The Edmund Fitzgerald

MN Historical Society ^ | 11-10-04 | Rakkasan1

[Rakkasan1]

yep, cool museum.Was there years ago.

[Conspiracy Guy]

bttt

[Rakkasan1]

hard to believe that song lost "song of the year" honors that year to Debbie Boone and "You light up my life"
(barf)

[Conspiracy Guy]

I posted the lyrics this morning, 29 years 29 souls.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1276204/posts?page=134#134

[MaryFromMichigan]

Yes. My hubby and I took the kids a few years ago.
The bell from the Fitzgerald is there.

[Americanwolf]

Thanks... I have never seen that before. :)

[SAJ]

Actually, the gender varies from culture to culture. In the Russian navy, for instance, a ship of the line is always ''he''. In Russia's case, at least, and I should think also in any inflected language, this is due to the word for 'ship' being a masculine noun. In Latin, if memory serves, the word for ship was 'navis', a feminine noun of the 3rd declension.

[Cult of Personality]

And all that remains is the faces and the names Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

This song makes my eyeballs wet.

[jriemer]

GAAAAH!!
Now I'll have that song in my head.
I think the reason I hate it is that it was on the radio
all the time after my baby sister was born.
She had colic and was crying 24/7

There's a cure for that problem. Hum the tune for "The girl from Iponema" but do not *repeat* do not sing "The girl from Iponema" as that song will be stuck in your head and there is no known way to get that out.

A thermobaric bomb won't even slow that tune down...

[Professional Engineer]

Mr. Lightfoot ping

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

Say hoosierboy it's been awhile. Hope your family is doing well and please say hi to your Mom when you get a chance.

My dad passed this summer and I got his 30-40 Craig. Getting it reblued and mounted. Beautiful beautiful rifle.

Take care.

Allen In So Cal

[Alberta's Child]

I once read a great article about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and one of the things the author pointed out was that Gordon Lightfoot's ballad has spawned a host of stories about the disaster that have no basis in fact.

From what I understand, nobody on the ship had much warning at all when it sank.

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

Athiest are an easy lot to get along with, aren't we?

This site will never stop amazing me. Someone brings up a subject, like the EF, and others with the resources start popping up these pictures.

Yup, pretty neat picture. And the one that follows later. Underwater it looks like.

[roaddog727]

Gordon Lightfoot Bump

[Publius6961]

Finally realized that she sank in Canukistan, but she was an American ship.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Peter Libra]

Yes sir. I have been able to take English people, eight in number to the museum. What a job, whatever authority has done there. The items salvaged from various wrecks tell many tales. Hey, if people cannot get to see the Titanic artifacts- you will surely see just as much and even older there. Even amongst the holiday tourist crowd, I sense a sort of reverence- or perhaps there is a better word.

That awful night part of the storm hit the twin Sault Ste Maries. A power pole crashed on my roof- my humble home. I was ordered to leave by police. The people across the road, took I and my pregnant wife in. I was given a quick shot of whisky.

The good men of the local power authority had a new power pole up in 4 hours. I hold all working people, in dangerous conditions with respect. As surely as the men and women, in the field of battle- They also serve . A bit preachy here. God rest the souls of these brave men.

[baltodog]

Although I currently live in the great state of Kansas, I am a native of, and grew up in Manistee, Michigan.

There are many books about Great Lake shipwrecks, and I have studied most of the probable causes of what happened.

Regardless, after reading a few, there was always something "haunting" about sitting on the beach during a gale. If the waves out on the horizon have no discernible shape, or are shaped like the silhouette of a Christmas tree, you can be sure that a laker is getting a rough ride somewhere.

The merchant marines, regardless of rank or duty, are a special breed who demand our respect.

That being said, as an American of Polish descent, I always have difficulty discussing the lock in Saulte St. Marie that was named after Poe.

If you ever get a chance to visit the Soo Locks, don't turn it down. They are a relatively unknown marvel of architecture, and the ships that pass through are incredible.

[hoosierboy]

We heard you were out here, hope all is well!

[loftyheights]

It's only the best pop song ever written and performed! Thank you, Gordon Lightfoot! His other stuff is great too!

[Alberta's Child]

There's something haunting about the shoreline of Lake Superior even on a nice day. I've driven the stretch along the north shore from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay about a half-dozen times, and I always get a sense of foreboding when I leave "the Soo" behind me en route to Wawa and White River.