Tagged: edmund fitzgerald

Anniversary
2:35 pm
Wed November 10, 2010

Edmund Fitzgerald sank 35 years ago today (with audio)

Edmund Fitzgerald
Credit Bob Campbell / NOAA
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald in May of 1975.

My cousins spent their summers along the St. Mary's River on Neebish Island. The lake freighters steam by just a stone's throw away from the shore.

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An ill wind blows
3:12 pm
Tue October 26, 2010

Big midwest storm similar to storm that sank Edmund Fitzgerald

The storm passing through the Midwest today has a similar look to the storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10th, 1975.

The 1975 storm had an extremely low pressure at its center, which generated winds similar to a category 2 hurricane. The storm in 1975 dropped to 978 millibars (mb) when it passed over James Bay in Ontario.

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