![]() ![]() based National Weather Service warn of shoreline flooding in areas as well as wind and storm warnings along with marine warnings in place for Wednesday night to Thursday evening. On MaBoeing delivered the first widebody freighter, a 747-200, to Lufthansa. Gale force winds are classified by exceeding 45 to 90 km/h and this storm is packing those types of gusts for most of the day Thursday.Īs of Wednesday evening, over 7 freighters are currently en-route on Lake Superior according to ĭamaging winds will affect shoreline areas of Western Lake Superior with winds from the southeast then switching to the eastern shoreline with winds shifting to westerly Thursday afternoon. Waves heights of 22 feet (7 meters) are forecast for Thursday afternoon, subsiding to 16 foot waves Thursday evening. Gale warnings are now in place for Whitefish Bay while a storm warning is in effect for eastern Lake Superior. Ro-ro cargo ship MED BRIDGE with vehicles and passengers on board ran aground on rocks of Ramkeen Island. Their design has been widely used in this part of the Galaxy since at least the mid-24th century. AP The images of the shipwreck show a breach in El Faro’s hull and its main navigation tower missing. Light Freighters are of completely different configuration compared to the other freighter sub-types. ![]() This wind forecast map for late Thursday shows peak winds from the west affecting areas from Batchawana to Wawa on the eastern coast of Lake Superior. The freighter El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin on Oct. Hurricane Sandy – the largest hurricane on record, battered the North American east coast in October 2012, produced peak wave heights of 42 feet. Source: Swayze, Dave The Great Lakes Shipwreck File: Total Losses of Great Lakes Ships. Most storms over the oceans of the world can produce average wave heights of 30 feet. The highest wave ever recorded was a height of 29 feet (8.8 meters) on Octoon Lake Superior just north of Marquette, Michigan. To put that into perspective, 23 to 26 foot waves sank the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975. ![]()
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