Winter storm & High winds on the Macinac bridge

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @Booken02
    @Booken02 4 роки тому +13

    Brings back memories...made many crossings with high winds...was only stopped once in the four years I lived in Newberry. Camped out in the car until the Bridge Authority came around honking their horns to let us now the bridge was open.

  • @nolawilson2256
    @nolawilson2256 3 роки тому +20

    It’s an experience crossing that bridge even on a good weather day! 5 miles of white knuckles!

    • @drivingdan
      @drivingdan 3 роки тому

      Take a look at my video of the Mackinac bridge!
      ua-cam.com/video/J0Lvt_FtvYM/v-deo.html

  • @colleenhelminiak1429
    @colleenhelminiak1429 3 роки тому +8

    Shoot, I get a serious case of nerves when I cross the bridge on a bright, sunny, calm day - I'd have to be sedated and on the floorboards to get across in this type of weather.......aarghhhh

  • @CrossingTalkAdmin
    @CrossingTalkAdmin 3 роки тому +10

    I've driven on that bridge during a storm. Playing that radio station while driving across the bridge during a storm is so chilling.

    • @Foot_Printz
      @Foot_Printz Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/BsoVZmRqQTo/v-deo.htmlsi=gsknqmY-3t2T-zmF

  • @stevenstair1068
    @stevenstair1068 Рік тому +1

    Last summer i pulled my 34ft camper across and went up to Newberry for a week then came back across like a dream....that made the 65th time across ..

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  Рік тому

      You see.. some people just don't appreciate the magnificence of The Mighty Mac. It is such a beautiful bridge and is so dependable.. that crossing in this weather is just an experience. The same people that cry about this video don't ride roller-coasters or have any sense of adventure. I'm happy that I was able to give people the full experience of Northern Michigan in the winter. You have to be a sturdy individual to live up here.

  • @merrienelson1002
    @merrienelson1002 3 роки тому +5

    It almost makes my heart stop just watching it.

  • @annie76800
    @annie76800 Рік тому +1

    I have driven across this bridge during high wind warnings and an ice warning. This is one storm I would not want to drive across.

  • @mikebonnett7730
    @mikebonnett7730 4 роки тому +13

    the first time I ever went across it was my first year driving semi over the road back in the mid 80’s during a blizzard i deadheaded from Detroit to Maniste for a load of water softener salt coming back to Wisconsin and by the time I got there and got loaded it was getting dark already and I 94 to Chicago had been closed due too the storm and the bridge was still open plus I was going to Appleton WI which made it shorter to go over the top but after what I had been through driving empty from Detroit to get there I had gotten the tractor sideways on a curve I wasn’t going too try going over the bridge for the first time at night in a blizzard I have super 8 movie footage I took along the way anyway it was still terrible weather the next morning but the bridge was still open so off I went and the closer I got to it the more I kept hoping it would close so I could just park and sit it out it closed alright right after I got across it and turned onto hwy 2 I had only been driving for the company for a couple months and I didn’t want too be the only one not to make it where they wanted me to go and instead I was the only one that did my brother drove for the same company and he sat for over 14 hours on hwy 30 in Indiana until they got the other side of the road open and let everyone cross over and go the wrong way so they could get too the 76 truck stop then they closed the road again and believe it or not the farmers almanac predicted the worst storm on record they only missed it by one day I believe it hit a day earlier than predicted I think it was the next year when someone lost control of their small car in windy conditions on the bridge and somehow ended up going over the top of the guardrail and into the water below I heard they did some testing under similar conditions with the same type of car but they never figured out how it could have happened

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  4 роки тому +3

      I go up to the Soo every year around the same time. It usually never fails the weather is ruthless. But that was the craziest conditions on the bridge that I've ever seen. I did hear of a car going over the bridge back in the 80's I heard it was a Yugo. Which is basically a cereal box with wheels.

  • @easygoing2479
    @easygoing2479 3 роки тому +7

    Now that's a trick! It's fun to cross in good weather and experience the exposure at mid-span, where the cables drop to bridge deck level - you're hanging 200 feet above the water and 2½ miles from shore on either end. But in wind this strong it would be a bit unnerving.

    • @lesliemerino894
      @lesliemerino894 3 роки тому +1

      Miss Tiffanie

    • @drivingdan
      @drivingdan 3 роки тому

      Take a look at my video of the Mackinac bridge!
      ua-cam.com/video/J0Lvt_FtvYM/v-deo.html

  • @dmb531sull
    @dmb531sull Рік тому +2

    I have driven across that bridge during some crazy weather blizzards high winds I actually could see the bridge swaying in high winds not making that up it is an awesome engineering marvel

  • @bettycurry6752
    @bettycurry6752 2 роки тому +2

    Wonderful structure….drove it in winter years ago….very intimidating.

