I remember a few winter storms where huge sheets of ice were forced far unto the shore and they stacked themselves high. Destroyed a huge number of piers, and buildings along the shoreline.
"B" Sea Trials on USS Alaska in 1986 when Hurricane Gloria struck the north east and slammed into CT. I can neither confirm nor deny we were taking 30 degree rolls at 400 ft. and people were walking around with plastic trash bags stuck into the belt of their Poopie Suits so they could immediately have a place to puke without making a mess you can guess who would have been cleaning up.
Found the July 30 Fox 8 article on the church shooting. Paul was interviewed and quoted. Paul, good on you (and Evan, iirc) for volunteering there to cook for homeless folk. Commendable, and admirable.
My brother went up right after the storm, working for AT&T to hook generators up to the cell towers. I bet he wishes he had the chance to visit while he was in the neighborhood, Long drive from North Carolina.
Best place for a Submarine during a storm is Submerged. I remember being off the coast of Miami in the early 1990s well below periscope depth where it should have been flat & I woke up to the ship rocking. Would have sworn we’d surfaced. Other then getting some telephone wires wrapped around the screw we were ok. The ships divers had fun cutting that off😂.
USS Fresno got pretty beat up on West pac 88, 65 degree rolls and one of the BMs said the bow ramp broke loose and was eye level with the bridge had to stop at Guam for repairs.
I pulled up the news clip that that screenshot is from; I’m so glad Paul was/is OK and amazed at not only his giving back to the needy but also how he took charge in a brief clip they showed from during the shooting. Wishing everyone affected all the best.
There are times when family friendly language just isn't sufficient to express the situation at hand. I would call this one of those times. Glad everybody and everything weathered the surge fine.
Having lived in several places along Lake Michigan, I have seen some crazy things happen when the storms come in hard and from the wrong directions. Glad that the Cod has a sheltered mooring and didn't get pushed up over the wall, or rolled over the wall.
I remember during the winter in western Michigan watching the winds and waves shift and start stacking up ice from Lake Michigan the size of houses along the shore. Just creating the most unbelievable unstoppable force. Thousands of tons of ice just being crumpled up and pushed like a landslide to one side of the lake and it has nowhere to go. Thankfully we had a safe perch to watch it but it would be really bad if you were out on the ice/closer.
@@jastrapper190 I remember a winter storm in Milwaukee in the 90's that tossed car size break wall boulders onto Lake Shore Drive a couple hundred feet from the lake one year. I've also seen that crazy stacking near Point Beach where there isn't a break wall, and storm surges that overtook beaches and hid break walls. You being on the other side must have also had some crazy lake effect snow falls.
Too bad you can't take her out in the lake and submerge. So much calmer at depth. We had to go into a typhoon (hurricane) to rescue a guy with appendicitis. I think he was on something like an ocean going tug. We were taking rolls of 14 degrees and green water over our flight deck, about 70'-80' above waterline, all the way aft to the island, which was located about 600' aft of the bow. Supposedly, 11 degrees was our max safety roll. But, we had just come out of Pearl and we were at our full combat load. The ABs struck all of our heaviest aircraft below in the hangar bay. So, we had every bit of weight that could be shifted as low as possible.
I was stationed with VA-115 aboard the USS Independence and we were headed to the gulf. We had to transit the straits of Malacca. I was talking to my division officer by the aft starboard hanger bay door and all of a sudden we turn to the port side and I see a waterspout going by the ship. The worst sea state was further on in that cruise when we were in the Indian ocean during monsoon season. 20 ft seas. We were rocking and rolling.
I've dodge the same hurricane twice (on each side of FL), been chased by a pair of water spouts, had to make a round turn to the left to make a right turn in the Gulf of Alaska (I can't tell you the wind speed - the anemometer carried away - second one to do so that winter), and rounded the Cape of Good Hope in winter... Never underestimate the sea (or the Great Lakes)!
I served on the USS LF MASON DD852, we went thru 1 typhoon of Taiwan in 1974 an another in1975 off the Philippines, there is nothing like that,it gives you a belief in a God and we had green water over the bridge, also had it go down the forward stack and after it was over we had to clean the footprint off the bulkhead in the main passage.
LOL, that weather looks like an average day in Tacoma, WA. Tides today, 08/11/2024, are between 2.6 and 10.8 feet. Sometimes the brow is even with the O2 level, and at other times you can easily step from the pier to the main deck.
Wait! I saw that news story on the mass shooting and didnt even recognize Paul. I DID however notice the dude in the Cornette shirt. Hello fellow Cult member.
