The Great Lakes Tropical Storm of 1996

[@OMGitshimitis]

"Huroncane" Hank was so happy!

[@OMGitshimitis]

@@adambartlett114 good shout, fixed it.

[@erinh2962]

The Great Lakes stir up some crazy weather. Lake effect snow and rain are common (even when the sun is shining)

[@dmeemd7787]

Yes they do! Even just growing up in Northeast Indiana we got tons of Lake Effect weather

[@berryberrykixx]

I used to work for Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, as a lifeguard. It was a common sight for all of us to be in position at the top of a slide at 9am and the sun would be shining, while water spouts danced out on Lake Erie. Kinda freaky though the first time you see it. They can (and have) jumped onto land; back in the day, one jumped onto shore and hit the Mean Streak (which is now a modified steel on wood coaster called Steel Vengeance; as the Mean Streak it was an all-wood coaster), causing significant damage. So you can imagine how freaked out we were when we first saw those, standing alone, waiting for the day to begin, at the very top of slides that were fully supported by wood.

[@lpylonl5291]

As a ontarian i can confirm it snows and rains at random

[@NVclosetmedgrower]

I grew up in oscoda, mi. On lake huron I've seen a ton of weird weather. Water spout tornadoes are super common and I've seen hail storms with 3 inch wide hail. I was 12 during the storm mentioned and remember seeing some local news articles about it. Other than that it was business as usual in the crazy weather of northeast michigan.

[@camacaron06]

Ha that explains why in Ontario I remember a snowstorm in April (like the snow was extremely deep and very hard, so deep that you could easily climb a tree because most of the trunk was under snow

[@luckystarite]

The Great Lakes cause all kinds of weird weather phenomena. Lots of water spouts, too! Which isn’t even mentioning lake effect snow. But this? This really takes the lake- I mean cake

[@starlinguk]

I once saw six waterspouts next to each of over the IJsselmeer in the Netherlands. They still turn up in my nightmares sometimes.

[@StevenViets2006]

@@starlinguk WOAH

[@YouTubeSaysThereCantBeTwoRyans]

I'm in sault ste. Marie ontario...at the southern tip of superior. Many days it snowed in the summer, rained out if no where, and many mang days of a storm cloud swirling above us without a single drop of rain. Tornadoes every now and again, actually there was reports of one hitting the bush the other week.

[@ron940]

​@@starlinguk had one in anchor Bay early 1960's

[@liizs2863]

A waterspout turned landbound at Wasaga Beach and caused a tree to snap and fall onto my mom. It broke her leg, and was close to crushing her skull. She and I also spotted 3 or 4 waterspouts on Lake Ontario in Burlington one day. It wasn't really a stormy day, but the wind picked up over the lake and it got real cloudy and rainy pretty quickly, however we stayed dry on land

[@progdrummer51]

In November of 1913 there was what has been referred to as the “White Hurricane” which generated up to 90 mph gusts and 75 mph sustained winds, causing 30-40 foot waves. Over 200 men died in a single day while 12 freighters sank to the bottom with an additional 20+ ran aground or badly damaged. Now that’s a storm in the Great Lakes.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

that was actual Catagory 2 huricane level weather, and it was just a super version of the "gales of November" which even by themselves still create category 1 hurricane weather annually.

[@BGTech1]

These storm systems are called extratropical cyclones

[@baceinyoface]

why are you giving 2020 more ideas!!?? 😂

[@melisrothstein7827]

I can't believe it's riot season already. I haven't even put away my covid decorations

[@LuckyMoniker]

plz no

[@nerdynadine5892]

wtf Hank!!!

[@nerdynadine5892]

@@melisrothstein7827 omg my bf and myself are slipping into depression!

[@melisrothstein7827]

My murder Hornets are in bloom 🤣 most wonderful time of the year

[@sshuggi]

"A Very Strange Week on Lake Huron" sounds like the title of an 80's sci-fi novel.

[@TheGreatPurpleFerret]

I'm thinking Late 90s YA fiction ala Goosebumps or Animorphs.

[@MagnakayViolet]

*Twilight Zone theme*

[@weekendwarrior5303]

It was so strange, they had to name one of the other lakes Erie.

