1 posted on
11/10/2019 4:52:02 AM PST by
NOBO2012
To: NOBO2012
2 posted on
11/10/2019 4:59:47 AM PST by
EvilCapitalist
(If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
To: NOBO2012
44 years ago? During another Sunspot minimum? (They occur in 11 year cycles)
3 posted on
11/10/2019 5:13:38 AM PST by
11th_VA
To: NOBO2012
For 16 years, I was general manager of a tanker fueling service in Duluth-Superior.
Our tanker captain had helped put the last quantity of Number 6 oil aboard the Ed Fitz.
He recalled the boat's cook was taken ill so a replacement cook was called in from the union hall. The replacement said he had a foreboding of the trip to the lower lakes in November.
He was right.
4 posted on
11/10/2019 5:17:51 AM PST by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: NOBO2012
She’s on her way, radio says she left Duluth yesterday.
Great post for Michiganders! Thank you.
5 posted on
11/10/2019 5:33:05 AM PST by
MarMema
To: NOBO2012
“does anyone know
where the love of God goes
when the gales of November come early?”
6 posted on
11/10/2019 5:52:22 AM PST by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
To: NOBO2012
7 posted on
11/10/2019 5:55:59 AM PST by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: NOBO2012
She broke her back on the Caribou shoals.
She ran, something like a 27 or 29 foot draft. The shoals are about 36 feet.
Then, they claimed that the three sisters hit her at that moment since the boat that was following had those three waves hit it at exactly ten minutes after.
The Fitz had a loose keel. They would drive steel wedges in, weld them in, to try and tighten the keel. They say that she was not to make that last run since she was to go in for repairs or be scrapped.
8 posted on
11/10/2019 6:02:13 AM PST by
crz
To: NOBO2012
The Song of Hiawatha
On the shores of Gitche Gumee,
Of the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood Nokomis, the old woman,
Pointing with her finger westward,
O’er the water pointing westward,
To the purple clouds of sunset.....
https://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=283
10 posted on
11/10/2019 6:13:42 AM PST by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: NOBO2012
The Edmund Fitzgerald might be the most famous wreck in the Great Lakes, however, Lakers are still in danger. Heard that EdFitz was not supposed to have a load, as she was scheduled for an overhaul.
May the EdFitz live on!!!
11 posted on
11/10/2019 6:19:59 AM PST by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: NOBO2012
I like this video of the Gordon Lightfoot song. It starts with a news broadcast that I remember watching in real time and contains some actual footage of the ship, actual radio broadcasts from other ships in the area, and ends with a list of all the crew, their pictures, their ages, positions and hometowns, and footage of the finding of the wreck.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
12 posted on
11/10/2019 6:31:35 AM PST by
MD Expat in PA
(No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
To: NOBO2012
Witch of November? That’s what I called Hillary three years ago.
14 posted on
11/10/2019 7:49:48 AM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
To: NOBO2012
There are parts of Minnesota where the Edmund Fitzgerald is less a ship than it is an industry.
15 posted on
11/10/2019 7:51:37 AM PST by
IronJack
To: NOBO2012
One of Gordon Lightfoot’s best works.
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