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3catwoman3

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22. As it always is. Do you live there?

Reply to catbyte (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:36 AM

2 hrs ago

My husband was stationed at K.I. Sawyer west of Marquette in the early 1980s. The first summer we were there, we watched the base 4th of July fireworks display in heavy coats, hats, mittens and boots because it was 42 damn degrees.

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The Great Lakes are RAGING!!! [View all] Siwsan 5 hrs ago OP

Yowzers! Diamond_Dog 5 hrs ago #1

Marquette is crazy. catbyte 5 hrs ago #2

Wow! Not fit for man nor beast. erronis 2 hrs ago #19

As it always is. Do you live there? 3catwoman3 2 hrs ago #22

Probably not... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #3

Storm Topomi 4 hrs ago #4

Ditto here on the wood stove, House of Roberts 2 hrs ago #17

Edmund Fitzgerald conditions wolfie001 4 hrs ago #5

Kinda looks like that here in Hale... MiHale 4 hrs ago #6

That boggles my mind NJCher 4 hrs ago #9

Roof rakes prismpalette 3 hrs ago #11

I have one here in the Hudson Valley Historic NY 2 hrs ago #20

A tool like a reverse shovel on a telescopic pole... MiHale 3 hrs ago #14

I loved going to Lake Tahoe after 20 ft or so of snow. It was surreal. CaptainTruth 2 hrs ago #23

We had heavy rain, yesterday. Today is windy with snow showers Siwsan 3 hrs ago #10

lake Gitche Gumee AllaN01Bear 4 hrs ago #7

Surf's up on Lake Erie! Marcuse 4 hrs ago #8

Seiche on Lake Erie VGNonly 3 hrs ago #12

What about shipping? AverageOldGuy 3 hrs ago #13

They have made a lot of changes since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. LisaM 3 hrs ago #16

Wow that's horrible. I grew up on a farm on the shore of Lake Michigan. Pop was a WWII Navy Ziggysmom 3 hrs ago #15

When y husband and I were first married, he got stationed at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base... 3catwoman3 2 hrs ago #18

I used to drive an 18 wheeler everyday from Indiana to Emile 2 hrs ago #21