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resulted in many boats being damaged, along with several unpredicted
people going to the hospital while trying to fend off boats pop-up shower
from hitting each other.
ever "future radar" showed nothing until late evening.
The National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac officially Cloud watchers could see a possible storm coming,

reported average wind speeds of 5.2mph for the day with however, boaters were unaware of its severity.... and
highest wind speed of 29mph and highest gusts of 38mph. even if so, most could not have reacted fast enough to
a safe haven as the storm approached.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? Morning weather re-
ports showed a risk of isolated storm cells after 4 p.m. how- WHAT CAN WE DO FOR SAFETY IN FUTURE?
I spoke with the U.S. Coast Guard to see if we could
have some kind of alert.
Their recommendation

2:45 p.m. 1:40 p.m. full sunshine & heat
returned for the next 3 hours
Looking toward
St. Clair Shores since we have virtually no cell phone service in this area
bordering Canada, is to invest in a ship-to-shore radio where
weather alerts are provided by the National Weather Service.

The calm minutes before the
storm that day where we stopped
4:55 p.m. along with a few others for a
swim in Little Muscamoot.

4:31 p.m.

Page 56 Even if you had cell service
at Gull Island to get an alert,
there was little time to respond.

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