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re: Why was the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald such a big deal?
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:08 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 11/11/25 at 1:08 am to SidewalkTiger
Nobody really knows for sure how she sank. One of the prevailing theories is that she was thrown up, over, and down a rogue wave so violently that her bow smashed into the bottom of the lake while her stern was still above water. There's a decent chance that the sinking and breakup happened so quickly that the crew were still alive for a short time at the bottom of Lake Superior. 
I dunno man, when I think of ships sinking I imagine the deck flooding, the slow list, the gradual "slip away into the sea" kinda deal. Imagining a ship that size just being destroyed by mother nature in a few seconds is next-level shite. I can't imagine very many more terrifying ways to die.
I dunno man, when I think of ships sinking I imagine the deck flooding, the slow list, the gradual "slip away into the sea" kinda deal. Imagining a ship that size just being destroyed by mother nature in a few seconds is next-level shite. I can't imagine very many more terrifying ways to die.
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Posted on 11/11/25 at 3:37 am to Lou Loomis
You are confusing the Fitzgerald with the Titanic. The Titanic was a cruise ship with rich passengers. The Fitzgerald was just a cargo ship with regular workers when it hit the iceberg.
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 3:51 am
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:29 am to p0845330
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You’re missing the heartbreak and pain and what a horrible person you are. Your OP was not in the least bit entertaining and was very much painful to those with family ties to those who died. Yeah I’m one of them. Tell me where and when to meet you and we can make things right. Anything else within reason solidifies your being a pussy.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:33 am to p0845330
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Are you willing to defend your statement in person to people who had family on that boat? If so, please give details as to where and when?
You want to fight someone over something that happened 50 years ago? That had nothing to do with you? A bit over dramatic.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:37 am to Franticlethargy
I'm not defending the guy bit did you completely ignore this part?
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Your OP was not in the least bit entertaining and was very much painful to those with family ties to those who died. Yeah I’m one of them.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:48 am to SidewalkTiger
As a society we were obsessed with transportation disasters in the 1970s.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 4:59 am to messyjesse
still dont know and they prevent any exploration do to it being a gravesite. not the first ore carrier on the great lakes that split apart. people think the Fitzgerald ran aground before breaking in two.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 5:35 am to Franticlethargy
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Are you willing to defend your statement in person to people who had family on that boat? If so, please give details as to where and when?
You want to fight someone over something that happened 50 years ago? That had nothing to do with you? A bit over dramatic.
Uh excuse me sir this is OT core values.
The where is predetermined here. When is the only question at this point.
I like the chedd'r peppers.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:01 am to Nole Man
Great summary! I would also add Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song b/c when the accident occurred, he combed the newspapers and only saw a small snippet of the wreck in Newsweek. He realized it was much bigger so he wrote a song about it to draw attention. It’s basically a song in one continuous chord. No real change up and should have never seen airplay
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:09 am to p0845330
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Are you willing to defend your statement in person to people who had family on that boat? If so, please give details as to where and when?
Do they have SONICS in Michigan?
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 6:45 am
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:13 am to SidewalkTiger
It's right there, in the first line of the song- "The legend lives on from the Chippawa on down..."
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:14 am to SidewalkTiger
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what am I missing?
They fact that you're a stupid moron.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:47 am to SidewalkTiger
So, until Lightfoot made the song, it was something mostly relegated to mariners in the Great Lakes. Lightfoot did not know anything about the accident per se as he was from souther Ontario and living California. He red an article on the wreck when he was home visiting.....and it inspired him.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:59 am to SidewalkTiger
Rendering of what it looks like on the bottom.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:59 am to SidewalkTiger
Because what caused it to sink?
It’s pretty fascinating when you look at it.
It’s speculated the waves were so violent that the ship bottomed out causing damage to the middle bottom of the hull.
And it went down rapidly with another ship in sight of it.
It’s pretty fascinating when you look at it.
It’s speculated the waves were so violent that the ship bottomed out causing damage to the middle bottom of the hull.
And it went down rapidly with another ship in sight of it.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:04 am to SidewalkTiger
Gordon Lightfoot is responsible for 99.5% of the publics knowledge and appreciation for the Edmund Fitzgerald.
It's a hugely iconic tune, and one that uniquely tells a true tale of a tragedy, put to iconic lyrics.
Masterpiece.
Where does the love of God go when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
It's a hugely iconic tune, and one that uniquely tells a true tale of a tragedy, put to iconic lyrics.
Masterpiece.
Where does the love of God go when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
This post was edited on 11/11/25 at 7:05 am
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:06 am to SidewalkTiger
The song isn't about the boat. It is about the largest freshwater lake in the world, and the men who have the balls to work on it. With the nature of freshwater (less buoyancy) and rogue waves reflecting off of shorelines, those lakes are extremely dangerous. A ship (as with the E.F.) can get dumped off a wave into a trough and literally be snapped in half.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:32 am to nola tiger lsu
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When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
I still get a little chill everytime I hear that part of the song.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:40 am to SidewalkTiger
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SidewalkTiger
Being an a-hole must be tiring.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 7:45 am to p0845330
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p0845330
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