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Long line at The Wylie to celebrate the life of Dominic Ierace. Friends, family, Mayor O’Connor and musicians eulogized “the most extraordinary ordinary guy you will ever meet.” Scott Blasey/Jackie Popovec performed. “If love could have kept him here he would have lived forever.”
The National Weather Service issues an unexpected shift in the forecast: a gale warning is now active for all of Lake Superior. The storm system is now tracking faster, stronger, and more northerly than previously anticipated.
Starting tonight at 1 AM, we’ll be sharing the real radio transmissions from the night the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior, 50 years ago.
These posts will follow the timeline as it happened, from the first reports of rough seas to the ship’s final transmission.
We share them in remembrance of the 29 men who were lost, and in respect for all who work the Great Lakes.
Transmissions from: https://t.co/cE4Ednwct7
Anderson: "Fitzgerald, we are about 10 miles behind you, and gaining about 1 1/2 miles per hour. Fitzgerald, there is a target 19 miles ahead of us. So the target would be 9 miles on ahead of you."
Fitzgerald: "Well, am I going to clear?"
Anderson: "Yes. He is going to pass to the west of you."
Fitzgerald: "Well, fine."
Anderson: "By the way, Fitzgerald, how are you making out with your problem?"
Fitzgerald: "We are holding our own."
Anderson: "Okay, fine. I'll be talking to you later."
They never did speak later...The 29 men onboard the Fitzgerald will never again speak with anyone outside of the ship.
November 10 1975
"The legend lives on from The Chippewa on down of the big lake they call
Gitchee Gumee."
---Gordon Lightfoot
The American freighter
SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on
Lake Superior during a storm,
All 29 crew members perished.
"Twas the witch of November come stealin'."
We met Gordon Lightfoot backstage at The Palace Theatre/Greensburg yrs ago.
Super nice guy.
Gord is gone now, he d. at 84, 2023.
"The church bell chimed till it rang 29 times,
For each man on The Edmund Fitzgerald."
Charlie Daniels, an interview w/me: "I have alot of people ask me why I picked the Pittsburgh Steelers fan to put in my song. I've gone & sat in the stadium alongside the good people of Pittsburgh. Getting right down to it, they're the kinda folks you can trust w/your back."
Meadowcroft Rockshelter: a 19,000-year-old mystery that could rewrite history. 🕵️♂️ Found in Pennsylvania, this archaeological site challenges the Clovis-first theory, suggesting humans lived in the Americas thousands of years earlier. #Prehistory#Archaeology#Meadowcroft
At Meadowcroft, researchers uncovered stone tools, pottery shards, and even evidence of ancient hearths, meticulously preserved beneath layers of sediment. The site's pristine condition and radiocarbon dating have sparked heated debates among archaeologists, as its findings suggest humans may have been living in the Americas during the height of the last Ice Age, long before the glaciers receded enough to allow migration through the Bering Land Bridge.
Could Meadowcroft hold the key to understanding a pre-Clovis human presence in the Americas? Its implications stretch far beyond its humble rock shelter, reshaping how we view the peopling of the New World and opening doors to new questions about human adaptability and survival.
This site isn't just an archaeological treasure—it's a time capsule that challenges everything we thought we knew about ancient history.
Meadowcroft rock shelter. Fire pit carbon dated to 19000 years ago in Avela Pennsylvania. Prior to this the theory was there was no humans in the America before 15000 years ago with the clovis people.
@dvesean Nov 2
South Side Pittsburgh. 2700 East Carson Street - Goodwill. Caller is an employee, they just received a donation of an urn with cremated remains. Don't tell Cindy.
Nov 2
South Side Pittsburgh. 2700 East Carson Street - Goodwill. Caller is an employee, they just received a donation of an urn with cremated remains. @GretchenInOK
@GretchenInOK Nov 2
South Side Pittsburgh. 2700 East Carson Street - Goodwill. Caller is an employee, they just received a donation of an urn w/cremated remains. @CindyBegel New horror movie.
@GretchenInOK Look on the bright side, someone saved $9000 in burial costs. Hey where's grandpa? Aisle 3 middle shelf next to the Halloween decorations.