Bob CollinsThirty-nine years ago today, I read a news story on a radio station for the first time. The Edmund Fitzgerald was missing on Lake Superior.
The story, thanks in large measure to a popular song, is second only to the sinking of the Titanic when it comes to seafaring lore.
It was loaded with ore from Duluth, heading for Detroit. The song from Gordon Lightfoot said it was going to Cleveland, but Cleveland fit the lyrics better, I suppose.
The ship set out at 4:30 p.m. 39 years ago yesterday, by 3:30 39 years ago today it was in trouble, and by 7:15 pm 39 years ago today, it was gone.
To remember the occasion, the National Weather Service in Marquette is tweeting the weather in “real time” today.
The Edmund Fitzgerald would have been near the center of the low at this time on November 10, 1975. #EdmundFitz1975 pic.twitter.com/YoIiaSzIRv
— NWS Marquette (@NWSMarquette) November 10, 2014
45 miles north of Copper Harbor, MI, the #EdmundFitz1975 observed northeast winds at 35 knots with 10 foot waves. pic.twitter.com/x8ZUidpVfR
— NWS Marquette (@NWSMarquette) November 10, 2014
In 1975, the NWS issued a storm warning for Lake Superior for northwest winds up to 50 knots. #EdmundFitz1975 pic.twitter.com/yjtpeIIyEW
— NWS Marquette (@NWSMarquette) November 10, 2014
