tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2927479596394398684..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How windy was it?Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-27068389960868699082010-10-27T18:16:53.206-05:002010-10-27T18:16:53.206-05:00That's a very good argument for staying off th...That's a very good argument for staying off the water.<br />I remember hearing Gordon lightfoot's song long ago and wanting to learn more about the Edmund Fitzgerald, I think I might have seen the discovery channel documentary.<br /><br /><br />I just can't imagine it. <br /><br />I remember the news stories here in Britain, the loss of the bulk ore carrier MV Derbyshire, at 169,000 ton, the biggest of her kind, or at least, one of the six biggest, as she had five sisters. She was, however, the largest British ship ever lost at sea.<br />There are some parallels to the Edmund Fitzgerald, she went down so suddenly that though one punch of a button would have transmitted a Mayday call, none went out. September 9, 1980 during typhoon Orchid, south of Japan.<br /><br />http://www.north-country.co.uk/derbyshire.htm<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAhaP53wkM0soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.com