Paul, this story kind of qualifies as the base I was on was owned by the US Navy when this happened. It was January 1978. I was stationed at Grissom AFB, IN. We got hammered by a severe blizzard. There were snow drifts up to 21 feet high in base housing. The base heat plant was down to just one boiler running to make steam. It got chilly in the wood barracks. We had 2 Airman trapped in the Control Tower during the first day. The tower was on the other side of the flight line from the rest of Grissom. During the white out, how do you find something painted an egg shell white. The tower had no heat, electricity, water. Only one phone worked. They were given orders to survive. Rip up carpets for blankets. Burn paperwork for heat. The next morning a snow plow got close enough the Airman could see it. The plow driver still couldn't see the tower. He just saw two green figures emerge from the white. One the trip back, the plow broke down necessitating another rescue mission. This one went much easier! It was a week before Grissom AFB was back to mostly normal operations. It took a coupled of weeks before US 31 was back to full 4 lane traffic.
@@paulfarace9595 Paul, there were many stories from the blizzard. Grissom AFB was at that time a SAC base and home to the 305th Air Refueling Wing. We had tankers on alert 24/7. As the storm got going that day, the runway plows couldn't keep up. The blowing snow filled in what they did faster than they could plow. Finally the Wing Commander had to tell SAC that if there is a war, we are not playing! I was supposed to go to work that morning. I got ready for work hearing the wind howling outside. I didn't think anything about it until I got to the end door on the second floor and saw the snow halfway up the bumper of my 1970 Maverick. I knew right then I was driving to work. I had no clue if the base roads were open enough for me to get there without getting hopelessly stuck. I was also "Mission Essential". That meant I needed one heck of a reason not to report for work. I felt what I saw was one heck of a good reason. I called the shop to tell them that I was going to have to seek another way to work. The night crew was not happy. Nor did they realize how bad the weather was. I called Job Control as they had a 4 wheel drive pickup. The Job Controller said he would do it if someone could relieve him. Well, before that happened, the Base Commander issued the order, "Where you is, you stay!" That is how closed Grissom AFB became that morning! They even closed the gates and recalled the Security Policeman. It really didn't matter as US 31 was snowed shut all four lanes! The next day, I walked the mile and a half to work. The snow and wind had quit. It was a beautiful day. When I got to the building, I found the doors snowed SHUT. As co-workers gathered, the only thing I could find to dig with was a pail. So I used it to dig the snow away from the door so it could be opened. While doing this my rear pushed too hard against the glass in the door and broke it. I was fine. The Captain from the Wing Command Post who was inside the door watching me dig told me not to worry about the glass, just keep digging! Finally, we got the door open. It wasn't long until my entire shop was there except for our NCOIC. (Not really needed plus he lived many miles off base and was completely snowed in). We held a shop meeting to figure out how to go forward. The base now had a dusk to dawn curfew. So at my suggestion, for the next few days we work a 24 hour shift. Bring in what ever you need. Games were allowed. Blankets. Food. Just do the daily required work and relax. A schedule was drawn up. All not needed went back to quarters. I walked into base housing to visit a friend. I was amazed at the height and how solid the massive drifts were. I barely left combat boot prints! I jumped off of one and almost regretted it. Too long to think about the landing! The snow at the bottom was not soft. I survived without injury and never to do that again. It was almost dusk as I was walking to the BNCOQ. A Security Policeman stopped me and reminded me about the curfew. I hurried to quarters. After a few days we went to 12 hour shifts. About a week later, we finally shifted back to the previous schedule. The two Airman that had the extra long mid shift...They didn't have to come back to work until we went back to our normal schedule. It was only fair! It was well into Spring when the last of the snow melted.
That brow angle seems like every crew change working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. I actually didn’t tie up a gangway well enough and we lost it to the bottom at the pier. Luckily they sent a diver down to recover it from the mud. Water can be so unpredictable. 👍👍😁🇺🇸
Glad to hear the boat and crew got through it OK . My story is from EXACTLY the same storm type off of Lake Erie... the famous Fourth of July storm of 1969. I was just a kid then and we were out about 3 miles out off Fairport Harbor (30 miles E of Cleveland), in my grandparent's 28' wooden sailboat when we saw the thunderheads suddenly appear and move quickly towards us. The Coast Guard DID NOT have any Small Craft Warnings out, everyone was taken by surprise. We immediately dropped sails and headed in using the outboard motor. Soon a high, confused sea state and very strong winds hit... over 60 knots sustained, gusting to over 100 MPH . We rode it right in, and up the Grand River. When we reached our dock (a parallel concrete wall usually 5 feet above river level), it was already flooded by the rising river. We had to stand there and physically hold the boat off of the dock so it wouldn't be stuck there later when the water receded.The peak level reached about 9 feet over normal. Then we saw dozens of pleasure boats floating in the current as the river fell... Still tied to their floating docks. It was a horrible mess.
