I want to know how the Edomnd FitzGerald sunk and i need the answer today.
2006-11-13 08:56:45 · 7 answers · asked by stephen h 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
in a word- quickly
2006-11-13 08:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by boobird 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sunk near Whitefish Point, in the northern part of Lake Superior, November 1975. It was hit by a bad winter storm, but I believe there are many theories about exactly what happened and historians haven't agreed on a definitive answer. For a long time most people believed it was snapped in half either by a wave or because of poorly-displaced cargo, or both. Here, wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Fitzgerald
2006-11-13 17:09:30 · answer #2 · answered by kitron 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was a big November storm on Lake Superior. When the storm was at its height, a giant wave was generated that traveled from west to east across the lake, catching the boat and lifting the hull out of the water. The stress caused the hull to break in half.
Somewhere I saw a report by some oceanographer-meteorologists that modeled the wave. The storm that generated it came up friom the southwest, I think.
2006-11-13 17:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by daylightpirate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She sank in a vicious storm on lake Superior. The NTSB blamed faulty hatches for disaster.
2006-11-13 17:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to:
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
By Gordon Lightfoot.
2006-11-13 16:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a storm on Lake Superior.
2006-11-13 16:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by Who cares 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
29 people knew it sank; all the rest wonder how.
2006-11-13 19:28:20 · answer #7 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