  • @joeyjumper94
    @joeyjumper94 Рік тому +1

    6:13 you can see the vertical hangar cables swaying

  • @michaellane3017
    @michaellane3017 3 роки тому +3

    All that, and driving with your Check Engine Light on!!! You're brave! lol

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  3 роки тому +3

      Lol I don't really remember what was wrong with it at the time. But if I remember correctly it was an Evap code..

  • @chriskryder2994
    @chriskryder2994 3 роки тому +2

    I've been the last group escorted across the bridge during a big storm that had over 100 cars involved in a wreck at the North gate going south in the late 90's

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  3 роки тому +2

      It gets nasty.. their is no doubt

    • @drivingdan
      @drivingdan 3 роки тому

      Take a look at my video of the Mackinac bridge!
      ua-cam.com/video/J0Lvt_FtvYM/v-deo.html

  • @rippersix293
    @rippersix293 3 роки тому +5

    *Mackinac Bridge

  • @Brad-.-.-.-.howitzer
    @Brad-.-.-.-.howitzer Рік тому +1

    It's a piece of cake if you have a 45000 pound load

  • @dianemckinstry6289
    @dianemckinstry6289 3 роки тому +3

    Wow hella scary for sure.

  • @mayhem1.021
    @mayhem1.021 5 років тому +3

    Dude, I would shit myself:) Intense!

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  2 роки тому +2

      With a name like yours I would think you'd appreciate the insanity that day.

  • @hockeymom49721
    @hockeymom49721 2 роки тому +4

    This is nothing.....not for us locals anyway.🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @barryrahn5957
    @barryrahn5957 Рік тому +1

    I've done the Mac walk a couple of times and that was fun. I drove across the bridge over the Columbia river in weather just like on this video. Not fun. Thanks for posting this video. Were your palms wet when you got to other side?

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  Рік тому

      Nah I actually thought about turning around and going back over. It was definitely an experience tho. I've never seen anything like it. I crossed the Columbia River last year in Washington. I can see how that would be sketchy.

    • @barryrahn5957
      @barryrahn5957 Рік тому

      It was. Right at the mouth of the Columbia in Astoria with a storm coming in off the Pacific. Tall narrow bridge, a wire see through. Dusk was coming on. Love the UP. If you ever get the chance take a sleeping bag and sleep on the lake Superior shoreline at Twelve mile beach

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  Рік тому

      My family had property up in the U.P. that I spent some time at when I was a teenager. It is beautiful country up there. Too cold up there for me tho lol

    • @barryrahn5957
      @barryrahn5957 Рік тому

      @@SSanscraintenotaboat Yop. And a lot snow. Good surfing sometimes too!

  • @leroyliston7773
    @leroyliston7773 3 роки тому +2

    never find me on the grates in high wind!

  • @marypasco2213
    @marypasco2213 3 роки тому +6

    Trying to watch this. Kept tilting my phone to keep the main subject of the video in the frame! Thank goodness I have a sleeper on my 18-wheeler. I wasn’t up there at that time. But still.....! I know this is 2 years ago. KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL, KNUCKLEHEAD!!!😲😡

  • @laffilmfest3759
    @laffilmfest3759 3 роки тому +5

    An adventure in itself!!

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  2 роки тому +2

      I actually thought about turning around and going across again 😅 but I still had a 2 hour drive in normal conditions after the bridge.

    • @laffilmfest3759
      @laffilmfest3759 2 роки тому +2

      I hear ya....once u have that adventurous spirit it is hard to say no to :)

  • @DDAVO7
    @DDAVO7 2 роки тому +2

    How did I know your check engine light would be on?!

  • @bones007able
    @bones007able 3 роки тому +5

    Just a yearly occurrence... for the people that live around there to them its like..... meh.....

    • @hockeymom49721
      @hockeymom49721 2 роки тому +2

      Yes! Once a week or better for me. My kid played hockey for 11 years so there was lots of crossing it during the winter the driving through treacherous Yoop weather.

  • @davezobeljr9025
    @davezobeljr9025 2 роки тому +2

    OMG and driving with the check engine light on,

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  2 роки тому +3

      It's a Chevy. It's always Christmas in a Chevy. You just pretend like you don't see it.

  • @susanelainesanner
    @susanelainesanner Рік тому

    A massive structure, a massive wind!

  • @tomgucwa7319
    @tomgucwa7319 3 роки тому +2

    Btw ,cars are getting lighter an lighter..

  • @runner0075
    @runner0075 2 роки тому +2

    Are suspension wires encapsulated into tubes?

