In remembrance of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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what approximate 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives lost in the great lakes since record keeping started tracking it.
no offense but if a guy did not make a song about the boat would any one still care?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes
no offense but if a guy did not make a song about the boat would any one still care?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes
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lenny
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the many relatives and friend of one's who were lost would and still do care. I am sure there are many more who are affected by it. As for myself, I do not know anyone connected with the EF so it means little to me except just the general concern for such a great loss of ship and people.
It only sunk in the 70's so many living people still associate with it and the lost but I do understand your position, there are so many more so,,, why does this one in particular get so much attention,,maybe the song,,perhaps!
It only sunk in the 70's so many living people still associate with it and the lost but I do understand your position, there are so many more so,,, why does this one in particular get so much attention,,maybe the song,,perhaps!
I am sure plenty of people care ezra. Without the song would people remember or even know about the Fitz, probably not. BUT, because of the song we do remember, it is as simple as that.
Or perhaps the song was written about it because of the approximate 6000 ships lost on the Great Lakes, this was THE largest. At over 700 feet long and 75 feet wide, we are not talking about a 50 foot wooden schooner, which make up the vast majority of the 6000 ships lost on the Great Lakes. It also happened at a time when radar made passage on the Great Lakes in such storms a lot more safe than sticking to shore, but just far enough out to avoid the shoals, as was done by most of the 6000 other ships that have been lost. The list can go on and on about how this wreck was different from most, if not all.
I don't mean to take anything away from the other shipwrecks and certainly not the other lives lost, but both the ship and the storm that sank her 38 years ago were extremely noteworthy. Song or no song.
-John
I don't mean to take anything away from the other shipwrecks and certainly not the other lives lost, but both the ship and the storm that sank her 38 years ago were extremely noteworthy. Song or no song.
-John
Good find and thanks for posting. I would tend to agree with John. I look at it as more of a tribute to the industry in the great lakes. Someone took the time to make a cool video, as simple as it is, it seems to mean more with the words of the song scrolling along with the music.
Well then write a ****ing song about it and clue us in.
EXCESSIVE FORCE
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A day worth remembering....
I read this post this morning,later today I was at a family party with my autistic brother in law. He is very much like the guy in rain man. He is fascinated with accidents and natural disasters.He sat and told me the story of the Edmund like it happened yesterday . That was one bad storm,and a good size ship,to be sunk in a lake. He has never herd of Gorden Lightfoot. Just something to think about.
and that is my point
Ez, there certainly is truth to what you say, although I also believe from purely a "nuts and bolts" point of view, this storm and what she did was unique and memorable.
Today is actually the 100 year anniversary of what is thought to be the "worst storm on the Great Lakes". It was actually a multi-day event, but ended on the 11th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913
-John
Today is actually the 100 year anniversary of what is thought to be the "worst storm on the Great Lakes". It was actually a multi-day event, but ended on the 11th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913
-John
A storm like that today would be blamed on global warming. What did they blame it on in 1913?
confusion_900
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Thanks for posting... we always play the song while sitting around a fire with the Neibors that have a cottage in Canada
you should let him hear the song sometime
anonomoose
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John summed this up nicely.
Modern ships are well equipped with things that make travel on the lakes safer and pretty much make weather a non-issue for the shipping industry.
Yet, here was a ship that should have made passage with all the knowledge and equipment and it shows that the big lake won this match and took life and equipment to the bottom of the lake.
Here is a pretty complete list of ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes system in rough weather. It is pretty interesting to see how many took it on the noggin in November.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes
Modern ships are well equipped with things that make travel on the lakes safer and pretty much make weather a non-issue for the shipping industry.
Yet, here was a ship that should have made passage with all the knowledge and equipment and it shows that the big lake won this match and took life and equipment to the bottom of the lake.
Here is a pretty complete list of ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes system in rough weather. It is pretty interesting to see how many took it on the noggin in November.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes