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John B. Graeber
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Reader, writer, sailor. #plutotruther. Prob eating tacos in a parking lot.
Ohio State fans be like "It's a blizzard!" #GoBlue
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is definitely something I would get if I had a wealth of counter space.
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I can browse kitchen shops for hours
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Still undefeated
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade > Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is so satisfying
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
You will never convince me the @laclippers.bsky.social logo is not a cruise ship. #nbasky
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Monday of Thanksgiving week mood:
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's about - the Cones!
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Me reading this article:
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ultimately, what trully happened on the Edmund Fitzgerald shortly after 7pm on Nov 10, 1975 is known only to the sailors who were aboard during her final moments.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Waves continue to pummel the stern, pulverizing the ship’s midsection until the Edmund Fitzgerald is ripped in half.

The stern flips upside down and plunges to the bottom alongside the rest of the ship.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NOV 10 / 730pm
The snow squall suddenly ends and skies clear. Visibility is excellent. The crew of the Arthur M. Anderson can see the lights of ships heading north from Sault Ste Marie.

But the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the 29 men aboard her, have vanished.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Moments later both ships are engulfed in a snow squall, cutting visibility to zero, and erasing the Edmund Fitzgerald from the Anderson’s radar.

“We are holding our own,” is the last communication ever received from the Edmund Fitzgerald.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NOV 10 / 7pm
The Arthur M. Anderson, about 10 miles west of the Fitzgerald, is swamped by two huge waves that crest 35 feet above the water line.

With wind and waves moving west to east, it is only a matter of minutes before they reach the Fitzgerald.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Fitzgerald: (Undistinguishable shouting) “DON’T LET NOBODY ON DECK!”

Avafors: “What’s that Fitzgerald? Unclear. Over.”

Fitzgerald: “I have a bad list, lost both radars. And am taking heavy seas over the deck. One of the worst seas I’ve ever seen.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
NOV 10 / 5pm
The Fitzgerald is not receiving the radio beacon from Whitefish Point, she radios every vessel in range for information.

The freighter Avafors responds, informing her the storm has knocked out power to the Point.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just a few miles east of Caribou Island, and with shoals scattered all around, precise navigation through this part of Lake Superior is critical to avoid disaster.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Anderson: "Charlie on that Fitzgerald. Do you have your pumps going?"

Fitzgerald: "Yes, both of them."
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BEHIND THE MUSIC
“The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing”

The wind whistling over hundreds of taut wires on storm-bound ships creates a ghostly wail.

Sailors say the sound stays with them for the rest of their lives.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Whitefish Point hooks into Lake Superior from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The hook forms a bay to the east, providing shelter from wind and waves coming out of the northwest.

Whitefish Bay has been the salvation of many ships trying to survive the worst of the lake’s November gales.
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Acting as a funnel, Lake Superior’s Canadian & American shores taper to a point at the lake’s southeastern end. The northwesterly wind howls over 200 miles of open water, piling water on water as the pinching shoreline pushes the waves higher. The only safety is Whitefish Point.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nov 10 / 245pm
THE STORM
Instead of skirting Lake Superior’s southern shore, the storm has moved north across the lake. The winds, predicted to come out of the northeast, have shifted, instead coming across the lake from the northwest.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NOV 10 / 140pm
Fitzgerald radios Anderson to talk about weather changes and their course southeast. Capt. McSorley reports that the Fitz is “rolling some.”

The Fitzgerald passes close to Michipicoten Island, while the Anderson moves a few miles to the west to deeper water.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NOV 10 / 1pm
THE FITZ
The Edmund Fitzgerald and Arthur M. Anderson have reached the Canadian shore, approximately 10-20 miles northwest of Michipicoten Island. They report 23mph winds and 12 foot waves.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM