"Gales of Superior" Spring Storm 4/20/2023

The power of a Lake Superior Gale was on full display as 60MPH winds kicked up a fuss.

[@JES2691]

WOW!! Busting open the gate at 9:41.

[@robhay57]

Thank you @Duluth Harbor Cam! I loved watching it live and am glad that I can view this any time. I was really pleased to see that you recorded this.

[@theonering2092]

The raw power of Gitche Gumee… glorious

[@michaelborgelt1600]

I saw it live on the Canal cams. Incredible. Many greetings from Germany : - )

[@thebigguy8306]

Thank you, beautiful scene when watching from inside. Hopefully, all boats on the lake found shelter.

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Most did, except Indiana Harbor. Crazy people sailed straight through it 😬

[@curtrupp4259]

I hope they recorded it

[@jhonsiders6077]

Years ago there was a keeper in that light house they built that very well to take that kind of wave pounding ! That had to be a bit unnerving to be in that building during a storm like that .

[@MoosefromCanada]

Hey there from Lake Huron ! Our jetty and lighthouse got a pounding too! Not much beach left 😢🆘🫡🇨🇦

[@dougcrawford3051]

Gichi Gami - Never gives up her dead! Gordon Lightfoot if i remember correctly wrote and sang the song about the Edmond Fitzgerald. Also a great song "Sundown" plus others.

[@krystalynnmelby463]

Very beautiful thing mother nature is. 🤗🤠🙏

[@atomicwedgie8176]

God, is in charge of me -mother nature

[@majobis]

Glad you got the part at 28:09 of the waves busting the gate open Why drive to either coastline when a couple hours drive up north you get to see stuff like this. Superior's fury at it's best

[@debragagner9529]

Holy buckets...there's even big waves in the walk way.

[@chrisdye5068]

I have to move to Duluth.

[@charlesjames1442]

Bring your down parka.

[@davefogelstrom8940]

The old girl’s kicking up her heels.

[@rebeckylee157]

When I see Superior like this, I have to literally remind myself that I’m not looking at a turbulent ocean.

[@gmedack]

Spectacular footage, Thank you for sharing.

[@tbc27Z]

Thanks Duluth💙

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

Beautiful! The power and majesty of the Great Lakes

[@susanpugh130]

Your comment describes the absolute power of our dear Mother Superior!❤

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

@@susanpugh130 Ha! While I love Superior, it ranks second in my heart. Second only to Lake Michigan.

[@susanpugh130]

@@sweynforkbeardtraindude Oops. I forgot there are 4 more lakes. Does Michigan kick up this bad? I had friends living in the UP. I wish I'd have paid them a visit. I know it's beautiful. My family for 3 generations have lived in Superior and Duluth, so I'm kinda partial!💖💖💖

[@sweynforkbeardtraindude]

@@susanpugh130 Michigan can get crazy but not as much as Superior. LM is a beautiful lake from Holland north. What is crazy is how dangerous Lake Erie can be. It is so shallow that not very much wind will whip it up pretty good.

[@susanpugh130]

@@sweynforkbeardtraindude I love these big lakes!!!

[@chrisa6140]

Another Thanks DHC from me. Wish I could go back & review other cams from then. Thank you so much.

[@seajustsea4935]

Thanks Duluth Harbor Cam!! I watched for hours yesterday. Capturing when the gate crashed open was the high point for me. I didn't see it yesterday when watching. Seeing the waves splash higher than either lighthouse was awesome!

[@JoniMitchell-qi6hr]

What country state or province is this?Never heard of the place be specific pleaseWe are not all explorers orNavigatorsNo harm in educating us thx😊The world is very big❤

[@leahswiler4980]

@@JoniMitchell-qi6hr This is Lake Superior in the Duluth Minnesota harbor.

[@ostbagar3]

Looks like the lake i live besides in a winterstorm! Vättern in Sweden! Majestic 🙏

[@pootmahgoots8482]

I remember going up to Duluth around this same time in 2013 and having a similar thing going on. My family and I stayed at The Inn on Lake Superior and after two days, everything was covered in a layer of ice over an inch thick along the boardwalk. It was cool.

