Vessels fill Montrose Harbor during warmer months in Chicago. The harbor can handle more than 700 boats.
One of the first things WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling taught me when I moved to Chciago was the word seiche— essentially, a freak wave on a lake, often caused by severe changes in air pressure. He described it as being similar to the sloshing of water in a bathtub and told the story of the 1954 seiche that slammed into Montrose Harbor, killing eight fishermen.
