Surf... in Chicago??

[Yazata]

One place that I don't associate with dangerous surf and big waves is Chicago. But a storm has whipped up Lake Michigan and produced some fairly impressive action that's forced them to close some of the lakeshore streets.

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[Syne]

Considering that picture was used in this 2015 article, this isn't new.

The Great Lakes are all dangerous, but Lake Michigan is the deadliest for one big reason.

The dangerous secret behind Lake Michigan is the lake's configuration. It is 307 miles in length north to south, with uninterrupted shores on east and west sides. This exposes the shorelines to deadly longshore and rip currents.

The numbers don't lie. Since 2002, these longshore and rip currents were responsible for 82 drownings and 243 rescues of swimmers. To put it into perspective, that's more than double the 126 reports (62 drownings and 64 rescues) in the four other Great Lakes combined.
https://www.wideopenspaces.com/lake-mich...lake-pics/

[C C]

One place that I don't associate with dangerous surf and big waves is Chicago. But a storm has whipped up Lake Michigan and produced some fairly impressive action that's forced them to close some of the lakeshore streets.

Possibility of combining polar bear plunges with surfboards? "Baltic, duuuude! Rad barrels out there!"