1978 USS Samuel Gompers, South China Sea, "Tropical Storm" Agnes. With an about 80 foot freeboard we had waves crashing onto the bridge, took 30 degree rolls, lost one of the cranes, it was exciting!
Having grown up and lived in Cleveland, I've seen many storms like this blow in from Lake Erie, in both summer and winter. In the 1960's and 70's I saw some whoppers. Clevelander's know what I mean when I say "dead man's curve" where the freeway takes a 90 degree turn to the east. The lake comes right up close to the road there. I've seen several times where waves and spray made that spot very dangerous, and even more so in winter. I didn't hear about this storm, here in Atlanta. I sure hope no one was hurt south of town. It must have been quite a ride on the Codd. ;-)
1980-(June 3rd) Grand Island, Nebraska, only tornado I've ever been through. Being from Cleveland I was out with my fiancé's family, the sky turned to a green hue, and we were told to seek shelter. We went to the basement, and I asked my future father-in-law, "how will we know when it's close?" He said, "when the lights go out!" Within a minute, it was dark. Didn't hear the proverbial freight train, but felt the suction. The house survived, basically untouched, however, when we were able to pop our heads up, the devastation was incredible. We saw bikes in trees, huge campers turned over on their roofs, and other strange manifestations of the tornados (7 touched down that day in the area). Don't need to live through another. Thanks Paul, shows what weather can do, eh? That's why ships today get out of Dodge as quickly as they can, don't want any hull damage.
I was onboard the sub tender in harbor in Rota, Spain when the wind and waves were going over the sea wall and onto the starboard side of the ship. In the night one of two achour chains holding the bow broke and the wind pushed us to port. No other chains broke and the chain was repaired in the morning. Was taking to the plant manager at the factory i working in 30 or so years later and he had been a supply officer aboard my ship on that very night. What a small world.
Thank you Paul. It’s good to hear the boat, crew, staff and guests are OK. I read that the Cleveland area got two tornadoes Tuesday and 200,000 homes lost power. Then the area south of Cleveland got 5 inches of rain in a few hours Wednesday. It seems Poseidon was a little perturbed this week.
In July 1974 we were down in Gitmo (LPD11) when I was sent back to Norfolk on a sub rescue ship, basically an ocean going buoy tender. Don't remember it's name. Spend a couple of days in a tropical storm off the east coast. One minute chugging up the wave, the next running down it's face burying the bow. Water completely over the decks. Don't want to do that again.
HOLY S#%T BOMB!!! Then, you bring up the story of the lieutenant in the head. 😂 Looks like some 70 mph winds there. Thanks, Paul! Somebody give Ben a rake!
I have a Navy Story. I was a Marine Infantryman headed to Iraq for the initial invasion in March of 2003. Aboard the USS Pearl Harbor (an LSD). Cranking in the trash room. Throwing out vacuum cleaners at like 0200 in the morning in a rough sea state. And we wern’t supposed to be throwing all the plastic pizzas and trash overboard… but I didn’t know that. Anyway a vacuum got hung up on the “safety netting” around the flight deck at the back of the ship. In the pitch black I had to crawl out there and “un foul it” bc we were in trouble if during daylight an officer saw it. Terrifying… but got it done. Very dumb as nobody knew we were out there. Pitch black and very foul seas. Scary.
I was Army, so no bad at-sea weather for me, but I was in Baghdad in 2007 when we had the first _snow_ Baghdad had seen in nearly a century. And there were the occasional dust-fogs that made visibility drop to less than a Cod-length. Would have been 'exciting' to try sailing a sub through that kind of visibility at sea, I bet.
I was in the MI Army National Guard posted at D-9 Rear in Mosul Iraq in January 2004. We were shocked to get about 6 inches of snow. I guess us Michiganders just can't escape old man winter even in Iraq!
On the USS Tusk, SS 426 probable in 1959 we encountered a hurricane, the captain skirted it until dinner was over, then headed through it. I was an engineman on duty and spent most of the time hanging onto the FM handrails only leaving to take necessary gauge readings. WHY DIDN'T THE BOAT DIVE AND AVOID THOSE ROCK AND ROLL CONDITIONS ? answer; It is not safely surface in those extreme conditions.
Wild ride for sure. Needed to flood a few tanks to settle her down. :D Glad to see the old girl didn't tear up all that work you did last year. It's hard to comprehend just how dangerous the Great Lakes can be. When the weather is just righ, they'll compete with most open seas in their ferocity.
