I was going to share something similar, thanks very much for doing this. Wonder if there are others here who remember being in the area at the time and remember it all very well.
I grew up in southeast Michigan, not far from the musty old hall in Detroit.
I remember when it happened.
I hitched a ride from the U.P. down to Detroit on November 9th. We crossed the Mackinac Bridge as it was starting to get blown around by the storm about 2:00. The bridge was closed shortly after. I got to Detroit at about 9:00 that Sunday night and my dad picked me up where I had been dropped off. It was blowing and raining in Motown. I heard about the loss of the Fitz the next morning on the local radio news. I’ll never forget.