You Called That A Storm? --- Great Lakes Storm of November 1913

If you remember this storm system, MAN you're old!  The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 went down as one of the worst U.S. winter storms on record occurring in early November.  This freakish storm was caused by a convergence of two storms over the warmer waters of Lake Superior that generated winds as high as 90 mph and 35 foot waves.  Later known as "The Storm" or "The White Hurricane", she unleashed a type of fury rarely seen on Earth with blinding rain, sleet, and finally snow which lasted in some spots 18 hours (To put that in prospective a good snowstorm lasts 6, maybe 8 hours).   Also, famously this storm sunk five ships that were never recovered and seven other ships were sunk but eventually recovered after search.   When the storm finally let up on November 10th, the cleanup was unspeakable with snow totals reaching > 24", millions of dollars in damage, and around 250 were killed.

What can we do to prepare ourselves for a once in a century type storm like that?

---Be Great, Chris!