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Deadly Seiche Wave of 1954 in Lake Michigan

"Storms on the Great Lakes sometimes push water ahead of them, piling it up against one shore. If the wind suddenly drops off, that water will rebound toward the opposite shore. This standing wave -- a seiche -- can be deadly. In 1954, a 10-foot seiche struck the Illinois shore of Lake Michigan, and drowned 8 people in Chicago." - excerpt from the article, "Force of Nature," by Dale Keiger, appearing in the Johns Hopkins Magazine, April 2006 issue, pg. 43.

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