November 10, 1975, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral The church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A
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FauxMo

November 10th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^

OK, I already know I am a dick and will get called as much, but does anyone really think we'd remember an anniversary where a mere 29 people died if it weren't for the song written about the wreck, and the fact that it has a local/Michigan connection? I'm still waiting for a song about the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 that killed 250,000 people in Aceh, Indonesia in about 15 minutes... 

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UM Fan from Sydney

November 10th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^

I cannot stand it when people shout "duh derp this is OT."

YES. WE KNOW. WE CAN ALL READ. WE CAN DETERMINE WHEN SOMETHING IS OFF TOPIC.

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Michigan4Harbaugh

November 10th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^

Jim Harbaugh's favorite song of all time! Didn't he play it at practice a couple years ago for the players to listen to?? Plus, it's a GREAT beer!!

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Da Fino

November 10th, 2017 at 1:04 PM ^

My parents live on the lake and this is what mom said that storm was like.  (Note: Johnny and Susie are friends and the "boat" is an aluminum rowboat)

 

"By far the biggest (28 ft) prolonged waves that anyone in our lifetime has seen around here. Power out, high winds, schools closed, etc. The water was up to the deck on the house at Johnny's. Loaders had to move the sand off the road in Au Train. Trees down, debris everywhere. We'll take photos when we can get down to the lake but it's still too dangerous. Dad's boat got flipped right up into the yard from the bank. There's a few articles online about the storm. We still don't have power but we had the wood stove for heat and the generator going for the frig, modem, lamps, etc. Susie and the girls came over last night to charge their cell phones."

 

Sad about what happened at Black Rocks.  Feels like Superior claims people every year in Marquette, either at Black Rocks or Picnic Rocks.

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Red_Lee

November 10th, 2017 at 2:22 PM ^

Au Train got hammered. No school for the rest of the week. I wanted to go out that way on the day of the storm, I could tell Laughing Whitefish was getting the biggest waves, but the sheriff's office was pleading for people to stay away because of the mass destruction. I was pissed that local rescue units, as well as the Coast Guard chopper, had to go look for those fools off Black Rocks.

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mlmudge

November 10th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^

The ship went down right in front of where I grew up. I worked at the shipwreck museum as a kid for a summer.  The museum plays this song on a loop for 10 freaking hours a day.  I have an unnatual hatred for that song now.  Im sure he is a nice guy, but I would throat-punch Gordy Lightfoot to this day if he walked by me on the street. 

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xtramelanin

November 10th, 2017 at 10:07 AM ^

north shore, in the lee of a very tough north wind.

and an old story i am somewhat embarrased about but what the heck.  i was in a buddy's small sailboat right next to the friegher channel the summer of '75 in the UP.   there was no wind and we were becalmed.  the fitz was bearing down on us, tooting its horn like crazy.  they were right, we needed to get the heck out of the channel.   but my brave and ever-wise 12 yr old self (after getting out of the channel) mooned the titz as it went by.  i always wondered if that somehow altered the course of history.   nah.  

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