During the catastrophic 1913 Big Blow, the SS Keewatin survived the extreme elements through raw resilience and critical, split-second decisions on the open water. As 90-mile-per-hour hurricane-force winds and blinding whiteout snow squalls reduced visibility to zero, the ship was hammered by monster 35-foot waves that capsized twelve other major vessels. During one particularly terrifying and rough night of the multi-day storm, a massive wave crashed directly into the liner, shattering a window on board. Rather than succumbing to the sub-zero freezing spray and heavy lake ice that entombed other crews, the ship actively battled the turbulent inland seas. By riding out the terrifying peak of the meteorological bomb—navigating through the violent waves rather than being driven into rocky shorelines—she successfully endured the deadliest disaster in Great Lakes history to emerge intact when the weather finally cleared
background, and lightning, by @truthmaldonado rain waves and ship by me.
