var _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____=function(name){return (self._wb_wombat && self._wb_wombat.local_init && self._wb_wombat.local_init(name))||self[name];};if(!self.__WB_pmw){self.__WB_pmw=function(obj){this.__WB_source=obj;return this;}}{ let window = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("window"); let self = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("self"); let document = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("document"); let location = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("location"); let top = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("top"); let parent = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("parent"); let frames = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("frames"); let opens = _____WB$wombat$assign$function_____("opens"); var msg = new Array(); insert = new Date(); today = insert.getDate(); msg[0]="Fishing, diving or adventuring with a pro all but guarantee a successful trip." msg[1]="Ballast Water: fresh or salt water (sometimes containing sediments) held in tanks and cargo holds of ships to increase stability and maneuverability during transit." msg[2]="Downbound: toward the Atlantic Ocean." msg[3]="Water enters Lake Huron from the St. Mary's River and Lake Michigan, and leaves through the St. Clair River where is continues on to Lake St. Clair." msg[4]="Lake Huron is 206 miles in length." msg[5]="Salmonid (or Salmonidae):a family of soft-rayed fishes including the trouts, salmons, whitefishes and graylings." msg[6]="Lake Huron is 183 miles in breadth (wide)." msg[7]="Stern: rear of a ship or aircraft." msg[8]="Lake Huron's average depth is 195 feet." msg[9]="Brown Trout: Great Lakes brown trout are near-shore fish and are taken by shallow water trolling, surf casting or pier fishing. Usually brown trout in the Great Lakes are plumper than their inland lake and stream counterparts (similar to football shape) because of the super abundance of forage in the Great Lakes." msg[10]="Lake Huron's maximun depth is 750 feet." msg[11]="Sand bar: offshore shoals, built up by wave, current, or wind action; transitory habitat." msg[12]="Lake Huron's water surface area is 23,000 square miles." msg[13]="Georgian Bay is a major arm of Lake Huron, almost separated from the rest of the lake by Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula." msg[14]="Lake Huron's shoreline length is 3,827 miles (including islands)." msg[15]="Chinook (King):Chinook do not jump and roll as much as coho, but have tremendous power and make long reel-screaming runs." msg[16]="22 years the amount of time it takes nature to replace all of the water in Lake Huron." msg[17]="Zooplankton: tiny, free-living animals found in the open water of all water bodies; serving as food for fish, they provide an important link in the food chain of aquatic systems." msg[18]="The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, it spans 5 miles over the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. The Mighty Mac took 3 years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957." msg[19]="In 1817 the University of Michigan was the first university established by any of the states. Originally named Cathelepistemian and located in Detroit the name was changed in 1821. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1841." msg[20]="Acid rain:
Airborne toxic contaminants, such as car emissions and the burning of other fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere and come back down to the land in the form of acid rain." msg[21]="All Captains listed in the Lake Huron Charters directory are U.S. Coast Guard licensed operators." msg[22]="Charters can be enjoyed by a single person, a family with young children or any type of group." msg[23]="Yellow Perch:
This is the little cousin of the walleye and sauger. Like its larger cousins, the perch is excellent eating and a favorite of most people who like fish." msg[24]="Lake Huron's tan-colored beaches are made up mostly of grains of quartz (one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust)." msg[25]="There are more than 30,000 islands in Lake Huron, including the world's largest freshwater island, Manitoulin Island." msg[26]="The names of the Great Lakes can be remembered by using either of these mnemonics:

Show Horse Must Eat Oats =    Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie,    Ontario

HOMES = Huron, Ontario, Michigan,    Erie, Superior" msg[27]="Lake Huron is bordered by the state of Michigan and the province of Ontario." msg[28]=" are powerful currents of water moving away from shore. If caught in a rip current, 1. Don't fight the current. 2. Swim out of the current, then to shore. 3. If you can't escape, float or tread water. 4. If you need help, call or wave for assistance." msg[29]="Walleye and Sauger: Walleye and sauger are look alike cousins that are members of the perch family. Although they are not exceptional fighters, they excel as table fare." msg[30]="Storm surge: phenomenon that occurs when sustained high winds from one direction push the water level up at one end of a lake, which makes the level drop by a corresponding amount at the opposite end." document.write(msg[today-1]); }