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41st Aniversarry of the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Posted on 11/10/2016 8:38:43 PM PST by LukeL

41 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior with all 29 hands on board in one of the most violent storms in Great Lakes history.


TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: anniversary; edmund; edmundfitzgerald; fitzgerald; lakesuperior; maritime; michigan; shipwreck; ssedmundfitzgerald; superior
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To: Alberta's Child

The explanation that you posted is somewhat more likely than the others. There are plenty of cases where cargo can shift suddenly, the ship turns turtle and sinks very quickly.


41 posted on 11/11/2016 6:51:24 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: wardaddy

I don’t get to be in a boat much, once a year at best. Relatives have a place on Lake Geneva,WI and they have a classic old wood boat, under 20 feet long. I do enjoy a nice tour around Lake Geneva in that old boat. I noticed that this year when I went, I automatically said where’s my life preserver. With old age, comes wisdom. Ha Ha.


42 posted on 11/11/2016 7:48:19 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (TRUMP 45 Meet the new boss, not the same as any old boss.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Same theory I have, although instead of loose natch covers I think she bottomed out and began taking on water that way.


43 posted on 11/11/2016 3:40:43 PM PST by LukeL
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To: TheConservativeParty

wow sorry for your loss


44 posted on 11/19/2016 11:48:57 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (all your base are belong to us)
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To: kvanbrunt2

Oh thank you. It was a long time ago, around 1973. Makes a life long impression on a kid to come out of the farm house basement and every other building is flat. Huge mess. My poor parents. They carried quite a burden of grief that they didn’t show. We just all got to work cleaning it up and rebuilding. I am grateful they didn’t fall apart in our presence. We felt safe and protected, even though not much was left. God spared our old farm house. We had a place to live.

Thanks again for your kind reply. God Bless You!


45 posted on 11/20/2016 2:49:40 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (TRUMP 45 Meet the new boss, not the same as any old boss.)
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To: Alberta's Child

That’s the way I read it. The song makes it seem like the ship was in a slow prolonged death fight but it was in reality sudden.


46 posted on 11/20/2016 2:53:43 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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