tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post929275461121297647..comments2023-10-28T04:43:49.178-05:00Comments on Out of The Loop: The Witch of NovemberMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04253196269498737011noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-43703758460879886352009-11-10T10:44:49.417-06:002009-11-10T10:44:49.417-06:00Something about the line "Concluding some ter...Something about the line "Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms when they left fully loaded for Cleveland." really drives home the humanity. Just 29 guys going about their usual routine.<br /><br />And 26,000 tons more than when empty? Man, that's a lot of ore.<br /><br />Also, Erie is on my list. Some walleye fishing I have to do there.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253196269498737011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-55481073366868887252009-11-10T10:14:16.156-06:002009-11-10T10:14:16.156-06:00The place we stayed this summer (Lake Erie), the l...The place we stayed this summer (Lake Erie), the landlord told us to use anything we wanted, but whatever you do, don't touch the enormous model of the Edmund Fitzgerald up on the mantel there. Anything else, have at it. Lots of EF kitsch on the walls, there.Keifushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287358319899471490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-19313904263772750762009-11-09T10:15:26.547-06:002009-11-09T10:15:26.547-06:00I think of it every November Robert. Not exactly s...I think of it every November Robert. Not exactly sure why. It happened just about a month before my 16th birthday, and I recall thinking then, that some of these guys weren't much older than I was. <br /><br />Much of what I've read about the wreck suggests the two-rogue-wave theory, but the close proximity of the two large pieces of the lake floor seems to indicate that it broke in half on impact down there. The Discovery Channel did a nice doc on it, perhaps that's the one you saw.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253196269498737011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-33619006544677348232009-11-09T06:42:25.004-06:002009-11-09T06:42:25.004-06:00I always used to think it was an ocean phenomenon,...I always used to think it was an ocean phenomenon, those gales and hurricanes.... when I really got to understand what happened here, it was mind-boggling.<br /><br />And those are some killer storms that wreak such havoc in the Great Lakes.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147416487171740144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-84323475583616284532009-11-09T02:47:10.317-06:002009-11-09T02:47:10.317-06:00I saw one documentary that speculated she snapped ...I saw one documentary that speculated she snapped in half with the weight of the ore in the middle bringing her down between two monster swells holding up fore on one side and aft on the other. Snapped in two. Quick like. <br /><br />Actually saw Lightfoot sing the song at Chicagofest, looking out over Lake Michigan. <br /><br />Did you hear the song today on the radio? Wondering what incurred the thought.<br /><br />- - RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-68218584173929500992009-11-08T15:12:58.153-06:002009-11-08T15:12:58.153-06:00I was just out driving around the North Shore, hav...I was just out driving around the North Shore, having grown bored with the Bears. 66 degrees, sunny, a perfect freakin' day. It dawned on me just how unexpected it was when those gales of November came early in '75.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253196269498737011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360632.post-18531153551121336642009-11-08T13:12:02.162-06:002009-11-08T13:12:02.162-06:00Wow. Thanks for this.
Last year we toured all ar...Wow. Thanks for this.<br /><br />Last year we toured all around Lake Superior and went to the Shipwreck Museum (http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/gallery.phtml) it was incredibly moving.<br /><br />If you ever get a chance - go.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147416487171740144noreply@blogger.com