[@ElementofKindness]

. . . . or just your average week in 2020

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ah yes, the tropical destination of Lake Huron. With turquoise waters, palm trees, and flamingos

[@StartCodonUST]

Well, it's well known that flamingos are actually native to Madison, Wisconsin, which isn't too far from Lake Huron. Specifically, lawn flamingos. www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news_article/show/969392

[@dumoulin11]

@@StartCodonUST Fascinating.

[@emilyplunkett6034]

You say that, but have you ever been to Grand Bend, Ontario, in August? Sure, you have to trade palm trees for oak trees, and flamingos for cobra chickens, but those waters are definitely turquoise and the beaches rival any along the gulf coast of the States. :)

[@gussoloj569]

Emily Plunkett what’s a cobra chicken?

[@barretcampbell1713]

Gus Soloj, Cobra Chicken is an alternative name for the Canadian Goose. Much like how racoons are jokingly referred to as Trash Pandas within internet meme culture.

[@cakastas]

I love when my the Great Lakes get mentioned for their weird weather phenomenon. I live in west Michigan and it does all kinds of crazy stuff.

[@camacaron06]

I live not too far from Lake Ontario just one city away and I don’t really know how that effects me, maybe the rain all the time

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

I live in Southwestern Ontario. I spent most of the summers of my childhood at Lake Huron. In fact, I was there with my family just a couple of weeks before this happened. When it comes to the weather we say "if you don't like it now just wait 5 minutes". That's how fast the weather can change.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

@@camacaron06 Toronto really gets clobbered by the rain storms.

[@accidentalheadclunkers8517]

It’s hard to explain what Lake Michigan can do to people who didn’t grow up close to it. No, Chicago, you don’t count.

[@Soturi92]

Right? Like sometimes it appears as if we’re going to get clobbered by storms moving in from Wisconsin and Illinois only for them to fizzle out over the lake and then break out again around the east side of the state. Then there’s days storms appear over the lake and just keep popping up for hours until the sun goes down. You just can’t trust the forecast. You’re better off assuming what they say is the complete opposite of what’s gonna happen. 🤣

[@chipkosboth3233]

That storm is spinning the wrong way 0:51

[@cynnagen]

It's correct for the southern hemisphere

[@crackedemerald4930]

@@cynnagen but how about the arms of the storm?

[@drunkenroundtable]

@@cynnagen But the storm he was talking about was not in the southern hemisphere

[@toolbaggers]

SMH

[@soulscanner66]

@@cynnagen Last time I checked, Lake Huron is in the Northern Hemisohere. *Double-checks google maps* Yup, still there.

[@mschrisfrank2420]

So nice to see my home state in the thumbnail. Also, the “White Hurricane” of 1914 was also wild. They’ve used to computer modeling to show there were in fact hurricane force winds.

[@oliverreatscrayons]

This happened before I was even born damn lol

[@silkisdabomb]

It also was so severe is sunk dozens of ships all across the Great Lakes, hundreds died in that storm

[@oliverreatscrayons]

@@silkisdabomb sounds terrible

[@Patmccalk]

I’d love to see a video on lake-effect mid-summer snowstorms, I remember in the middle of July getting about 3 inches of snow from winds shifting across the Great Lakes

[@erinh2962]

I was too young to remember, but some of my older friends remember snow during the 4th of July parade

[@Sinaeb]

Cold air from the north going througt the lakes and voila

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

When was it? I’m interested I kinda find it hard to believe the Great Lakes region saw snow in July.

[@Patmccalk]

SuperThunderGoodGuy well, I may have been mistaken, it was so long ago and I was really young, all I know was it had been warm for a good few months, and then we got a crazy freak dump of snow. It could have potentially been late June now that I think about it. But yeah, it was when we were on a family vacation down to Duluth at the time. Warm to snowing to melting all within the course of a few hours.

[@udonenomee2117]

A former boss who was older told me a story about a late snow in our area. I live in Northern Indiana and apparently it snowed a dusting in a June of the late ‘60’s. Not sure what year exactly, Elkhart area. He said he was a child but remembered a cold front coming through and it snowed for a half hour.

