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Historian of technology, & dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit.
I won’t share AI generated content (except to critique it).
www.marhicks.com
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Lotta folks wearing hot dog suits today.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Lotta folks wearing hot dog suits today.
It’s fallen slightly since 1975, not enough to account for this safety change, which—as I mentioned—is primarily due to many different technologies involved improving.
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It’s fallen slightly since 1975, not enough to account for this safety change, which—as I mentioned—is primarily due to many different technologies involved improving.
From 1875 to 1975, 6000 ships were lost on the Great Lakes.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
From 1875 to 1975, 6000 ships were lost on the Great Lakes.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
You probably don’t want to know about the Captain (Ernest McSorley) who was doing this final run to get a bonus so that he could pay for his wife’s cancer treatment after he retired.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
You probably don’t want to know about the Captain (Ernest McSorley) who was doing this final run to get a bonus so that he could pay for his wife’s cancer treatment after he retired.