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  2 роки тому +2

      I believe those are the cables. Their are many great documentaries on the bridge that are worth a watch.

    • @stevenstair1068
      @stevenstair1068 Рік тому

      No they are not....

  • @csc1641
    @csc1641 4 роки тому +6

    No, no & no! I pay people to drive me across this bridge even in good weather.

    • @drivingdan
      @drivingdan 3 роки тому

      Take a look at my video of the Mackinac bridge!
      ua-cam.com/video/J0Lvt_FtvYM/v-deo.html

  • @jeannebrauher-trible4869
    @jeannebrauher-trible4869 3 роки тому +3

    I had the experience of bridge closure while on it in the summer. Wildest ride ever!

    • @drivingdan
      @drivingdan 3 роки тому

      Take a look at my video of the Mackinac bridge!
      ua-cam.com/video/J0Lvt_FtvYM/v-deo.html

  • @markthompsoncpa
    @markthompsoncpa 3 роки тому +5

    The way you move the camera makes it look like you are driving over the edge

    • @billkhan3789
      @billkhan3789 3 роки тому +2

      The person filming this (and I am bothered it’s probably the driver) scared the crap out of me by jerking the camera right several times. It’s my nightmare scenario of veering a hard right off the bridge and into the straits.

    • @markthompsoncpa
      @markthompsoncpa 3 роки тому +2

      @@billkhan3789 A girl in a Yugo went over I think in the 70's.

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  3 роки тому +2

      @@billkhan3789 I was doing 20 mph wasn't as bad as you'd think. The sight conditions were better on the bridge compared to once you were off the bridge. Ideally a go pro would've been great but I wasn't planning on hell storm lol

    • @hockeymom49721
      @hockeymom49721 2 роки тому +2

      @@markthompsoncpa it was 1989 and she was driving way too fast! Just like the idiot in the red Dodge last fall. He is lucky he didn't go over.

  • @jennifer_moss
    @jennifer_moss Рік тому +1

    You couldnt pay me to drive across this bridge on a sunny day let alone in weather like this 😢

  • @gooberclown
    @gooberclown Рік тому

    If the bridge began to wobble like the one that collapsed over the Tacoma Narrows. 😳

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  Рік тому +1

      It has to be able to move a bit. If it was to rigid it would definitely collapse. The Mac is a well built bridge. Been around since the 50's

  • @ernestchacon4928
    @ernestchacon4928 Рік тому +2

    Michigan looks great on the map, but I wouldn't want to live here where it always seems to be gloomy, cold, rainy then snowy all year.

    • @alisonflaxman1566
      @alisonflaxman1566 Рік тому

      No we have beautiful summers here. Tons of videos showing the beautiful weather and scenery.

  • @davidwatson3456
    @davidwatson3456 4 роки тому +2

    Why cross on a day like this?

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  4 роки тому +3

      I had to work the next day. They were allowing passenger vehicles to cross. No semi trucks, or pickup trucks with toppers. I didn't really have the money to stay at a hotel another night. I'm sure that if it was to dangerous they would've shut the bridge down. If it was any worse they would have shut it down.

    • @ridgec5670
      @ridgec5670 4 роки тому +2

      Because it's open.

    • @SSanscraintenotaboat
      @SSanscraintenotaboat  3 роки тому +1

      @@ridgec5670 what he said.. I'm noticing a bunch of people with no sense of adventure commenting on this video..

    • @hockeymom49721
      @hockeymom49721 2 роки тому +1

      Because some.of us have to go to work and have the obligation to do so in the UP. It's the life of living around this part of the Great Lakes.

  • @tracymarko1766
    @tracymarko1766 3 роки тому +1

    Hit the gas...close your eyes...hope
    For the best....

  • @sandygrogg1203
    @sandygrogg1203 2 роки тому

    Oh man…..

  • @denelson83
    @denelson83 Рік тому

    Mac🇰inac.

  • @leroyliston7773
    @leroyliston7773 3 роки тому +1

    Or its the fog....

  • @jamesevenden6559
    @jamesevenden6559 6 років тому +7

    Absolutely not!

  • @stevedrums1675
    @stevedrums1675 Рік тому

    F&&k that!!!😂😂😂

  • @witchandspy
    @witchandspy 3 роки тому +2

    JESUS JUST STEP ON THE GAS WHAT'S THE PROBLEM

    • @hockeymom49721
      @hockeymom49721 2 роки тому +4

      Speed limits for a reason. You do not want to go faster than you should in crap weather and an icy deck.

  • @davezobeljr9025
    @davezobeljr9025 2 роки тому +1

    All this while playing with your phone. SMH

  • @leroyliston7773
    @leroyliston7773 3 роки тому +1

    Or its the fog....