[@ibefullofme]

This could definitely happen more as the great lakes get warmer I assume, that's crazy

[@camacaron06]

I live in the southern peninsula of Ontario between Lake Ontario and another lake (forgot its name) so I really hope you’re wrong because I don’t want to have deal with hurricanes

[@russellwoodstechno]

and the car insurance rates ballon cloud.

[@g.k.1669]

That's okay. They are not getting warmer. They are at really high levels now though.

[@ElementofKindness]

@@g.k.1669 saw that on Lake Erie last year too.

[@oliverreatscrayons]

@@camacaron06 neither do I lol

[@WillHellmm]

In 2015 there was a bad one in Northern Michigan... we were at my grandparents on the South shore of Torch Lake. It hailed, all utilities were out for 2->6 days. We found out there were hurricane force winds and we saw trees ripped out if the ground, it was insane. Firewood was cheap for the rest of summer tho....

[@Me3stR]

I remember learning about this. When I did, I thought I found this strange unknown fact nobody knew, or talked about. I am glad you are highlighting this "Huron-cane." Another feature unique to Tropical Systems is they don't usually have storm fronts associated with them. Usually they are independent and do not a big temperature variant on any side, or quadrant, of the storm.

[@universe1879]

Although, it’s still debatable if the fronts are detached

[@biggiec8933]

Didn't know about this but I do remember the tornado outbreak in 1997 Detroit, I was 8 at the time and the experience has left me with a bit of a phobia with severe weather.

[@LuckyMoniker]

this IS NOT WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW

[@ElementofKindness]

😅 come on now! Enjoy the rollercoaster ride from hell!

[@saucyyikers3877]

The Great Lakes more like the confusing lakes

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Got 'em

[@zeitgeist2720]

HOMES! Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior! Easy when you live near them😂

[@ZeroRed78]

For another cool oddity look up Tropical Storm Erin (2007). A couple of days after landfall the remnants of the storm re-intensified over Oklahoma, nowhere near water, formed an eye-like feature and had max sustained winds of 60mph (stronger than the storm was over water).

[@Brian-bp5pe]

Something similar happened on January 26th - 27th, 1967, when a "routine " winter storm stalled over Lake Michigan. In cyclonic fashion, it picked-up moisture from the lake and dumped it as snow over Chicago and the surrounding area. What was originally forecast as 4" of snow became the record snowfall amount for Chicago at 23". This was exacerbated by winds that caused widespread blowing and drifting, effectively immobilizing the entire area. While not a hurricane and not tropical, in January Great Lakes weather, the lake was relatively warm, as compared to the surrounding air.

[@skreennaim02]

I remember this. I was camping on an island in Lake Erie when it happened. What a mess and I've never seen anything like it.

[@ericromano8078]

I lived in Cleveland when Hurricane Sandy hit. I mean, technically it was no longer a tropical system since the method of powering the storm had changed but Lake Erie still had 20 foot waves. Absolutely nuts. Power was out for almost a week and man that was a cold week to not have power.

[@theyoshi202]

@Eric Romano I remember Hurricane Sandy. They closed schools for two days here in northern VA... only for the hurricane to completely miss us to the point where it didn’t even rain.

[@cockoli7041]

U are doing wonderful job SciShow. Thank you.

[@AndromedaCripps]

I live on Lake Ontario and I remember people surfing on the lake when we got the tail-end of Hurricane Sandy. (If you know that part of the world then you will know how ridiculous it was that we never had snow days but somehow got off school for a hurricane lol) But I never knew we had had our own “hurricane” right over the lakes!!!

[@hrcnhntr613]

Another interesting storm was Tropical Storm Erin (2007). It had made landfall several days earlier and had weakened, but as it approached Oklahoma City it reorganized itself into an impressive hurricane looking storm, complete with the eye. Check it out.

[@DarqueSoul]

I remember this, the family was at the cabin when this hit and us kids were having a lot of fun with the wind and rain, watching the trees bend further than we'd even seen them before

[@Asteroid_Jam]

last time i was this early there was a tropical storm in the great lakes.

