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[-] blunder@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

The Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in a savage storm with hurricane-force winds around 100-mile-an-hour and waves up to 60 feet, crashing down on the freighter every four to eight seconds

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Keep in mind she only had 15 feet of freeboard, so the waves would be 45 feet above deck

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

That's nowhere near enough freebird

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago

Storm waves on Lake Superior are about 100ft apart, and the Edmund Fitzgerald was 725 feet long, so at any moment they were being pummeled by about 6 waves simultaneously. The waves twisted the stern about 90-180 degrees from the bow without detaching it. The waves on the Great Lakes are absolutely brutal

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