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To: sandintoes who wrote (1705)	4/7/2001 10:21:22 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25073

<<If the Anderson was following the boat, why didn't they pick up any survivors? >> They're weren't any.

To: sandintoes who wrote (1705)	4/7/2001 10:23:37 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25073

On the big lakes we get an uncommon occurrence called a witches wave. Must have been named after some female:) Anyhow, waves run in cycles of 7. 6 small and 1 quite a bit larger. A witch's wave is when the 2 biggies come back to back. Very uncommon in the ocean but not all that uncommon on Lake Superior. The theory that seems to be the most repeated is they (the Fitz) had hatch problems and were probably having trouble because of the weather and may have been caught by the witch. It can actually suspend a ship out of the water and break their back. The other theory seems to be they were so heavy because of the water the literally dove through the second wave and powered into the bottom like a sub. Either way it was catastrophic and very quick.