Northern Michigan Update

[Blue Oval]

One of the few people who are enjoying their view.

 

[Blue Oval]

Got out of the war zone and hanging in the D. Watched a Pistons game last night. They even won. I can see Canada this morning.

 

[Activated]

‘Never seen anything quite like this.’ Nearly 1M acres of Michigan state forest damaged by ice storm

The DNR's Forest Resource Division is doing aerial assessments as it's still difficult to access the forest on the ground.

www.mlive.com

 

[Blue Oval]

Read that, then let that sink in.

 

[Kenboat]

What a terrible storm, the damage to everything is crazy!

 

[HST4ME]

There is going to be a lot of firewood for a few years.

 

[Blue Oval]

There is going to be a lot of firewood for a few years.

All those trees in Gaylord with the tops broken would make great telephone poles.

 

[pixrthis]

There is going to be a lot of firewood for a few years.

Not if they burn firewood the way my mother in law did, she’d burn as much as we could take her and it was a lot.

 

[Blue Oval]

The sad thing is to see all of the birch trees wiped out. There not that strong. Most of them are laying on the ground. My wife and daughter inlaw laughed at me for that statement. Said I was a old fart.

 

[HST4ME]

From snow to mosquitos in 3 days

 

[Blue Oval]

I thought this was fake news. Guy fell in a sink hole on the beach. Grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and called 911. He had to be helped out of the hole. You can see Leland marina in the background.

 

[HST4ME]

 

[4Waters]

I thought this was fake news. Guy fell in a sink hole on the beach. Grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and called 911. He had to be helped out of the hole. You can see Leland marina in the background. View attachment 1497935

Well, looks like he plugged the hole

Sorry, too easy, low hanging fruit

 

[Blue Oval]

71 on Monday. Might get a chance to get the RIB wet. Hope to go get it out of the barn today.

 

[Blue Oval]

The RIB and Mustang have made it to the garage. Spring boating is close.

 

[Blue Oval]

Great first ride of the year.

 

[HST4ME]

 

[Blue Oval]

Day two of the 2025 season. You can see on the break wall how far down Lake Charlevoix is.

 

[Blue Oval]

82 yesterday. Left work early and got on the water. 50 today and rain.

 

[HST4ME]

Two days of summer this year, hope everyone enjoyed it.

 

[Blue Oval]

At this rate, Lake Charlevoix will be 50 degrees by July.

 

[Frickstyle]

Bob - I was out in Golden, CO and happened upon this one. Thought of you and East Jordan Iron Works.

 

[Blue Oval]

Just drove past their plant. Took a 12 hour ride to Detroit and back to get some AC equipment fixed.

 

[TripleB]

Gotta love Detroit

 

[Blue Oval]

Dropped off the equipment and drove over to an old friend’s house. Didn’t call. Had my 6’8”buddy George with me. Duane was walking out of his garage. Duane has a very concerned look on his face. Can I help you. LOL. Bob, WTF are you doing here and started laughing. It was a good day.

 

[Blue Oval]

This is my neighbor. This is a odd one.

(Defiance police are investigating the cause of death of a Michigan woman found in Defiance Tuesday evening, May 27. The body of Kristin Bates, 57, Boyne City, was recovered Monday morning on an island in the Auglaize River near Defiance’s Riverside Park.
The investigation began at about 10:41 a.m. Monday when city police responded to a complaint about an unattended dog in a vehicle at 925 S. Clinton St., a business parking lot. The vehicle belonged to a missing/endangered person out of Boyne City, Mich., according to a media release issued by police. Officers then issued a BOLO for the missing person and opened an investigation to assist with locating her.
They received additional information at about 8 p.m. Tuesday when the Defiance County 911 Center received a call from a fisherman who reported a body on an island in the Auglaize River near Riverside Park.
The body was recovered by city police, the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office, the Defiance Fire Department and the Defiance County Coroner’s Office, and identified as Bates, the missing person. The cause of death is under investigation pending an autopsy by the Lucas County Coroner’s Office, according to the media release.)

 

[rivermobster]

This is my neighbor. This is a odd one.

(Defiance police are investigating the cause of death of a Michigan woman found in Defiance Tuesday evening, May 27. The body of Kristin Bates, 57, Boyne City, was recovered Monday morning on an island in the Auglaize River near Defiance’s Riverside Park.
The investigation began at about 10:41 a.m. Monday when city police responded to a complaint about an unattended dog in a vehicle at 925 S. Clinton St., a business parking lot. The vehicle belonged to a missing/endangered person out of Boyne City, Mich., according to a media release issued by police. Officers then issued a BOLO for the missing person and opened an investigation to assist with locating her.
They received additional information at about 8 p.m. Tuesday when the Defiance County 911 Center received a call from a fisherman who reported a body on an island in the Auglaize River near Riverside Park.
The body was recovered by city police, the Defiance County Sheriff’s Office, the Defiance Fire Department and the Defiance County Coroner’s Office, and identified as Bates, the missing person. The cause of death is under investigation pending an autopsy by the Lucas County Coroner’s Office, according to the media release.)

Awful.

How far is the business park from the water?

 

[Blue Oval]

I was hoping someone from that area in Ohio might read this. Very odd that this all went down in Ohio. Customer today said they found her in the car. The major news has been reporting on it. They all are reporting she was found in the water.