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Posted on 11/10/2025 12:43:45 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
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Whenever the November Witch sweeps across the Great Lakes in autumn, mariners know to beware. Hurricane-force winds, born from collisions of lingering summer warmth and frigid Arctic air, can slam into the lakes and set loose 40-foot waves. But unlike an ocean hurricane, which builds for days or weeks, the Witch of November—made famous by Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad—can transform the lakes from glass to fury in just hours.
To the Anishinaabe, also known as Chippewa, it isn’t a sorceress who terrorizes the largest of the Great Lakes, but a clash between Thunderbirds, wind spirits who rule the upper air, and Mishibijiw, the Great Lynx who guards the lakes’ watery deep. In November, battles between these fearsome rivals can whip the water into chaos.
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The E. Fitzgerald captain had incriminating info. on Mrs. Bill Clinton?!
The rectum of Ella Fitzgerald was a legend passed by the Chippewas on down.
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early
Nice read!
Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
You must have had a very disturbing childhood... ;-)
What about the Andrea Doria?
Incredibly astute lines and really hits home those of us that have experienced the ocean at it’s worst. You can say the entire Lord’s Prayer in one of those minutes.
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That’s one of the most moving songs I’ve ever heard.
(probably never know)
Have a good pic around here somewhere with my dad watching a freighter on the St. Clair River near the Blue Water Bridge back in the 70’s.
Not much going on...on Superior right now...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-87.8/centery:47.9/zoom:7
The Great Lakes...especially Lake Superior.. can get absolutely vicious and are the graveyards of thousands of ships. I’ve read they are more feared by old salts than even the North Atlantic.
"Arthur M. Anderson is not officially retired, but its future is uncertain due to upcoming inspections and rumors of it being retired. The vessel is currently laid up in Toledo, Ohio, and its certification has expired, which means it would require a full drydock and recertification to sail again"
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