Have you ever experienced a Sieche such as I did in Sandusky, here the water simply VANISHED under docks? And will the time ever come where it will be best to move the Cod on to dry land? 73 DE W8LV Bill
What would you do if the Cod beached herself on the dock? I was born in Euclid 65 yrs ago and lived in Lake County until college. And I know the weather very well on Lake Erie.
I'm no expert about this but I've been around many military museums preserve ships Etc and I was even involved with a very good military armor Museum in Indiana for many years I have to say you guys have done a great job with the cod in your restoration and your presentation and sharing it with more than just visitors on the TH-cam thank you.
It was definitely the right thing to do was to leave the family on board the submarine. That would be the safest place to be and definitely a lot safer than being on the shore.
Boy am I glad things didn't turn out worse! Here's a odd question what did they do to the deck guns to waterproof them for underwater service and how long would it take them to put them into action after extended time under water and unfired.
Pun intended, she would have felt very comfortable under water. Assuming she can be sealed up properly, I am sure Paul took care about all rubber gaskets.
Paul; next month your going to get an invasion of Drach. You may wish for bad weather. Truthfully I know everyone at USS COD will welcome him. Great job.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Salty language? Sounded more like a sewage/ septic tank worker loving a good working day? - Uh - underestimate - that looked more like 60° than 45° to me.
Dear Paul, Dear Evan, stipulating I have no idea what I'm talking about, I strongly discourage participating in church shootouts even though you have the largest armory brought along with you from the USS Cod. It tends to anger the gods, especially with Canadians on board. See you eventually. (signed) Your Canadian Flatlander friend.
Ha ☝️ 82/83? P.I ROK? To Hong Kong there’s some straight forget name of now known for being turbulent in their own right we hit em when a hurricane/ typhoon 🤷♂️ decided to hit em everyone sick! Made me go back on watch for 6hrs & I just got off 🤦♂️ snipe 👍 from then on when asked I was always sick 🤭
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I remember a few winter storms where huge sheets of ice were forced far unto the shore and they stacked themselves high. Destroyed a huge number of piers, and buildings along the shoreline.
"B" Sea Trials on USS Alaska in 1986 when Hurricane Gloria struck the north east and slammed into CT. I can neither confirm nor deny we were taking 30 degree rolls at 400 ft. and people were walking around with plastic trash bags stuck into the belt of their Poopie Suits so they could immediately have a place to puke without making a mess you can guess who would have been cleaning up.
Found the July 30 Fox 8 article on the church shooting. Paul was interviewed and quoted.
Paul, good on you (and Evan, iirc) for volunteering there to cook for homeless folk. Commendable, and admirable.
Glad you guys.... and the Cod are safe!
My brother went up right after the storm, working for AT&T to hook generators up to the cell towers. I bet he wishes he had the chance to visit while he was in the neighborhood, Long drive from North Carolina.
Almost an O-19 re-enactment
Best place for a Submarine during a storm is Submerged. I remember being off the coast of Miami in the early 1990s well below periscope depth where it should have been flat & I woke up to the ship rocking. Would have sworn we’d surfaced. Other then getting some telephone wires wrapped around the screw we were ok. The ships divers had fun cutting that off😂.
USS Fresno got pretty beat up on West pac 88, 65 degree rolls and one of the BMs said the bow ramp broke loose and was eye level with the bridge had to stop at Guam for repairs.
Glad nobody was hurt at the shooting or during the storm. Living in Florida I've seen my share of storms and floods. Patience is a virtue.
Ive seen western lake Erie go dry when there is a big west wind.
I pulled up the news clip that that screenshot is from; I’m so glad Paul was/is OK and amazed at not only his giving back to the needy but also how he took charge in a brief clip they showed from during the shooting. Wishing everyone affected all the best.
There are times when family friendly language just isn't sufficient to express the situation at hand. I would call this one of those times. Glad everybody and everything weathered the surge fine.
Mom made me hold a bar of dosp in my mouth for ten minutes😢
Half-assed apology, half-assed accepted, Paul! 👍
Having lived in several places along Lake Michigan, I have seen some crazy things happen when the storms come in hard and from the wrong directions. Glad that the Cod has a sheltered mooring and didn't get pushed up over the wall, or rolled over the wall.
I remember during the winter in western Michigan watching the winds and waves shift and start stacking up ice from Lake Michigan the size of houses along the shore. Just creating the most unbelievable unstoppable force. Thousands of tons of ice just being crumpled up and pushed like a landslide to one side of the lake and it has nowhere to go. Thankfully we had a safe perch to watch it but it would be really bad if you were out on the ice/closer.
