L. Michigan logs [was Re: 1% crunch]

[Ron Torrella]

On  6 Sep 96, Brent.Fischer@asu.edu wrote:

> Did  you hear on NPR about a venture to raise thousands of logs from
> the bottom of (I think) Lake Michigan?  Apparently left over from
> the logging days there are all these prime oak, sugar maple and
> other species lying on the bottom in great shape. The owner plans to
> mill it and sell it to woodworkers and the like.  Too bad there
> problably won't be much spruce. Brent

Hmm.  I wonder if this is the same story I read in the Detroit Free
Press recently (last Sunday?) reporting that a ship had lost most of
its load on the eastern side of L.Michigan.  The logs then traveled
in a sort of upward, counter-clockwise direction over to the
Wisconsin side and are wreaking havoc on boat props.  The number of
logs was in the hundreds of thousands.... maybe a different story.
Ron Torrella, RPT         The Piano Page
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