lake michigan

While the winds battered Michigan, mother nature got busy creating breathtaking natural sand sculptures along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Watch the beauty and fury of Lake Michigan waves being pushed by strong and gusty winds as it pummels Ludington Lighthouse.

As if suddenly cued by the turn of the calendar, the Gales of November swept across Lake Michigan battering the shoreline and everything in between.

"We didn't expect to find this — it was really just amazing," said Andrea Pierce, a 56-year-old Ypsilanti resident and citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, who was one of four women who drove the project to inspect the Straits bottom.

Local officials are discussing a plan to install a seasonal gate that would keep people off the pier during winter months when lake conditions tend to be the most dangerous.

A Michigander is experiencing some creepy things in the woods near Lake Michigan. Is someone trying to scare her? Or are supernatural entities to blame?

A number of rescues were initiated after boaters and swimmers alike got into trouble while facing the strong wave action. One rescue attempt isn’t over. But emergency crews in South Haven are more inclined at this point to view the efforts as a potential recovery operation.

It took them almost 21 hours to swim the 60 miles across the lake.

What is happening?

Heading into the weekend, the roller coaster is taking a headlong plunge in some coastal areas. And seemingly in the blink of an eye, did another abrupt changeover and went back up to near normal overnight.