@@jastrapper190 I remember a winter storm in Milwaukee in the 90's that tossed car size break wall boulders onto Lake Shore Drive a couple hundred feet from the lake one year. I've also seen that crazy stacking near Point Beach where there isn't a break wall, and storm surges that overtook beaches and hid break walls. You being on the other side must have also had some crazy lake effect snow falls.
Too bad you can't take her out in the lake and submerge. So much calmer at depth.
We had to go into a typhoon (hurricane) to rescue a guy with appendicitis. I think he was on something like an ocean going tug. We were taking rolls of 14 degrees and green water over our flight deck, about 70'-80' above waterline, all the way aft to the island, which was located about 600' aft of the bow. Supposedly, 11 degrees was our max safety roll. But, we had just come out of Pearl and we were at our full combat load. The ABs struck all of our heaviest aircraft below in the hangar bay. So, we had every bit of weight that could be shifted as low as possible.
Wow... what an experience that must have been!😮
@@paulfarace9595 Especially watching an 80,000 ton aircraft carrier trying to make like a submarine. 🫡
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I was stationed with VA-115 aboard the USS Independence and we were headed to the gulf. We had to transit the straits of Malacca. I was talking to my division officer by the aft starboard hanger bay door and all of a sudden we turn to the port side and I see a waterspout going by the ship. The worst sea state was further on in that cruise when we were in the Indian ocean during monsoon season. 20 ft seas. We were rocking and rolling.
Glad everyone is safe and unharmed. Also glad the boat didn't sustain any real damage...
Thank God you guys were safe.
We were on the surface for a "steel beach" once; a waterspout formed and crossed right over the deck. Go Big Red!
I've dodge the same hurricane twice (on each side of FL), been chased by a pair of water spouts, had to make a round turn to the left to make a right turn in the Gulf of Alaska (I can't tell you the wind speed - the anemometer carried away - second one to do so that winter), and rounded the Cape of Good Hope in winter... Never underestimate the sea (or the Great Lakes)!
I served on the USS LF MASON DD852, we went thru 1 typhoon of Taiwan in 1974 an another in1975 off the Philippines, there is nothing like that,it gives you a belief in a God and we had green water over the bridge, also had it go down the forward stack and after it was over we had to clean the footprint off the bulkhead in the main passage.
Why was there footprints on the bulkhead?
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LOL, that weather looks like an average day in Tacoma, WA. Tides today, 08/11/2024, are between 2.6 and 10.8 feet. Sometimes the brow is even with the O2 level, and at other times you can easily step from the pier to the main deck.
Paul, if Lake Erie had risen even higher, the USS Cod would have come to you.
Wait! I saw that news story on the mass shooting and didnt even recognize Paul. I DID however notice the dude in the Cornette shirt. Hello fellow Cult member.
Evan the cameraman is the cult member! People claimed that Paul looked like Pat Patterson.
Paul, this story kind of qualifies as the base I was on was owned by the US Navy when this happened. It was January 1978. I was stationed at Grissom AFB, IN. We got hammered by a severe blizzard. There were snow drifts up to 21 feet high in base housing. The base heat plant was down to just one boiler running to make steam. It got chilly in the wood barracks. We had 2 Airman trapped in the Control Tower during the first day. The tower was on the other side of the flight line from the rest of Grissom. During the white out, how do you find something painted an egg shell white. The tower had no heat, electricity, water. Only one phone worked. They were given orders to survive. Rip up carpets for blankets. Burn paperwork for heat. The next morning a snow plow got close enough the Airman could see it. The plow driver still couldn't see the tower. He just saw two green figures emerge from the white. One the trip back, the plow broke down necessitating another rescue mission. This one went much easier!
It was a week before Grissom AFB was back to mostly normal operations. It took a coupled of weeks before US 31 was back to full 4 lane traffic.
That's an amazing story!😮
@@paulfarace9595 Paul, there were many stories from the blizzard. Grissom AFB was at that time a SAC base and home to the 305th Air Refueling Wing. We had tankers on alert 24/7. As the storm got going that day, the runway plows couldn't keep up. The blowing snow filled in what they did faster than they could plow. Finally the Wing Commander had to tell SAC that if there is a war, we are not playing!
