Some lyrics From A song I listen too often , and one of the major news stories I actually remember from my youth...Nov. 10th 1975.
I know you have some stout sea legs and tales from reading your posts and will probably know the song...
"Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
...being a Captain / Mariner and experiencing some of the biggest seas the North Atlantic can throw at you fishing George's banks I often feel a deep sorro for the crew of the Edmund fitzgerald and the song moves me to my core everytime.
I wasn’t aware of this song until recently stumbling across it on YouTube last year . It prompted me to research the event to both learn and understand just what happened to the ship and crew .
The story left me feeling a little haunted probably because of the song still lingering in my head .
A couple of things I didn’t realise was just how massive these lakes are and the size the sea state can build up to in adverse weather conditions . I understand unless I’m mistaken the lakes are so massive they are tidal as well which is remarkable .
I’ve had a number of close calls over the years and often thought yep it’s part of the deal but to die at sea in terrible conditions must be horrifying . Mostly because you’d pretty well know your chances of survival were next to nil and the isolation of more than likely a solitary death as at that stage it would mostly be every man for themself once you were swept into the seas .
I hope they went quickly rather than toiling away hoping for a miracle that would never come .
Huge compassion for any lives lost at sea be it war time or whenever .
Cape Class bulk carrier gliding through the water
