessness for documenting all these wonderful light house pictures showing the fury of Lake Michigan storms. I was about 13 or 14 at the time. We really enjoy leaving a warm, safe, base and having the wonderful excitement of spending hours in small boats in that weather looking for your body in the slim hope that we will find and recover you while you are still breathing. Outstanding photos. I wish I could be so brave! Our God is an awesome God.! We had to secure all the metal doors (there were no windows) causing us to live in total isolation except for one telephone to shore. Photo #26 by Charles Dawley, Smell the salt? The other great lakes are beautiful, howeverLake Superior is the best! That was in the 50s. A lighthouse keeper has shared his terrifying footage of the powerful impact of Storm Barra that he captured when he turned up for work. In the beginning God . My parents and us kids would pack a lunch on Saturday, in the summer, and go fish for perch off of the piers. have seen now, wonderfull pictures of lighthouses. Storm Barra has made landfall in Ireland and has been battering the Cork coastline since the early hours of Tuesday morning. We spent most of the day out there and usually had sunburned noses! The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? Many died in those endeavors. That first picture is absolutely incredible! an Oil Rig type platform located about 10 miles out to sea, south of Brooklyn , NY. a 36 foot lifeboat, the waves would oftentimes make them invisible. Grew up in Grand Haven, Michigan and loved the harbor then. This guy was kayaking in the lake. Southern California is famous for it mission bells and in the picture one may be such. We took off. YES!!! Yes, pretty much all lighthouses no longer need the traditional lightkeeper. The Light Keepers daughterDian (McKeithen) Miller. AWESOME!!!! I was born in Frankfort, raised in Ludington. They really are something! Lake Michigan? Photo #24 by Mrs Logic, Perfect Timing Petoskey Breakwall. It is Feb. 8, 1978. Not exactly conditions many people would fancy being out in the middle of! google_ad_height = 90; Blizzard Rams New England. Sharon. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. We spent three years restoring this lighthouse and now it is visited by people from all over the world. On a couple of occasions I actually had to crawl to reach the tower. I noted that Lake Superior was not photographed in this series. First published on January 29, 2022 / 2:25 PM. I love lighthouses. Brought back lovely memories but the way things are with the weather now I wouldnt want to live on ANY coast.and thats a shame, isnt it? That went on for hours and finally the seas would subside and we were once again able to open the storm doors and see the sunlight. I really like lighthouses! The famed Christmas Michigan for one, in that freezing bus for 1 and a half hours or more depending on the storms to Munising to our High School. Dave Waller is no different - except he has chosen to watch the storm from his lighthouse on The. Fantastic. Workers were just finishing up a paint job when the storm hit. Lee. I was able to venture out safely about 1 []. But these events are still extremely rare, and even when they occur, they hardly ever result in a fatality. Browse more videos. The pictures were amazing. Reminds me of the song: The LighthouseFor God is our Lighthouse our Strong tower! While growing up there I still have fond memories of its quite loud fog horn. Spending my summers At Augres Mich. Have seen many of the lighthouses (both winter & summer) on the west side of Michigan. I no longer wish for lighthouse keeping! Colourful double rainbows in seascape over the ocean horizon with storm clouds dramatic sky and white lighthouse south stack, A winter storm approaches the shores of Southern Georgian Bay in Lighthouse Point, Collingwood, St. Joseph Lighthouse ,St. Joseph Michigan USA, Lighthouse Storm Stock Photos, Images & Pictures. Hi, Back in 1952 I was in the U.S. Coast Guard,stationed at a Light House on Lake Michigan, it was called Indiana Harbor Light Station. Panorama of Peggys Cove's Lighthouse at Storm. View in gallery. I miss Michigan.winters and all. I hope to one day see an actual lighthousewith me living in the desert it almost seems the lighthouse is unreal. And in many ways, their labors and works seemed designed to frame the grace, strength and sense of purpose of the light-keepers. Perhaps one of the most famous photos of this particular French lighthouse, located in the Celtic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. The storm was like a curtain on a stage with dark clouds, thunder and lightning and beside the curtain on each side, the sun was shining. 30-meter wave crashed into a lighthouse during a storm. We have SOOOO many and they are all historical. It fit together literally like a jigsaw puzzle that has resisted the shear and torque of waves shown towering twice the lights height. Having produced the book, Michigan lighthouses, An Aerial Photographic Perspective, (www.michiganlighthouse.com), I have a keen appreciation of the work involved. The object was to try and record for posterity the passing way of life of us Lighthouse Keepers. At the height of the storms, the waves smashing against the eight pilings would cause the entire light to vibrate like a violin string. Photo #35 by NOAA / NWS / NASA, When the lake goes fishing. The ice apparently broke the hand rail cables on the catwalk, and they are now drooping down with tons of ice. I just kept saying Wow! Kevin Cole, chief photographer at The Boston Herald American, is stuck in Plymouth, Mass. Even now I am a It was this little, tiny plane. Which do you think will win? When I was 13 (43 years ago)I stood at the base of the 35 South Haven light house as waves from the N.W. The outer light is 36 tall and the inner light is 51 tall. I knew a jill in Grand Haven. After watching these lighthouses in a storm on the Pointe de Bretagne I'm pretty sure it would be a nerve-wracking and tiring experience. 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