I was supposed to go to work that morning. I got ready for work hearing the wind howling outside. I didn't think anything about it until I got to the end door on the second floor and saw the snow halfway up the bumper of my 1970 Maverick. I knew right then I was driving to work. I had no clue if the base roads were open enough for me to get there without getting hopelessly stuck. I was also "Mission Essential". That meant I needed one heck of a reason not to report for work. I felt what I saw was one heck of a good reason. I called the shop to tell them that I was going to have to seek another way to work. The night crew was not happy. Nor did they realize how bad the weather was. I called Job Control as they had a 4 wheel drive pickup. The Job Controller said he would do it if someone could relieve him. Well, before that happened, the Base Commander issued the order, "Where you is, you stay!" That is how closed Grissom AFB became that morning! They even closed the gates and recalled the Security Policeman. It really didn't matter as US 31 was snowed shut all four lanes!
The next day, I walked the mile and a half to work. The snow and wind had quit. It was a beautiful day. When I got to the building, I found the doors snowed SHUT. As co-workers gathered, the only thing I could find to dig with was a pail. So I used it to dig the snow away from the door so it could be opened. While doing this my rear pushed too hard against the glass in the door and broke it. I was fine. The Captain from the Wing Command Post who was inside the door watching me dig told me not to worry about the glass, just keep digging! Finally, we got the door open.
It wasn't long until my entire shop was there except for our NCOIC. (Not really needed plus he lived many miles off base and was completely snowed in). We held a shop meeting to figure out how to go forward. The base now had a dusk to dawn curfew. So at my suggestion, for the next few days we work a 24 hour shift. Bring in what ever you need. Games were allowed. Blankets. Food. Just do the daily required work and relax. A schedule was drawn up. All not needed went back to quarters. I walked into base housing to visit a friend. I was amazed at the height and how solid the massive drifts were. I barely left combat boot prints! I jumped off of one and almost regretted it. Too long to think about the landing! The snow at the bottom was not soft. I survived without injury and never to do that again. It was almost dusk as I was walking to the BNCOQ. A Security Policeman stopped me and reminded me about the curfew. I hurried to quarters.
After a few days we went to 12 hour shifts. About a week later, we finally shifted back to the previous schedule.
The two Airman that had the extra long mid shift...They didn't have to come back to work until we went back to our normal schedule. It was only fair!
It was well into Spring when the last of the snow melted.
That brow angle seems like every crew change working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. I actually didn’t tie up a gangway well enough and we lost it to the bottom at the pier. Luckily they sent a diver down to recover it from the mud. Water can be so unpredictable. 👍👍😁🇺🇸
Glad to hear the boat and crew got through it OK . My story is from EXACTLY the same storm type off of Lake Erie... the famous Fourth of July storm of 1969. I was just a kid then and we were out about 3 miles out off Fairport Harbor (30 miles E of Cleveland), in my grandparent's 28' wooden sailboat when we saw the thunderheads suddenly appear and move quickly towards us. The Coast Guard DID NOT have any Small Craft Warnings out, everyone was taken by surprise. We immediately dropped sails and headed in using the outboard motor. Soon a high, confused sea state and very strong winds hit... over 60 knots sustained, gusting to over 100 MPH . We rode it right in, and up the Grand River. When we reached our dock (a parallel concrete wall usually 5 feet above river level), it was already flooded by the rising river. We had to stand there and physically hold the boat off of the dock so it wouldn't be stuck there later when the water receded.The peak level reached about 9 feet over normal. Then we saw dozens of pleasure boats floating in the current as the river fell... Still tied to their floating docks. It was a horrible mess.
I was there too! 😮
Successful sea trial
1978 USS Samuel Gompers, South China Sea, "Tropical Storm" Agnes. With an about 80 foot freeboard we had waves crashing onto the bridge, took 30 degree rolls, lost one of the cranes, it was exciting!
Having grown up and lived in Cleveland, I've seen many storms like this blow in from Lake Erie, in both summer and winter. In the 1960's and 70's I saw some whoppers. Clevelander's know what I mean when I say "dead man's curve" where the freeway takes a 90 degree turn to the east. The lake comes right up close to the road there. I've seen several times where waves and spray made that spot very dangerous, and even more so in winter.
I didn't hear about this storm, here in Atlanta. I sure hope no one was hurt south of town. It must have been quite a ride on the Codd. ;-)
So glad the boat and guests made it through and that Evan didn't beef it down the brow! Wild. So grateful no one was injured.
1980-(June 3rd) Grand Island, Nebraska, only tornado I've ever been through. Being from Cleveland I was out with my fiancé's family, the sky turned to a green hue, and we were told to seek shelter. We went to the basement, and I asked my future father-in-law, "how will we know when it's close?" He said, "when the lights go out!" Within a minute, it was dark. Didn't hear the proverbial freight train, but felt the suction. The house survived, basically untouched, however, when we were able to pop our heads up, the devastation was incredible. We saw bikes in trees, huge campers turned over on their roofs, and other strange manifestations of the tornados (7 touched down that day in the area). Don't need to live through another. Thanks Paul, shows what weather can do, eh? That's why ships today get out of Dodge as quickly as they can, don't want any hull damage.