[@deetempleton80]

Our Lady Love is cleansing off the Winter Blahs....you go girl..

[@donnayoung5133]

Damn......! Just like November.🤯

[@Gordanovich02]

I know it's a (very big) lake but in conditions like those it reminds me so much of the North Sea off Scotland.

[@dmc9492]

Can't get enough crashing waves🥰would love to be in that light at the end of the peer during a strong thunderstorm at night 😍

[@philipgattey9200]

Giant Emerald green waves at Split Rock shaking the ground. You'll want to run😁

[@howardjohnson6189]

Ditto!!

[@4exgold]

same here.....the thought of being in a nice cosy log cabin during a blizzard, or in a lighthouse during a big storm is genuinely appealing. difficult to find the latter though since practically all lighthouses these days are no go areas for everyone but maintenance crews.

[@davidz281]

Breathtaking

[@bytoriasnowdoggy]

Awesome, Dig it!

[@HenryFalkner]

I was watching the Canal Cam, and so I missed the most dramatic video from the Lighthouse Cam. What a contrast with the day after.

[@beavis4play]

wow. it's something seeing a lake this size and the weather around it.

[@debragagner9529]

Yeah now I saw gate get flung opened by waves...WOW..that's some power.

[@lakes2003]

That's some very serious waves. And es I've been to Duluth many times.

[@russellrobinson505]

Wow 😮

[@laelpowell9444]

Thank you for sharing the video clip

[@momrobare]

Very impressive. I live about 10 miles from the Great Lake Ontario and I've seen huge waves crash to shore when we get a Canadian Nor'Easter come across the lake. Now I'm too old and scared to go face Lake Ontario during a fierce storm.

[@amyihrke5706]

Wow! Breathtaking waves!

[@scott234ca]

Remember seeing those waves driving to Thunder Bay

[@bonniehalver2151]

Looks so cold 🥶

[@bianca6586]

A very nice video

[@SnowingNapalm]

dang bro surfs up let's hit it yo 🤜

[@dollywalker3929]

Woo so neat,😗

[@tm502010]

Awesome video!

[@anthonynelson9136]

The guy standing in the lower right-hand corner of the frame got a ringside seat when the gates were forced open by the waves.

[@miasgram989]

Wow! All of this is crazy, but at 16:26...

[@charlottecunningham2141]

For real! I couldn’t be that lighthouse worker

[@MrBetc]

Beautiful but deadly.

[@tbc27Z]

9:40 Mother Nature comes knocking. 😉

[@JamesGalloway27]

I want so desperately to live in that little house

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Wow - just wow…

[@jeanwilson9925]

Just...wow.

[@michaelrief4424]

I’ve always had an attraction to high waves but I also was quite cautious so I didn’t get swept away. When we went to Aruba several times the north shore and sand dunes were magnificent areas to watch the waves coming in and crashing into the island. I was always amazed that it seemed like every 5th wave was the largest one. This video is of course on the Great Lakes and I will never forget when my uncle and I went up to Lake Erie and as we pulled in I saw the warning flags were out and I was seeing 6-8foot white caps. But my uncle was in the Navy and this didn’t scare him. As we were going out of the harbor people were pointing at us and laughing. We literally spent as much time out of the water as in the water that day but yet here I am to write about it.

[@joedesautel6092]

The winds are very strong people should stay away from the wall in canal park the waves are splashing very high the canal park was flooded between the walls with water from lake superior.... People should be safe stay away from the waves splashing very high to the canal park and harbor basin

[@jonthebru]

Imagine hundreds of people lining the ship canal walk as they watch huge bulk carriers sailing in and out of the ship canal, not today though.

[@user-hp9ro5vh3s]

Holy shite! Those r some big freakin' waves! Don't mess with Mother Nature unless you know what you're doing!❤

[@MnNative]

Looks like walleye weather! Oooops.... seasons not open.

[@oriolesfan7807]

The breakers are doing their job to protect the shoreline.

