The Devastating Great Lakes Storm of 1940

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On Monday, November 11th, 1940, a massive unexpected blizzard overtook the Great Lakes region. Dubbed the Armistice Day Blizzard, the storm left a path of devastation and sank 3 large freighters, the SS Anna C. Minch, the SS Novadoc, and the SS William B. Davock.

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Sources:
True Tales of the Great Lakes by Dwight Boyer
Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes by Dwight Boyer
Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals by William Ratigan
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/how-my-great-uncle-was-lost-on-the-great-lakes/article_d4c49ded-4a7d-5bdd-b005-c9f46640e23a.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2994763/Mystery-Lake-Michigan-s-upside-shipwreck-sank-ferocious-storm-finally-solved-75-years.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2015/03/what_sunk_the_william_b_davock.html

Chapters:
00:00 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
3:30 Chapter 1: A Beautiful Sunrise
7:27 Chapter 2: Duck Hunters
9:08 Chapter 3: Death on the Horizon
12:17 Chapter 4: Sudden Chaos
15:32 Chapter 5: The Maelstrom
20:09 Chapter 6: They Never Had a Chance

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