VETERANS DAY WAS AN EXCELLENT REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED DURING ALL WARS.

THE DATE AND THE MENTION OF THE "EDMOND FITZGERALD" BROUGHT TO MIND THE MIGHTY WIND STORM OF "ARMISTICE" DAY 1940, REPORTED TO BE THE WORST EVER ON LAKE MICHIGAN.  FIVE BOATS WERE LOST AND OVER 60 MEN LOST THEIR LIVES.  MANY TREES AND SMALL BUILDINGS WERE LOST.  WE WERE LIVING AT THE TOP OF A HILL NEAR DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN AT THE TIME AND CERTAINLY GOT A BLAST OF THE SOUTHWEST STORM WHICH ALSO BROUGHT RAIN AND THEN SNOW.  OUR ONLY DAMAGE WAS A CHICKEN COOP WHICH HAD BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION.  

THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THAT DAY AND OUR NOV. 11 JUST PAST IS UNBELIEVABLE.  IF YOU LIVED THROUGH IT, I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER.