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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 34th Anniversary
Gather.com ^ | November 10 2009 | Mike R

Posted on 11/10/2009 12:12:18 PM PST by LukeL

34 years ago today, on November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald - aka "Mighty Fritz," - foundered and sank during a storm on Lake Superior. Launched on June 8, 1958, the Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes for the next 13 years

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: edmund; edmundfitzgerald; fitzgerald; maritime; shipping; shipwreck; wreck
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To: GVnana
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy.

What many don't realize is that Lake Superior is so deep and stays so cold, the gases that normally form from decomposition don't form and therefore don't raise the body to the surface.

61 posted on 11/10/2009 3:45:50 PM PST by FDNYRHEROES (In just His first 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“about the Yugo which blew off of the Mackinac Bridge in 1987.”

??!! You have to tell us about that one.


62 posted on 11/10/2009 4:01:35 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: Revel

That was Harry Reasoner doing the news. Sure brings back memories.


63 posted on 11/10/2009 4:13:04 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: Sigurdrifta

“winding their way up the Cuyahoga River to the steel mills”

That definitely calls for:

http://www.rhapsody.com/randy-newman/sail-away/burn-on/lyrics.html

There’s a red moon rising
On the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There’s a red moon rising
ON the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There’s an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There’s an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

Cleveland city of light city of magic
Cleveland city of light you’re calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
‘Cause the Cuyahoga River
Goes smokin’ through my dreams

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on
Now the Lord can make you tumble
And the Lord can make you turn
And the Lord can make you overflow
But the Lord can’t make you burn

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on


64 posted on 11/10/2009 4:18:22 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: LukeL
God rest these 29 men.
65 posted on 11/10/2009 4:24:48 PM PST by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Sigurdrifta

or this version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SKGIwsXuA0


66 posted on 11/10/2009 4:24:54 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: John D

I saw a show on the Edmund Fitzgerald a few years back (Discovery channel?) that quoted the captain of the Arthur Anderson, (the last ship with radio contact to the Fitzgerald), who had been working the Great Lakes shipping business for 40 or 50 years, as saying it was the worst storm he’d ever seen.


67 posted on 11/10/2009 4:28:49 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Pelham

In 1989, 31-year-old Leslie Ann Pluhar, driving a 1987 Yugo over the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, was literally blown off over the bridge’s 36-inch railing by 50 MPH gales. This event was widely publicized at the time and is still referred to today in terms of the car. In actuality every driver that day had been warned against traversing the bridge. Pluhar had insisted on making the crossing, and officials said later that excess speed was a factor in her death.


68 posted on 11/10/2009 4:42:07 PM PST by packrat35 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.- M Thatcher)
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To: packrat35

I wonder if Paul Shanklin has heard about that.


69 posted on 11/10/2009 4:49:57 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: militant2

Lucky you! I sometimes watch this:

http://www.lsmma.com/webcam_large.htm


70 posted on 11/10/2009 5:32:09 PM PST by Abigail Adams
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To: GVnana
Gordon Lightfoot, © 1976 Moose Music, Inc. (One of the great folk songs of the 20th century, IMHO.)

Gordon Lightfoot at his best, is one of the best. Salute and thanks for the lyrics. Saw an interview with him a couple of years ago; painfully thin, his eyes showed a mixture of pain and innocence. Hope he's still free of the demon rum.

71 posted on 11/10/2009 5:58:34 PM PST by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: AFPhys
He's the consummate entertainer. A few year back he was very ill and was in a coma for some time. When he came to, he started writing songs for his last CD called “Harmony”. The CD pretty much sucks, but you have to hand it to this guy. Still touring on a regular basis, and still selling out houses!

Militant

72 posted on 11/10/2009 6:04:55 PM PST by militant2 (I may not agree with everything you say, but......hell, I don't agree with anything you say!)
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To: Pelham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz2eCFoafXk&feature=related


73 posted on 11/10/2009 6:09:01 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: MarkBsnr

I believe Gord sobered up in 1982 and claims soberiety to this day. No reason not to believe it.

Militant


74 posted on 11/10/2009 6:09:06 PM PST by militant2 (I may not agree with everything you say, but......hell, I don't agree with anything you say!)
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To: Richard Kimball

Lol! That’s always great.


75 posted on 11/10/2009 6:33:45 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: packrat35

A bummer for Pluhar. I wouldn’t like driving across that bridge one bit:

http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm486470.html


76 posted on 11/10/2009 6:36:22 PM PST by Pelham ("Badges?!! We don' need no stinkin' badges!!")
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...
A picture

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

77 posted on 11/10/2009 6:40:47 PM PST by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: BarbM

MEthinks the last communication from Captain McSorley was, “We are holding our own”.

I grew up in SW michigan, and remember this day well. I was in jr high school, and have been fascinated by the sinking ever since it happened.


78 posted on 11/10/2009 6:47:46 PM PST by QualityMan (1994 is right around the corner........)
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To: QualityMan

Worked at RenCen, near the Maritime Sailor’s Cathedral. Always showed up for the 11:00 am remembrance each year.

RIP heroes of the Lakes.


79 posted on 11/10/2009 6:53:02 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Pelham

NEver mind the curveball, Ricky....throw ‘im the heater...

lol


80 posted on 11/10/2009 6:53:14 PM PST by QualityMan (1994 is right around the corner........)
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