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Beginning of the End "The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Great Lakes Ship by Russ Porter
Posted on 11/10/2005 3:41:12 PM PST by Rakkasan1
The Arthur M. Anderson ore carrier takes on a load of taconite Oct. 25, 2005 in Duluth, Minn. The Anderson was following the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975 and was in radio contact with the freighter during the storm. The Fitzgerald, which was carrying taconite, originally was heading from Superior, Wis. to Detroit. (Jim Mone AP Photo )
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Remembering the Fitzgerald(30th anniversary of the wreck) Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5718161.html 11-9-05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author says what caused Fitzgerald to sink is still uncertain AP
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/13098640.htm 11-6-05 Pioneer Press
MANITOWOC. Wis. - The author of a book on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald says it is still uncertain what caused the ore ship to sink Nov. 10, 1975, in Lake Superior. "Maybe space aliens caused the sinking," Fred Stonehouse said at gathering at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum on the topic, drawing laughs from some in the audience. "That's as good a theory as any of the others. You can't prove any of them." But Stonehouse, whose book "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" has sold about 250,000 copies, acknowledged the theory with the most supporters is that the 729-foot ship struck shoals near Caribou Island in a storm with waves as high as 35 feet and winds of 90 mph. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember the wrecks
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/living/columnists/beth_gauper/13074305.htm Beth Gauper, Pioneer Press 11-6-05 In 1975, the gales of November came early. It was 30 years ago Thursday that the seemingly indestructible Edmund Fitzgerald foundered in a vicious storm and took a dive for the bottom, carrying its captain and 28 crewmen with it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald: 'Just a shame they lost it'
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/13083893.htm Pioneer Press GREGG AAMOT Associated Press 11-4-2005 HERMANTOWN, Minn. - On the basement stairwell in Armand Johnson's home, among a dozen paintings and photographs of Great Lakes cargo ships, hangs a watercolor of the most famous ship he ever rode. The painting of the Edmund Fitzgerald - a red and white vessel gliding along light blue water - is a tranquil portrait that eases memories of the ship's violent end. "There was no nicer boat," Johnson said. "The Edmund Fitzgerald was the flagship of Oglebay Norton. There was never any noticeable problems with that boat. It's just a shame that they lost it." Looking away, he added: "It was a big sea, a big storm." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightfoot ballad helps keep alive memory of Edmund Fitzgerald
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/13083746.htm MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Associated Press Pioneer Press DETROIT - It has been described in many ways: Haunting. Comforting. Powerful. Educational. But one thing is certain. Gordon Lightfoot's song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," has kept alive the memory of 29 men who lost their lives on Nov. 10, 1975 when the ore carrier plunged to the bottom of Lake Superior during a nasty storm. "In large measure, his song is the reason we remember the Edmund Fitzgerald," said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse. "That single ballad has made such a powerful contribution to the legend of the Great Lakes."
http://www.linusentertainment.com/artists/gordon/gordon.shtml
talk to DFU for a song about it.
Taconite is what they make taco shells from?
Bush's fault.
No, taconite is Speedy Gonzales' only weakness.
I saw a definitive piece that proved without much question that the ship literally broke into when the water ran out from under it .
Without the flotation support the vessel the ship broke intwo and sank.
The man is in denial.
Taconite is iron ore pellets. Relatively low grade ore is sifted for the iron, and then the higher-grade result is rolled into pellets about the size of a hazel nut. These are then loaded into the iron boats that come down from Lake Superiors mills to the industrial cities of Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, Erie, etc.
I thought it was because the gales of November came early!
Beginning of the End "The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Great Lakes Ship by Russ Porter
It is on the Lake Superior shore and is beautiful and informative about lighthouses, the Edmuch FitzG, Great Lakes Shipping and disasters and all the history involved.
I have been there twice and plan to visit again sometime.
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Navy Hymm
BTTT
ROFL
The Wretch That is Patrick Fitzgerald (song parody)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1511666/posts
The legend lives on from the DC on down
Where the anti-Bush commies stay busy
The Left, it is said, never rests 'till your dead
When their attacks fail and they turn gloomy
With an agenda a-full, and wanted results already known
The Patrick Fitzgerald was ready
To Bush, those true, were just bones to be chewed
When the trials of October came early
The Left had no pride, just innuendo quite snide
With no facts they couldn't nail the Admin
So to the courts they go, in the hopes Soros' dough
would buy an indictment with no reason.
Dictating the terms, with the help of law firms
When they started issuing subpoenas
And when testimony came in and they could find nothing
Could it be the fear of nothing they're feeling?
The MSM on the wires made tattletale sounds
As facts started stacking against them
And the whole Left knew, just as we all do
Twas the need for an indictment come stealing/
The Rove spoke his slate, and the indictments still wait
Since there was still no info to get him
When Libby came, and he remembered Plame
That was all they needed to nail him
When all was said and done the Fitzgerald had none
Save a secondary assistant whose recall
was less than perfect, so the Fitzgerald leapt
and said "fellas I see a target to nail."
Does anyone know where common sense goes
when outing someone who is outed
The pundits all say this is a great day
when some targets a minnow in a barrel
They might have been afraid that it was them that would be nailed
They had already sacrificed Miller
And Wilson just lies and pretends to cry
For his wife, who is a stenographer
Fitzgerald droned on, for hours it seemed on
CNN and the TV coverage
For all watching it seemed, he was full of empty steam
from the wretch that is Patrick Fitzgerald
The Left danced and smiled, as did the MSM while
bemoaning the lack of a Rove hit
But that’s OK they said, the whole thing aint dead
We will keeping going on until a lie sticks!
How sad it will be in the upcoming weeks
when the Patrick Fitzgerald comes up empty
Scooter Libby it seems, will ruin the dreams
of a Left that will mourn again heavy
The legend lives on from the DC on down
Where the anti-Bush commies stay busy
The Left, it is said, never rests 'till your dead
When their attacks fail and they turn gloomy
ping
She made two combat patrols against the Japanese Empire.
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