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medinabuckeye1

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50 Years Ago Tonight
« on: November 10, 2025, 10:33:00 PM »
The Witch of November came stealing.

Most of the crewmen were from Ohio and Wisconsin. 


https://youtu.be/hgI8bta-7aw?si=4QLpRNLxiFttU68l
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2025, 11:46:40 AM »

https://youtu.be/8KpkceTklu0
excellent Docu worth watching 1 hr 10 min.I'm watching it in small segments  
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2025, 11:48:19 AM »
Happy Veterans Day
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2025, 11:50:01 PM »
Between that and the Northern Lights putting on quite a show, it's a reminder that Mother Nature always gets the last turn at bat. 
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2025, 12:28:48 AM »
This was taught or discussed in some respects where I went to k-12 in Wisconsin.  I often  wonder who else actually knows about this.

No, it's not the Challenger for obvious reasons but really an amazing tragedy. 
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2025, 07:58:13 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on November 12, 2025, 12:28:48 AM
This was taught or discussed in some respects where I went to k-12 in Wisconsin.  I often  wonder who else actually knows about this.

No, it's not the Challenger for obvious reasons but really an amazing tragedy.
It was talked about in my school the day after it happened.
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2025, 08:49:01 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on November 12, 2025, 07:58:13 AM
It was talked about in my school the day after it happened.
Might have been at mine as well but I don't remember . . .

I was six months old. 
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2025, 08:52:26 AM »
I was 8 (soon to be 9) and I remember it.

I think it was bigger news to those of us who grew up near Great Lakes.
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2025, 09:01:05 AM »
I still wish they'd have scheduled tOSU/UW this year for the Saturday closest to November 10 (11/8) and done a tribute.
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2025, 09:02:06 AM »
I'm in the deep South, born in Dec 1975, and I've known about it for a long time.  Maybe because the song was popular, but it just seemed to stick in pop culture.  I never really understood why it got so much attention, even decades later.  Ships sink quite often, even with today's technology they still sink or have major issues.  
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2025, 09:10:15 AM »
Quote from: Gigem on November 12, 2025, 09:02:06 AM
I'm in the deep South, born in Dec 1975, and I've known about it for a long time.  Maybe because the song was popular, but it just seemed to stick in pop culture.  I never really understood why it got so much attention, even decades later.  Ships sink quite often, even with today's technology they still sink or have major issues. 
I think because it was the biggest. Also, ships that big don't sink very often.
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2025, 09:15:06 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on November 12, 2025, 09:10:15 AM
I think because it was the biggest. Also, ships that big don't sink very often.
It sorta reminds me of the Titanic, which I know is quite small by modern standards but they advertised it as "unsinkable".  I often wonder how often ships from that era really sank, to literally advertise something as unsinkable.  Heck, this was before even WWI, when some passenger ships were intentionally sank.  Did steel wells really sink quite often. 
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Re: 50 Years Ago Tonight
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2025, 04:17:28 PM »
The song certainly increased the notoriety, but when I came to Wisconsin I was struck by how deeply the loss of the ship was felt 20+ years later. I agree that it impacted people who lived around the Great Lakes differently, much closer to home (not withstanding I think there were 2 or 3 people from Florida on the ship).
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