[@anonymous5405]

Hank’s presentation skills have gotten so good. Lowkey I used to cringe a little with how he used to deliver things, but he’s become my favorite host by far. Gets genuine laughs out of me

[@Biospark88]

Sounds a lot like the "medicanes" or Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones that you might have heard about last year. All you need is a large amount of warm water and favorable winds.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

actually, same thing happens just about ever year in the great lakes, they call them "the gales of November"

[@legacyoflore1597]

I have never been this early for a SciShow video Wait, am I first? Really awesome videos! Thanks guys

[@nomine4027]

As someone who grew up in Buffalo and was born in Rochester, there's something I'd like to impart to everyone - the Great Lakes aren't actually lakes, that's a misnomer, they're inland seas. I don't think people who don't live around them can truly appreciate how massive, and sometimes deep, those connected bodies of water are. They literally make their own weather. How many "lakes" can do that? Wish Lake Erie would keep that damned 'lake effect snow!'

[@pixx3461]

I'm surprised I've never heard of this, given that I live in Michigan. I've always wondered if something like this was possible.

[@brianstabile165]

Pixx me too

[@jnmsks6052]

Same here. It was the beginning of my Junior year of High School, too, so I would remember if I'd heard it. Though I am from Southwestern Michigan, so not the closest lake.

[@coppersandsprite]

Michigan gets weird weather all the time so it's not tgat surprising.

[@okeomslax26]

I love when you do videos on my home state!

[@toolbaggers]

The state of Lake Huron

[@elkwolf2888]

I was there for this. It thought it was a weird snow storm, but learned the word hurricane. I was four, so to me it was simply new weather to learn about and I didn't know until now how strang it was, though finding out wind could carry trees was a moment of realization about the power of nature. "Over 60 mile per hour wind, up to 64" are the exact numbers I heard from my parents in the car after watching a very solid looking sign at a gas station get ripped off its posts. I'm even more appreciative of the fact that we made it home now. EDIT: Come to think of it, that was how I learned what mph meant.

[@loveracing1988]

I've waited for this for years!

[@GIguy]

