Nearly half of the people who drown in the Great Lakes every year drown in Lake Michigan, and 2020 is already the deadliest year for drownings in Lake Michigan in at least 10 years. Family members of drowning victims share their stories in hopes of preventing other from experiencing the same tragedy.
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Ironically Lake Superior is the safest
Just got a suggestion. Perhaps lake Michigan needs some resident dolphins. Dolphins that could be trained to help and/or find bodies.Could that be a possibility? Could dolphins handle sweet water lakes?? Could they be trained to do something like this ? Just a suggestion. I have seen dolphin do amazing things with humans in the Caribbean. They can be taught a myriad of things.
Technically it's not… Superior is… It's the coldest and wildest of them all. They still haven't found people that drowned. Just more people swim and boat in lake Michigan…
I used to go there a lot when I was little, never knew how dangerous it could be
Not Rip Tides, RIP Currents please.
People need to take some accountability if you see it looks bad don’t go out. If you can’t take it’s bad check online wave reports before you go out. Don’t put blame on others for your decisions that can easily be avoided
Maybe instead of blaming everyone else you should take responsibility and not do stupid shit like fucking around in Lake Michigan when it's getting pissed. As soon as I saw the dude with the sunglasses I could tell by the way that he styles his hair that he was going to be blaming someone.
I've always lived within a few miles of Lake Michigan but have only been swimming in it a few times. Only once did I take my children, and it was in a more protected bay. I was even nervous watching my 5 yo grandson playing in ankle deep water when the waves were pretty big. (His mom was there and a good swimmer, but still.) I'm a good swimmer, but I'll stick to small shallow lakes or pools.
Nothing is going to keep people from getting in that lake
Called natural selection
Unless it is for your wedding. Please do not wear those white pants anymore.)@(
Thank you for spreading more awareness on the dangers of swimming in Lake Michigan, we have an undoubtedly huge lack of prevention to unknowing visitors, and without lifeguards it leaves only the local fire departments and their water rescue training to be dispatched via boat ramp. Just recently my township had to fight to keep it’s only boat ramp for miles, the funding is a huge issue, but so is awareness in general. The amount of tourism is overpowering in the summer and on the parks as well as staffing at the parks. It’s an underfunded death trap to those who don’t know how to survive a rip current or know what an undertow is. I’ve lived here all my 21 years of life and when I hear dispatch tone out my township it’s by far the fastest they move all year, knowing how crucial time is to the survival of whoever is stuck way out there. My school district even had mandatory swim lessons in our highschools pool so we could understand how to handle not exhausting ourselves in water, how to preserve our body temperature and float the right way with life jackets. It’s a privilege around here to even have a community swimming pool let alone that kind of prevention be taught. Yet we still lose locals and visitors every year at a heartbreaking rate, we could be doing so much more to prevent these deaths with lifeguards, more boat ramps for faster response time, and more education on rip currents and other dangers to everyone who enters a park or has access to the lake. Yet we still have the bare minimum. Basically the only warning they’ll get is a colored flag on a pole and the rest is up to chance that they’ll read a sign and if something happens that another civilian will notice a struggle in the water or hear a scream for help and call 911 or if they’re lucky and at a non busy park (which is nearly unheard of during the summer unless it’s a private beach) the staff will just somehow notice. Even with bodies washing up on the shores occasionally, some even all the way from chicago who’ve been missing, we still don’t have the safety in place that the public deserves along with our first responders who are at the very forefront of not having what they need to save the people that need them, not having it to begin with, and having it taken away due to a cruel budget. My heart goes out to every person and family who’s ever been affected by this pain and feel like they’re unheard. We hear you and we’re fighting along side you to get what safety all communities deserve. 💔
When I was about 15, I went to the Dunes with one of my friends and her family. All they wanted to do was tan, and I got bored with them and went swimming. I ended up far out enough where my feet could no longer reach the sand without being completely submerged, and felt the water was pulling me further. I literally swam parallel from where I first started until I felt the water wasn't pulling me, and then swam back. I realized I was in the rip current, didn't realize that I did the smart thing until I came home and told my Dad about it. Anyways, by the time I got back to shore, I was like way down on the beach and found $15 floating in the water. When I walked back to where my friend and her family was, it was probably a good 30 minutes later, in total from swimming back and a few minutes walking, and they were all having a heart attack that I vanished. I was so freaking chilled about it though.
My friend was like, "Where the F! Have you been!?"
Me: "Got caught in the tide. Had to work my way back to shore. I found $15, wanna get some ice-cream?"
My friend's face was like: (T__T) Brah!
That lake no joke i almost lost my life there i keep forgetting its a lake not an ocean thats how strong it is
Hi to EVERYONE all around the WORLD if there's no lifeguard, all the people on the beach cooperate with each other bring a a small dingy boat out there or a jet ski; and watch each others back it's not easy stay safe people keep you all eyes on a look out, watch for the children do not turn your back, in a split second someone can drown, and dont mind the water is low at shore it's a trick, but will be way out from shore and when you get in and going out it's creeping in on shore and rise with the current then it will pull one out, and sometimes you can't get to the person, my condolences and Sympathy to all who lost their life; and the grieving family LOVE Blessing let it go viral please be safe trust GOD
I take my kids to Lake Michigan in South Haven,MI every yr. It's SO scary that I don't take my eyes off of them! I stand on the peir to watch them &other kids to make sure they are safe. Lifeguards are a must
Let's not exaggerate the problem and scare everyone away from swimming in Lake Michigan. There are literally millions of people who swim at its beaches every summer with absolutely no problem. Lake Michigan beach towns are fantastic vacation spots. Let's also not forget that many of the drownings happen when a person, or two, get swept off the many piers in weather conditions that are generating large waves that wash over the piers. There have been people swept off the piers this year in St Joseph, MI and Michigan City, IN, as well as towns further up the coast of Michigan. So go to the beach and enjoy yourself–but not when waves are 4 or 5 feet in height. You'll be fine at our beautiful, sandy and warm beaches. (And no, I'm not the mayor of shark city)
I got caught in a rip tide at the beach when i was a kid i didnt know what it was and for some reason I stayed calm it didnt last long but brought me out far.
I have never seen this big lake before looks like ocean to me
Michigan City, Indiana
Definitely Have to Respect this Potential Killer
Lake Michigan is a scary place, swim at your own risk…
U guys definitely NOT from Hawaii. 🤣🤣🤣
Everywhere in the world we should inform and learn people about danger and how to save lifes and using life jackets must be obligation!
I was stuck out in the middle of Lake Michigan for an hour and I was getting delirious by the second I had hypothermia. I know Louis spoke to mother nature I always have since I was a little kid yeah we did stupid things but we always looked out for each other and if one of us is in danger we made sure we help each other safe we even turned it put two picnic benches on top of each other to go across entire bay to go rescue our friend save him and then we had to paddle in thank goodness the tide earlier the wind was it was heading to the shore so we didn’t have to do nothing but sit there and wait two hours to be brought to shore