Lake Michigan furious at Sandy's winds

SANDY AND HOW IT WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR
FORECAST.
BUT FIRST WE WANT TO TALK
BACK OUT TO LACK MICHIGAN
WHERE A BUOY OFFSHORE FROM
HOLLAND RECORDED 22-FOOT
WAVE TODAY AS WINDS GUSTED
ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
STORM TEAM 8
METEOROLOGIST KYLE UNDERWOOD
AT THE LAKESHORE ALL EVENING
LONG.
KYLE, WHAT ARE YOU SEE
YOUING OUT THERE NOW?
Reporter: GOOD EVENING,
SUE.
IT IS NOT SO WATCH WE ARE
SEA SEEING.
I IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING.
WE HAVE GUSTS UP AROUND
50 MILES PER HOUR.
RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A
CONTINUOUS ROAR LIKE A
FREIGHT TRAIN HERE AT THE
LUCK SHORE.
DISPOOT THE HARSH ELEMENTS
WE RAN INTO A LOT OF FOLKS
HERE ON THE BEACH IN SOUTH
OF A HALF THAN WANTED TO SEE
THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE
SANDY HERE IN WEST MICHIGAN.
I LIVED IN THIS NORTHERN
INDIANA-MICHIGAN MY WHOLE
LIFE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY THING
LAKE THIS.
THE STING OF THE SAND.
THE CRASH OF THE WAVES.
I AM FROM WEST WHICH.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
Reporter: LAKE MICHIGAN
MY IS FURIOUS NIGHT.
10 TO 15-FOOT WAVES ARE
BREAKING ON THE BEACHES AND
SMASHING AGAINST THE LIGHTS
IN SOUTH HAVEN.
DISPOOT THE WARNINGS TO STAY
OF THE PIERS.
WE SPOTTED THIS GROUP WITH A
DOG DODGING WAVES CLEARLY
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP
THEM INTO THE-ING WATERS.
THE UNFETTERED POWER OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WAS MOST EVIDENCE
OFFSHORE AT THE SOUTH LAKE
BUOY BETWEEN HOLLAND AND
MILL WACKY.
RECORDED WAVE HEIGHTS HIT
21 FEET AND WINDS REGULARLY
GUSTED OVER 55 MILES PER
HOUR.
IN THE IN GY OF LAKE
MICHIGAN DREW A HARDY CROWD
THE BEACH TO SEE THE BIGGEST
WAVES SUNS THE
RECORD-SETTING FALL STORM
LAST SEPTEMBER.
WE LIVE FOR THIS!
ARE YOU KIDDING M WE COME
HERE ALL THE TIME,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A
STORM.
I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING THIS
MUCH SAND SINCE I WAS LITTLE
BOY PLAYING ON THE BEACH.
TODAY, I SAW A BUNCH OF
MADNESS S. A BUNCH OF SAND
FLYING IN THE AIR.
PEOPLE TRYING TO BALANCE
THEIR POD DISON NOTHING
BASICALLY.
IT WAS DEFYING THE LAWS AND
IT WAS AMAZING.
Reporter: WEST MICHIGAN
MAY BE WIND SWEPT AND WARN.
I AM IMPRESSED.
I AM IMPRESSED.
YES.
Reporter: IMPRESSIVE,
INDEED.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE
TO SEE THE IF YOU ARE RIFF
LAKE MICHIGAN, TODAY, COME
DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT
TOMORROW IF YOU GET A BREAK
FROM WORK OR IF YOU HAVE
TOMORROW OFF.
JUST STAY OF THE PIERS.
IT IS A DANGEROUS SPOT TO
BE.
YOU CAN NEVER OVERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
AND EARLIER TODAY, I GOT A A
LOT OF TWEETS, A LOT OF
E-MAILS SAYING THAT FAMILY
OR GROUP OF FOLKS WITH THE
DOG AT THE END OF THE PIER
HERE AT SOUTH HAVEN LIVE ON
TV, DID THEY MAKE IT OFF
O'DAY THEY ARE FINE.
THEY MADE IT BACK OKAY.
BUT FOR A SECOND IT WAS
TOUCH AND GO BECAUSE WE SAW
IT LIVE ON TV AT 6:00.
THAT BIG WAVE CRASHED UP ON
THE PEERS AND FOR A SECOND,
MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT
BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE
TAKEN INTO THE WATER BUT
THEY MADE IT OFF OKAY.
FOR NOW LIVE IN SOUTH HAVEN,
I AM STORM TEAM 8
METEOROLOGIST KYLE
UNDERWOOD.
BACK TO YOU.
WE WONDER IF THE GROUP
REALIZES HOW LUCKY THEY WERE
TODAY.
Reporter: YOU CANNOT
LEGISLATE COMMON SENSE.
YOU CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE TO
DO THINGS THAT ARE WISE.
IT AM THANKFUL.
HONESTLY, IT IS 40 DEGREES
OUT HERE.
MY PAMS WERE SWEATING.
I WAS NERVOUS.
THIS IS COMING FROM A GUY
WHO LEAKS A LITTLE BIT OF
DANGER IN HIS LIFE.
IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN HERE
TO CHECK OUT THE WAVES OR
FUTURE STORMS, USE COMMON
SENSE, STAY OFF THE PIERS,
MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY ARE SAFE.
YEAH.