Witch Of November” sank the Edmund Fitzgerald 40 years ago today. About 40% of all the Great Lakes shipwrecks have occurred in November. This one killed 29, and gave singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot an unlikely top 40 radio hit the following year. #WikiPoteetia: the song knocked “Disco Duck” outta second place. Look it up. “Muskrat Love” was also in the Top Five. SRSLY. (Edmund is the SHIP.) The polar jet stream begins to shift south this time of year and can stir up storms that with big winds and huge waves in November on the Great Lakes. Click here for more from the NWS in Marquette Michigan. Click here for a larger version of the graphic. ]]>
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