S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald updates printed in the new
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Reexamination of the 9–10 November 1975 “Edmund Fitzgerald”
Storm Using Today's Technology
Thomas R. Hultquist
Video - Animation of Storm

There has been considerable debate over the past three decades concerning the specific cause of the loss of the ship the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on 10 November 1975, but there is little question that weather played a role in the disaster. There were only a few surface observations available during the height of the storm, so it is difficult to assess the true severity and meteorological rarity of the event. In order to identify likely weather conditions that occurred during the storm of 9–10 November 1975, high-resolution numerical simulations were conducted in an attempt to assess wind and wave conditions throughout the storm. Comparisons are made between output from the model simulations and available observational data from the event to assess the accuracy of the simulations. Given a favorable comparison, more detailed output from the simulations is presented, with a focus on high-resolution output over Lake Superior between 1800 UTC 9 November 1975 and 0600 UTC 11 November 1975. A detailed analysis of low-level sustained wind and significant wave height output is presented, illustrating the severity of the conditions and speed with which they developed and later subsided during the event. The high temporal and spatial resolution of the model output helps provide a more detailed depiction of conditions on Lake Superior than has previously been available.

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Reexamination of the 9–10 November 1975 “Edmund Fitzgerald” Storm Using Today’s Technology BY THOMAS R. HULTQUIST, MICHAEL R. DUTTER, AND DAVID J. SCHWAB; American Meteorological Society 2006

The Newest Updates about the Edmund Fitzgerald
November 8, 2009 Interview mp3 13.74 meg

Temperature on Poop Deck

A worker at Burlington Northern Railroad Dock No. 1 Superior WI heard some chirps from a Cricket located on top of the poop deck of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald November 9, 1975. He took count the number of chirps in 5 Seconds that told him the temperature on the Fitz deck that time of day. He noted at 2:15 PM as the Fitz completed it's loading and the drafts was taken, the cricket on the Fitzgerald chirp ten time in five seconds that told him the temperature was 70 degrees fahrenheit on the poop deck. He said the chirps of a cricket that are aboard the boats in the Great Lakes goes like this.

Chirps in 5 Seconds
Fahrenheit / Celsius
C = ( F - 32) / 1.8
Winter starts in the northern hemisphere on December 22nd
The average should be based on at least 10 samples.

One Chirps in 5 Seconds =
Starting point = Fall 43d - Winter 34d - Spring 55d - Summer 66d - for the first chirp in 5 seconds , then add 3 degrees fahrenheit for each added chirp in that 5 seconds, (one chirp = 3 degrees fahrenheit - per chirp in a five seconds time line).

If a chirping cricket can tell us the temperature on the Edmund Fitzgerald poop deck,
then can the location of birds sitting on the boat tell us more about the frequency and the amplitude of the vibrating movement of the boat?
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