Our lake is so beautiful and appealing that it’s easy to forget how dangerous it is. Typically, it’s peaceful-like and seldom has dangerous-looking waves.
Yet tragically unnecessary deaths occur on the Lake each year. Strollers drift off the concrete apron. Distraught mothers drive off into it on frigid nights. Inner-city kids looking to get cool plunge into it on hot summer days, never to be seen again. Boozy sailors, taken off guard by a sudden weather change, find themselves in the drink. . . . The stories are many.
Every year, we see the emergency vehicles gathered on the beach, and we know what it means.
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Fiercely Yours says
Nice capture of mood in both the pic and writing.
Celia says
why, thank you.
Harley says
Yes, Lake Michigan can be calm like a baby’s bathtub or tumultuous as pictured. People need to take care whenever near the lake. Your words are powerful and kind of sad —-
Celia says
the stories of those who have lost their lives are haunting. i think particularly of one episode a summer or two ago involving four teens whose boat capsized. one of the boys was an experienced sailor, but he aided the others, two of whom survived. it was terrible, so terribly sad.