White Hurricane: The Great Lakes Worst Storm Ever

Jim Shinners tells the true story of the deadliest single storm ever to strike the Great Lakes. Beginning November 7 in 1913 and continuing for four days, it swallowed up 12 long steel ships, seriously damaged or ran aground 25 others and took the lives of between 250 and 300 men and women. Eight of the largest and newest steel ships on the lakes were lost with their entire crews, some of them without a trace to this day. Imagine the wind-swept vision of a great freighter broken in half with the captain and crew afloat on the aft section in 90 mile an hour winds and 35 foot seas. Explore the enduring and unexplained mystery of the Wexford and the Price. The allure of shipwrecks on Lake Superior has been a compelling interest of JIm's for the past 20 years. He has read extensively and studied the wrecks, and he will bring the memory of them to life again in these presentations. He has fascinating stories and facts to tell you about Lake Superior.