It's heaven being at 400 feet when you know there's a storm brewing up there........and then A Gang reports they have to blow sanitary tanks.
I was onboard the sub tender in harbor in Rota, Spain when the wind and waves were going over the sea wall and onto the starboard side of the ship. In the night one of two achour chains holding the bow broke and the wind pushed us to port. No other chains broke and the chain was repaired in the morning. Was taking to the plant manager at the factory i working in 30 or so years later and he had been a supply officer aboard my ship on that very night. What a small world.
Thank you Paul. It’s good to hear the boat, crew, staff and guests are OK. I read that the Cleveland area got two tornadoes Tuesday and 200,000 homes lost power. Then the area south of Cleveland got 5 inches of rain in a few hours Wednesday. It seems Poseidon was a little perturbed this week.
In Seven Hills here, that was a crazy storm for sure.
In July 1974 we were down in Gitmo (LPD11) when I was sent back to Norfolk on a sub rescue ship, basically an ocean going buoy tender. Don't remember it's name. Spend a couple of days in a tropical storm off the east coast. One minute chugging up the wave, the next running down it's face burying the bow. Water completely over the decks. Don't want to do that again.
I guess it might be time to generate a contingency plan of activities to do for an impromptu no-cost dry docking.
Glad to hear that everything and everyone came through OK. This has definitely been an eventful week for weather.
Blooming Nora! You've had quite the eventful time recently.
I'm glad you weren't a victim in that shooting Paul. I've been enjoying this channels content. Keep up the good work.
Evan was there too... can't lose the channel director 😮😅!
Absolutely 😊
In the clip of the Canadians relocating aft you can see how much further forward the wheels are on that mat compared to their current position, wild
Good eye!
HOLY S#%T BOMB!!! Then, you bring up the story of the lieutenant in the head. 😂
Looks like some 70 mph winds there. Thanks, Paul!
Somebody give Ben a rake!
I think you're now obligated to get one of those high watar mark yardsticks for future reference.
I have a Navy Story. I was a Marine Infantryman headed to Iraq for the initial invasion in March of 2003. Aboard the USS Pearl Harbor (an LSD). Cranking in the trash room. Throwing out vacuum cleaners at like 0200 in the morning in a rough sea state. And we wern’t supposed to be throwing all the plastic pizzas and trash overboard… but I didn’t know that. Anyway a vacuum got hung up on the “safety netting” around the flight deck at the back of the ship. In the pitch black I had to crawl out there and “un foul it” bc we were in trouble if during daylight an officer saw it. Terrifying… but got it done. Very dumb as nobody knew we were out there. Pitch black and very foul seas. Scary.
A reasonable response to that view! LOL Glad everyone and the boat made it through okay.
You're gonna tell me nobody ordered button down the hatches.😂
Batton down... and we already closed most hatches. The ftr and atr have weather shelters over them. But the ATR was eventually closed as well.
Thanks!
Thanks shipmate!
Evan is a real sailor and deserves a raise. Lol
How about less beatings instead of more money?😮😂
@@paulfarace9595 Paul, you know what they say? "The floggings will continue until morale improves." Nuff said.
I live in NorCal, and have visited the USS Pampanito Many times. They get such storms fairly frequently into SF Bay
Rig for high water 😮😳😜
I was Army, so no bad at-sea weather for me, but I was in Baghdad in 2007 when we had the first _snow_ Baghdad had seen in nearly a century. And there were the occasional dust-fogs that made visibility drop to less than a Cod-length. Would have been 'exciting' to try sailing a sub through that kind of visibility at sea, I bet.
I was in the MI Army National Guard posted at D-9 Rear in Mosul Iraq in January 2004. We were shocked to get about 6 inches of snow. I guess us Michiganders just can't escape old man winter even in Iraq!
Oh God, only in US video about storm might have casual mention of the mass shooting. I guess the storms are more rare 😅
Wow, that was amazing and maybe a little scary. Glad to see y’all made it through relatively unscathed.
Hooly shit! lol
On the USS Tusk, SS 426 probable in 1959 we encountered a hurricane, the captain skirted it until dinner was over, then headed through it. I was an engineman on duty and spent most of the time hanging onto the FM handrails only leaving to take necessary gauge readings.
WHY DIDN'T THE BOAT DIVE AND AVOID THOSE ROCK AND ROLL CONDITIONS ?
answer; It is not safely surface in those extreme conditions.