I was born here in Toronto in 1968, I have lived here, my entire life, more specifically living right on the shores of Lake Ontario, and I can tell you from experience that the weather over the great lakes is absolutely unpredictable, and very much like a tropical storm, or even a hurricane. Years ago, when I was working at a hospital, one of the doctors, I worked with work, his entire life to save up enough money to buy his dream yacht. She was so beautiful, 150 feet long, four decks, capable of comfortably, carrying 30 people For pleasure, cruising throughout the entire Great Lakes system. It could actually hold a few hundred if it was just a party at the dock, but she had several state rooms big enough to hold at least 30 people for months at a time without ever having to return to shore. he was so happy when he finally got delivery of it, he invited myself, my family, plus a lot of his other friends and family to join him on her maiden voyage across Lake Ontario. It was a beautiful warm sunny August day, not a cloud in the sky, and not a whisper of wind. The forecast was perfect, stating completely calm seas, and a temperature of 28°C. The day started out wonderfully, we were out in the lake for about four hours, and when we were literally right in the middle of the lake, to the point where we couldn’t see land anywhere, without a word of exaggeration, any Normas black cloud, literally formed out of nowhere right over top of us. In the span of 10 minutes, we went from hot sunny weather, with no waves, to a temperature drop of 10°C, incredibly powerful winds, pounding rain, and waves reaching up to 2 m high. I realize this sounds unbelievable, none of us could believe what we were witnessing, and we were all terrified. Naturally, he had hired a crew, and the captain had been selling the Great Lakes for over 30 years, if it were not for him, I don’t think we would’ve survived, because despite the size of the boat, it was being tossed around, like a toy in a bathtub. We were all literally holding on to the walls and furniture because we couldn’t stand up. Luckily, it was a very well constructed boat, which had steel covers over all of the windows, and the waves were so powerful. It broke almost every window on the boat. We’re not sure how this happened, but a wave hit us from behind, knocking open the hatch that leads to the engine room, completely flooding it and killing the power instantly. We were absolutely helpless, no propulsion, just floating at the mercy of this absolutely insanely powerful storm. Thank God the radio still worked on emergency backup, we were able to contact a naval vessel that just happened to be in the area. In the summertime, there are always Canadian naval frigates visit all the cities along the shores of Lake Ontario for people to tour, and they were just leaving, heading back to their home port of Halifax, when they received our distress call. They managed to get there within 10 minutes of us calling for help. Out of the blue comes his giant boat three times the size of the one we were on. At least, they manage to throw us a tow rope, the crew caught it, and attached it to the front of the ship, and they actually told us in the port. I had never been that terrified in my life, and I’ve spent my entire life on the water. I never thought in my wildest dreams, that the great lakes could produce such as storms so quickly, and so powerfully that it could easily cripple a 150 foot long yacht. I felt so bad for my friend, he was literally in tears, partially from fear, but mostly from guilt, because he was convinced we were going to go wonder as the bow was quite low, and several times the waves broke right over the bow momentarily submerging the entire front of the ship. I’ve never been so happy to stand on the shore in my life! Worst of all, it cost over $1 million in damage to my friends brand new yacht. Thankfully the insurance covered it, but he ended up selling it because his family refused to ever go back on it again out of fear. You have to understand that this man was literally saving up for that boat his entire life, he was 50 years old at the time of that cruise, so it took him most of his life to get the boat, and I know that deep down it killed him to have to sell it, but I also know that, he would never again be able to enjoy it without being afraid for his family, even though it was an extremely rare event, he just couldn’t get past it. He had his yacht repaired, took it for a few more rides, but knowing his wife and children absolutely refuse to ever get back on it, he knew that he had to sell it, because deep down, he confessed that he, too, was terrified. So I totally understand the topic of this video, I have witnessed the power of nature over the great lakes, it’s absolutely unbelievable, to this day I still have a hard time believing it happened, you would expect something like this in the ocean, but in the great lakes? Never! But after doing a lot of research, both he and his insurance company concluded that the storm was the result of climate change, because the water of the lake was literally 5° warmer than it has ever been in history, allowing these storms to form so quickly. In the past, I always question climate change, not anymore, I’m just so thankful that nobody was hurt, and that we all made it back to shore safely. Thanks to the Canadian Navy, they were absolutely terrific, and even offered to take us for a short cruise around Lake Ontario, but needless to say, we were all far too, shaken up to ever get back on the boat again. That’s the last time I have been on a boat, and frankly, with that fear and terror still so fresh in my mind, I don’t think I could ever get back on one. Anybody else out there ever had a similar experience on the Great Lakes?

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

I grew up in London, Ontario, which is within an hour's driving distance of Lake Huron, and about 45 minutes from Lake Erie, and spent most of my childhood at my Aunt and Uncle's cottage at Lake Huron. My husband comes from Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario, at the west end of Lake Superior. We often joke that he comes from "the arctic" part of Canada while I come from the "tropics" of Canada. If you think of it that way, then this storm could be called a "tropical storm" 😉

[@DarkDreams948]

Give us more ridiculous Great Lake phenomena 😂 i love listening to the weird weather stories about my lakes. I didnt know this was even a thingn i was 2. Lol

[@jaxturner7288]

They are ours, not yours.

[@turdferguson3400]

Hey, I was two then too!

[@inSpihr]

I was two too! Two too!

[@DarkDreams948]

@@jaxturner7288 Nope. Theyre mine. I live in Michigan, theyre My great lakes cause i love them and appreciate them. Its no different than people saying "Detroit is my city and ill protect it." 🙄

[@words_under_fashion4775]

Thanks for another educational video ^.^

[@Thatguy-of5re]

In November 1913 another tropical storm-force storm sent eight ships to the bottom of Lake Huron alone with the loss of all hands.

[@WWZenaDo]

Ahhh... That's an astoundingly classic hurricane profile over Lake Huron...

[@Orangethemartian]

Great Lakes are wavy

[@cinderball1135]

Can we say that this Tropical Storm really.... blew us away? I'll see myself out.