[@WizenedVariations1]

Some of the wildest storm footage of the Duluth Canal I have ever seen.

[@theolddoctor4492]

I believe this is the most violent wave action I have seen for the Duluth harbor cams.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

I shipped out on the Paul Tiejen which was a Steinbrenner owned boat on about April 20 in 1977. The made it up to Duluth before the end of April and at that time there was still ice two feet thick in harbor and along the coast. A tug had to come in to get us through although there were paths through the ice from previous ships. Point being that the lack of ice there now is a direct consequence of global heating!! And at the rate we are going there will be no ice in the Arctic during the summer either. When we lose the Arctic the natural mechanism to moderate the climate will be gone and we can will see an additional warming of 0.6 C above what we are already seeing.

[@ScootinIsLife]

And That Is Why You Can't Go Past The Green Gate !

[@TOTALCAMARO]

I can see now why the ships seek shelter and anchor down. She was wild that day. 😮

[@silverforest4682]

Glad the boardwalk will be ok.

[@tenbelow9617]

This is where I learned to body surf.

[@bettygilmore611]

Are the lighthouses, manned. I thought I saw someone in the big square one. Wow those waves were gigantic.

[@theolddoctor4492]

Holy smokes, at about 9:40 the water actually blows open the safety gate. Also 16:20 the view changes. All the water you see in the foreground is actually in the shipping canal. This may be the most violent water I’ve seen in this area.

[@Chic_Ken]

Busters!

[@oceansoul3694]

Amazing video! After a storm this violent, does the CG go out into the harbor and check the depth of the water and make sure none of the huge ships will be grounded?

[@mikegreen1095]

No lake is way deep. Can drop 300ft ten ft off shore in places. So foggy can’t always see , There is a sand bar that poeple walk out on shoulder deep water way off shore. Safe but scary

[@oceansoul3694]

@@mikegreen1095 Thank you for this comment, Mike. Being landlocked on the eastern Colorado plains, this is all new and frightening to me!

[@ren-uz2mz]

I had to stop watching. I wimped out. Thank you for recording and sharing.

[@chasard-theubiquitouscycli8904]

9:42 Pier gate snaps open!!

[@Bull53]

Damn!

[@juliemead7366]

How did they get the green gates shut again, without someone going out to sea?

[@jamescox2749]

the lake is angry its best to leave her alone

[@michaelstamper3444]

The Witch waited until April for this one

[@michellegish5743]

I have to move to Duluth

[@bradleycrenshaw6778]

@ 9:42 the gate gets crushed.

[@jonewman37]

BBBRRRRRRRR!!!

[@debragagner9529]

Whats gates are opening from the waves...I am trying to watch for that?

[@briandressel1344]

The green gate at bottom right. 9:42 time it gets knocked open

[@chasard-theubiquitouscycli8904]

"Let spring begin!"

[@jeffcoat1959]

And it's not even November...

[@for8861]

Is there anyone in either of the lighthouses??

[@debragagner9529]

What makes that water look so dirty or rusty the minerals in the water or?

[@charlesjames1442]

Sand gets stirred up off the bottom near the shoreline.

[@charlottecunningham2141]

I saw someone ask a similar question and she was told it’s taconite. I guess spillage from the loading and unloading

[@jonathanellsworth21]

Mud and sand getting kicked up from the lake bottom by the waves, plus it’s currently flooding in almost all the rivers leading into the lake, and the pine trees are waking up, lots of sap dripping into the water as they prepare for summer. The pines give all the rivers leading into the lake a natural brown coloration. Only reason the lake is clear is because of all the clams and mussels in it, cleaning it. Slight bit of pollution from the port but not enough to turn the lake brown at all

[@charlesjames1442]

Get knocked down, get washed away. Discretion is the better part of valor. 50’ can make the difference, Mr. Influencer.

[@FrankBenlin]

How is there any land left anywhere?

[@JohnKoopman-r9i]

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[@WheresWaldo05]

Nothing new around here.

[@michaelshea5622]

And man thinks he has power to hurt the planet. What a joke.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