o/t - a past November storm
Posted by cypresstx on 11/11/2022, 9:28 am
47 years ago on Nov 10th, I still remember like it was yesterday.

the song - lyrics were changed for his live performances when he became convinced the crew was not at fault. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2010/03/25/gordon_lightfoot_changes_edmund_fitzgerald_lyrics.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE2LOhs5jaE



the ship, a long documentary, there are some good stories in the comments section, everyone has a different theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmv4Krzbnms


the storm
https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_galesa

the week before https://library.oarcloud.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/dwm/1975/19751103-19751109.pdf

that week https://library.oarcloud.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/dwm/1975/19751110-19751116.pdf


the Great Lakes storm of Nov 10, 1913 was much, much worse - dubbed "The White Hurricane"
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/11/10/history-nov-10-1913-1975-the-deadly-great-lakes-gales/
https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-white-hurricane/
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