[@ndzapruder]

NEAT! Been a storm buff all my life and I don't remember this! They form over the Mediterranean every so often too! The south Atlantic might not seem at first pass like an unusual place to find hurricanes, but it is. Almost never happens. Those are some strange birds.

[@justinsutton5005]

Look up the white hurricane of 1913

[@jake_a_g]

Looking good, Hank!

[@wyndhamcoffman8961]

I believe when a cyclonic storm forms in the mid-latitudes, they call it an extratropical cyclone. Also it's interesting, that areas of heavy vegetation can produce the same warm humid air that you find in the ocean; and this can prolong the life of a cyclonic storm over land, and even allow it to grow. They call this the "Brown Ocean" Effect.

[@robertwhalen3707]

It isn't about where it forms, it's about the characteristics of the storm (which are influenced by where it forms or travels). A tropical cyclone can become extratropical or subtropical, and vice versa.

[@JAlexanderG]

Do a video about "Boundary Waters-Canadian derecho". It lasted 22hrs, traveled 1300miles and did more than $100M damage in July 1999. Back home, we still refer to it as "the green sky storm". It was surreal!

[@darylloth3237]

Two related points I find interesting: Hurricane Otto of November 2016 was the first hurricane-force storm system to retain its eye while traversing Costa Rica. Although there was relatively little damage due to winds there was heavy flooding and mudslides caused by rain resulting in about 10 deaths. Since the eye of the storm passed over the south end of Lake Nicaragua (the largest lake in Central America) the storm most likely drew a lot of energy and moisture (that resulted in increased rain so far from the Caribbean Sea) from the large area of available warm lake water. This is something that has not been discussed in the analyses of the storm that I have been able to find. The Edmund Fitzgerald (26,000 DWT and a length of 729ftft/222m) sunk in a November storm on Lake Superior where a nearby ship recorded 70-75 knot (130-139km) winds and rogue waves up to 35 feet (11m). This gives an idea of the intensity of the storms that can be found on the Great Lakes.

[@colinsmith5123]

If you're from Michigan, you're not surprised by this

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

In India we already faced two cyclones one in the east coast and another in the west coast yesterday

[@vuchaser99]

Yeah and the Monsoon is delayed again.

[@fixedguitar47]

I miss the 90’s! So much!!!

[@marjolainem09]

The witch of november! Apparently the storms around this time are crazy!!

[@SecretRaginMan]

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead, when the skies of November turn gloomy.

[@rickd1412]

That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed when the gales of November came early.

[@myadorablefosters]

Wrong lake, guys 😂

[@amandahealey2216]

@@myadorablefosters Same principle though. If a lake is large enough, it can create its own weather

[@dj_vin6]

How have I lived in the Great Lakes my entire life and just learned this now 😂🔥

[@jasonmuller7074]

0:58 Is your cyclone is spinning the wrong direction, don't they go counterclockwise above the equator?

[@jameswright6316]

The phenomenon is actually called the "November *itch." Often spoken as Witch. It does not - usually - descend into Lake Huron. It usually develops over Lake Superior and compresses into Whitefish Bay. This is where Sault St Marie is. The bottleneck "drains" into the locks. This may actually be the weather pattern which caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink. And that is interesting - because - an ore ship - at a bit more than 1000 feet long - is actually longer than Lake Superior is deep. [ outside the main channel ]

[@MTTT1234]

Something similar here and there is forming in the mediteranean sea, nicknamed 'Medicanes'. Normally that ocean is not warm enough for its size to form a tropical storm, but in the past few years there were a number of storm systems that seemed to be developing into tropial storms, but couldn't fully do so because the mediteranean is not large enough for that, luckily. Imagine a tropical storm washing over Naples or Marseille, I don't think these old cities would be fit for that.

[@thoughtscoop5490]

Awesome video 👌 Inspired me to make my own

[@martinnoreallymartin3661]

Funny that you would make this video about THIS area right NOW. A couple weeks ago , several dams failed in mid Michigan causing massive flooding in the surrounding counties. As a resident near the flooding, it's been quite scary to see how much damage water can do...

