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Topic Review (Newest First)
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| 11-11-2019 07:10 PM | ||
| emiller22207 | If you’re ever in Detroit a visit to the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral is worth it. | |
| 11-11-2019 06:52 PM | ||
| F2504x4 |
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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee." The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the "Gales of November" came early. The ship was the pride of the American side coming back from some mill in Wisconsin. As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most with a crew and good captain well seasoned, concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms when they left fully loaded for Cleveland. And later that night when the ship's bell rang, could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'? The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound and a wave broke over the railing. And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too 'twas the witch of November come stealin'. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait when the Gales of November came slashin'. When afternoon came it was freezin' rain in the face of a hurricane west wind. When suppertime came the old cook came on deck Sayin' "Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya." At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said, (**2010 lyric change: At 7 p.m., it grew dark, it was then he said,) "Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!" The captain wired in he had water comin' in and the good ship and crew was in peril. And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Does any one know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er. They might have split up or they might have capsized; they may have broke deep and took water. And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings in the rooms of her ice-water mansion. Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams; the islands and bays are for sportsmen. And farther below Lake Ontario takes in what Lake Erie can send her, And the iron boats go as the mariners all know with the Gales of November remembered. In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, in the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral." The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call "Gitche Gumee." "Superior," they said, "never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early!" |
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| 11-11-2019 03:57 AM | ||
| PROJECTJUNKIE |
A buddy of mine was a crew man for a couple years on the ship, drug up the season before the wreck, he's got a picture on his living room wall RIP |
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| 11-10-2019 10:44 PM | ||
| Spaceman | All these years I thought the wreck happened in the 60s or earlier. What the hell was I thinking???? | |
| 11-10-2019 10:29 PM | ||
| Captain Call | Brian Burns does a nice song/tribute. | |
| 11-10-2019 09:02 PM | ||
| emiller22207 |
My college roommate’s family had a home in Grand Marais. His dad was on a Coast Guard Cutter trying to get out of the bay to Whitefish Point to guide them in. Said he’d never seen the Lake/storm that bad. They turned back after getting slammed around in the bay and making no progress. It’s one cold ass Lake. It takes your breath away near shore in the height of a hot summer. November in a shipping lane, they could not have lasted a minute. |
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| 11-10-2019 08:36 PM | ||
| Rubirunner85 | It’s that time of year again. RIP | |
| 11-10-2019 08:13 PM | ||
| Cheepin |
RIP! Growing up in the U.P. I was 2 yrs old when this happened. This was taught in school back there. My buddy's uncle from here in CO. was a crew member. Allen G. Kalmon 43 Second Cook Washburn, Wisconsin |
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| 11-10-2019 07:34 PM | ||
| ParadiseAutoElectric |
Here ya go.. https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y5i_XMqdULM |
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| 11-10-2019 07:31 PM | ||
| conwaymuddy |
44 years ago today 29 crew members met their fate aboard the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald R.I.P. |
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