Very glad to hear you all got through a traumatic experience .
Always an interesting story from Cod and crew. Happy that it went well.
Wild ride for sure. Needed to flood a few tanks to settle her down. :D Glad to see the old girl didn't tear up all that work you did last year.
It's hard to comprehend just how dangerous the Great Lakes can be. When the weather is just righ, they'll compete with most open seas in their ferocity.
You know it!
Honestly lake erie scares me more in her ability to go from glass to "oh no I'm going to die" in a heartbeat.
Wow, that lake does look eerie 😬
Oh, I see what you did. HA!
Hey I saw that clip of you in the cafeteria Paul sounds like you were taking command of the situation. Good on ya!
Also I never expected to be notified of news like that shooting from this channel!
wow, glad y'all are hanging in there!
Glad you all survived.
Was on topside at midnight in 25 ft waves West of the Straights of Juan De Fuca off Washington State 😢😮🤬
Have you ever experienced a Sieche such as I did in Sandusky, here the water simply VANISHED under docks? And will the time ever come where it will be best to move the Cod on to dry land? 73 DE W8LV Bill
I hope not... subs belong in the water and with basic maintenance, it's not a problem.
wicked storm alright, glad all is well!
Oh, the irony. If only there was a way to flood the ballast tanks and close the air intakes.... :)
She rode pretty well high and dry.
Glad you made it through. Hopefully no major damage. That’s exactly how I would have sounded… lol. Very salty… very very salty… hahaha
We had a seven hundred foot wave pass over us when we were cruising at 400 ft…
What would you do if the Cod beached herself on the dock? I was born in Euclid 65 yrs ago and lived in Lake County until college. And I know the weather very well on Lake Erie.
Get a bunch of aircraft warning lights for her shears! 😅
@@paulfarace9595 You would probably use some even saltier language seeing USS Cod beached on the dock!
I'm no expert about this but I've been around many military museums preserve ships Etc and I was even involved with a very good military armor Museum in Indiana for many years I have to say you guys have done a great job with the cod in your restoration and your presentation and sharing it with more than just visitors on the TH-cam thank you.
How deep is the lake normally under the boat? If the wind was blowing out instead of in. Could the boat ground on the lake bed?
Usually a foot or two in summer less than a foot in winter.
seems like grandpa likes telling stories his way with a lil added thrills. that why i dont be beliving those old war stories
Assign me a bunk. I'll stay as long as need be
Wow....I hope everone is ok! Did the sub suffer any damage?
Nothing much. I'm glad our shelters over the hatches held up!
Onboard during a tornado.
It was definitely the right thing to do was to leave the family on board the submarine. That would be the safest place to be and definitely a lot safer than being on the shore.
Boy am I glad things didn't turn out worse! Here's a odd question what did they do to the deck guns to waterproof them for underwater service and how long would it take them to put them into action after extended time under water and unfired.
Nothing... and very quickly... but lots of maintenance on the 40mm Bofors.
Wow!
Just a little Debby.
Pun intended, she would have felt very comfortable under water. Assuming she can be sealed up properly, I am sure Paul took care about all rubber gaskets.
Paul; next month your going to get an invasion of Drach. You may wish for bad weather. Truthfully I know everyone at USS COD will welcome him. Great job.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yes. I'm interested in knowing how many DrachenFans showed up at BBNJ 😮😅
Salty language? Sounded more like a sewage/ septic tank worker loving a good working day? - Uh - underestimate - that looked more like 60° than 45° to me.
If the boat was that high up you should have flooded negative and lowered the boat.
Shouldn't she slip anchor and make for deeper water in that situation?
Who's providing the tug? 😅
Wow, survived "a mass shooting." Imagine if it had been, "Lebron James and Steph Curry celebrate win." Now that would be a picture to screenshoot.
Dear Paul, Dear Evan, stipulating I have no idea what I'm talking about, I strongly discourage participating in church shootouts even though you have the largest armory brought along with you from the USS Cod. It tends to anger the gods, especially with Canadians on board. See you eventually. (signed) Your Canadian Flatlander friend.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEveryody wanting to jump on the lucrative "drydock" bandwagon. 😆😆😆
Ha ☝️ 82/83? P.I ROK? To Hong Kong there’s some straight forget name of now known for being turbulent in their own right we hit em when a hurricane/ typhoon 🤷♂️ decided to hit em everyone sick! Made me go back on watch for 6hrs & I just got off 🤦♂️ snipe 👍 from then on when asked I was always sick 🤭
Thanks!
Thank you very much!!!!
Thanks for your support!