Edmund Fitzgerald, 1975

Next Swims: Mon - Fri 3:30pm, and maybe Wednesday at 6:30AM

Saturday/Sunday at Noon

Last Swim: Tuesday 3:30 pm
Water Temp: 49.8 per mitch-o-meter
Air Temp: 65
Clarity: OK, not dirty but not clear
Waves: mostly steady 2 - 3 footers, 
Kru: Itch, The Other Dave, Mr. Bubble

Another mild, summer like day, although not quite as warm as yesterday.  Light turnout - just the three of us.  

Just as we were about to descend to the beach, The Other Dave pointed out that November 10th was the 45th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - the Ed Fitz disaster.  Many of you may know that Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about this in 1976 - I'll post it below.  

So, of course there was some discussion about how the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was relevant to today, November 10, 2020.  Turns out, there is a continuity...a wrinkle in time.  For in no time flat, what had been a nice pleasant day with some occasional strong winds turned into a raging thunderstorm.  Picture above was taken right at 3:30, as we were walking down.  No sign of a big storm in sight.  

Before I headed to Klode tonight, Mrs. Bubble made mention of the fact that there was a tornado watch effective at 4:00 today, so she advised that we keep our eyes open to an approaching storm.  Fortunately, no sign of approaching storm while we were in the water, just some partial cloudy skies over the lake.  But no sooner had we started walking towards the path up to the parking lot, we saw a bright flash.  Then again.  Seemed to be just going cloud to cloud, didn't actually see any lightning bolts, until we got up to the parking lot.  Then another, and another.  It started drizzling a little bit as we got into our cars, and then BOOM, right at 5:00, the sky opened up and the deluge struck.

So, the good news is that the deluge struck after we were in our cars and not before we had returned to the beach.  It all came up so suddenly - 10 minutes tops.  

Killepitsch toast tonight...to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!