[@misterpillows2800]

Great video! Would love to know more cool facts of the Great Lakes

[@rmpurdy4292]

I remember that storm it it was not strongest of winds but it had such an intense low pressure that it drew water away from the shore and dropped the water level in the St Clair river causing boats to sit in the mud like “the tide” went out

[@s2dbaker]

I'm not sure why the Northern Hemisphere storm examples shown in this video are spinning the wrong way but you do you SciShow, you do you.

[@salt-emoji]

I love Hank's shirt in this episode. I want one tbh.

[@mexicanboots0206]

I live on Lake ON right now, but used to live near Lake Huron for 4 years ! That's so cool 😊 love hearing facts that affected us canadians ! Though it didn't affect me much... I was 4 months old at the time 🤣🤣

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Another fast fact: Lake Michigan and Huron are one lake, they are connected via the strait of Mackinaw. There is no elevation change between the lakes and the flow of water between them can flow in either direction. This technically makes the combined lake the largest fresh water lake on the planet (larger than Superior) and the second largest lake on the planet (after the Caspian Sea which despite its name is a lake)

[@lapatron555]

Ah the hurricane at 0:50 is spinning the wrong way

[@herisuryadi6885]

Unless if its in southern hemisphere

[@lottiemastiff9807]

Yes I remember that day. Just crazy on the shore of lake huron

[@sgilb9471]

The animation at approx 1:02 shows the storm rotating clockwise, but storms in the northern hemisphere (which is what we are talking about) rotate counter-clockwise!

[@blendr64]

wow, it kinda looks like it's starting to happen again right now, but over Lake Michigan. Great video explanation.

[@edgarjimenez2690]

Another awesome vid BUT the cloud graphic was spinning in the wrong direction. Still awesome vid though👍🏽

[@RookwingsKirk]

I love weather science, thank you, and I love the giraffe shirt!

[@turdferguson3400]

1:32 the true point of the video was Hank saying "Huroncane"

[@bryandepaepe5984]

Living at the southern end of Lake Huron, I've seen all kinds of strange weather days, from T-shirt weather in the morning to a lake effect mini blizzard in the afternoon while there is still sun shining. I've also seen fog form a dense cloud less than 10 feet thick on top of the lake and river which makes the passing 1000 ft ships look like they floating over clouds, you can't see the water but the ship is completely visible.

[@GetRocStar]

Oh man I wish I could remember this.

[@calyodelphi124]

The technical term I think you might've been searching for is Extratropical Cyclone. They're synoptic scale cyclonic storm systems that occur... well... outside of the tropics. Often what you will see is a bulk of storms curling around a low pressure center with a loooooong comma-like tail of squalls extending off the leading edge and deep south and west. But this I believe would qualify as well, since it was a cyclonic storm system outside of the tropics!

[@herisuryadi6885]

Does Subtropical storm also works

[@PityYouFoolz]

Now we just need lake-effect snow over Miami from Lake Okeechobee...... I was living in Miami in 2009 when it got so cold for two weeks that thousands of iguanas were falling out of the trees in a coma onto people's lawns..... One guy threw his "dead" iguanas into the back of his car to take to his local dump, but when they warmed up, they started thrashing around in his back seat and he had to jump out of his vehicle, lol.... The temperatures were below freezing at night for several days, which is absolutely unheard of in Miami..... I'll never forget it.

[@boxedfender4810]

I'm a couple blocks walk away from the very tip of Superior....it's awesome watching a thunderstorm roll past overhead on a summer night and head off onto the lake(if the lake effect doesn't break up the storm before it gets to us)

[@radagastwiz]

Bizarrely I don't remember this. But we were moving to our house that month so I guess my mind was elsewhere.

[@MkmeOrg]

It was pretty minor. Took weeks before they even called it a cyclone.

[@ryancappo]

I lived right by Lake Huron in '96, I would have thought that I should have remembered this too.

[@PhoenixAngel429]

1996 had a big blizzard in the Northeast too. Remember it flooded the susquehanna.

[@maxhocks2006]

I live in Chicago. Lake Michigan looks like an ocean from the shores. Its 80 miles across, 300 miles long. You can’t see the other side of the lake. And Lake Michigan is not the largest of the lakes. So I’m not surprised the lakes can create tropical storms under the right conditions. I’m just happy it doesn’t happen more often.

[@lonewolf9390]

I remember this. It rained non stop for the better part of a week in Jackson Michigan.

[@jeffpotipco736]

I remember that real plain. We were at second year Feild camp near chapleau. We all got soaked feet. The next week, marks work Warehouse put these rubber boots on sale. We all had the same pair.

[@timothymignone]

Hi Erin h . Remember thousands of years ago the great lakes were part of the Atlantic Ocean throught thr st Lawrence river and the artic ocean and it ran all the way to British Columbia at Vancouver ca. That's why the great lakes have sometimes hurricanes forming over the lake

[@C.Y.123]

In the animation the storm is spinning the wrong direction.

[@thehandlesticks66]

130 to 139 km/h winds and 11 m waves in Lake Superior when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.

[@Dyundu]

Spent some time doing research in Alpena, MI and out on Lake Huron. Weather gets weird up there sometimes.

[@PinkCasper]

I'm from Ontario, I was 6, I remember this happening. Cool, cool cool cool.

[@harmonicaveronica]

Grew up in Michigan and I wouldve been alive then but I had no idea this happened! I do remember a weird freak storm sometime around 2010 though when 70mph winds swept through, knocked out tons of trees and power lines, and then it was followed by a normal heavy rain. I'm still not sure what happened then!

[@sarahmacleod9860]

Wow I grew up on the Bruce peninsula right on Lake Huron and have never even heard of this, super cool though!

[@dylanevans7529]

Living in Southern Ontario, You could have a blizzard in December and 20C the next day, then have a week of 30C in June and a random day of snow at 2C the next day.

[@interrobangings]

There's still around 2 feet of snow around here at least and yet we got a thunderstorm today

[@shadymaint1]

I remember that storm. It blew the shack on the end of the dock in the local marina across the water up onto the beach. I'm guessing a 10x10 well built structure. Blown over at least 100 yards of open water.

[@LizzyMarieTina]

Sorry to have brought Hurricane Huron into the world with my birth. Lmao.

[@ShadowKatt]

I remember that storm! I was in that one!

[@joer8854]

I have a buddy who was on a sailboat during that one. He confirms it was super shitty.

[@johnransom1146]

I remember that storm. I was on the north coast of Lake Erie in Ontario. Wow

[@stax6092]

Is it me, or did Canada just get called the Northern U.S.? 'Cause that is not cool.

[@thirstfast1025]

I remember the Blizzard of 96. But that was a Colorado Low in January. In Lake Superior.

[@MrMysticphantom]

Huroncane..... made my day

[@icebreaker1264]

If Lake Ontario forms one I am heading to the besch

[@MkmeOrg]

Uhhh we just called it the "cyclone" and the worst it did was mess up the beer tent and wrecked one carnival ride. The real story was years later in 2011 that brewed an F3 tornado over lake Huron and wiped most of Goderich off the map. We definitely never called it "hurricane Huron" though...

[@deadiemeyers1661]

Giraffe shirt video! I know it is superficial and childish, but I am just so stinkin' happy when you wear that shirt.

[@bobdevreeze4741]

I remember that time very well. I live 60 miles east of Georgian Bay right in the track of this storm. However I was spending the weekend at a friends cottage on the Key River right where it joins Georgian Bay. Right on the front line. The video does not do it justice. I have never seen a storm like it before or after. It lasted almost 3 days before it started to lighten up. We had to run 9 miles up the Key in ferocious wind and rain to get out. No roads back there...

[@SuperTonyony]

"Fellas, it's been good t'know ya!"

[@aaronmackay6123]

This makes me wonder how often this occurs. It must be cyclical.

[@richardpowell4281]

It was probably Cthulhu or Submerged USOs....

[@R.M.MacFru]

Did you mean "UFO's"? Right now you have military entertainment troops under water. 😉

[@richardpowell4281]

@@R.M.MacFru no, USO stands for Underwater Submerged Object. That's why I put "Submerged" in front because I thought someone might get confused.