Andrea Gail: A Short Story

This storm was big. The waves reached 25-30 feet at the peak of this “Nor'easter”, coming over the sides of the Edmund Fitzgerald and eventually sinking the ship. According to the NOAA the wind was 30-45 knots (35-52 miles per hour) and 50 knots (58 miles per hour) on the Eastern part of Lake Superior, where the Edmund Fitzgerald was located (www.weather.gov). Other ships on the lake reported waves about 16-18 feet. The captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald had a conversation with some of the crew members on the Arthur M. Anderson, another smaller ship on Lake Superior. Around 7:10 pm the Arthur M. Anderson contacted the Fitzgerald for the last time before the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. The Anderson was riding approximately 10 miles behind the Fitzgerald when they lost sight of it. The first mate of the Anderson, Morgan Clark, asked the Fitzgerald how they were holding up, Captain McSorley replied, “We’re holding our own.” Many people know these as the “last words” by the mighty Fitzgerald. This is the story told to reporters from the crew of the Arthur M.

Despite the grimness of their situation they have assured themselves that they will be rescued. Each character seems to have a particular mindset about their situation. The captain is slightly in shock from the loss of the ship, the cook is hopeful and positive to the point of arrogance, the correspondent is pessimistic, and the oiler is entirely concentrated on survival. The oilers attitude later becomes ironic as he is the only one to die at sea. Despite being in a rather hopeless situation, the characters have some expectation of rescue. Even so, the positive outlook of the cook seems to irk the correspondent somewhat during their

He explains that a single breaking wave could flip over a ship. He says “A single breaking wave, though, would flip a ship end over end if it was higher than the ship was long. Typically, the ship would climb the wave at an angle of forty five degrees, fail to gain the top, and then slide back down the face” (Junger 173). Immediately after, Junger presents us with another scenario in which the Andrea Gail could have sunk. They are called founders. He explains how a succession of waves can drag a boat completely under the surface of water. He explains what happens when a founder hits a boat. “On a steel boat the windows implode the hatches fail, and the boat starts to down flood. The crew is prevented from escaping by the sheer force of the water pouring into the cabin---- it’s like walking into the blast of a fire hose” (Junger 173). He also explains how if the Andrea Gail managed to avoid these two scenarios the rising sea level would make it difficult for any sea captain to maneuver through it. In addition to explaining potential scenarios in which the boat could have sank, Junger also gives us first hand accounts of other ships dealing with these specific scenarios. These first hand accounts

A long time ago in a land far away, a happy family welcomed young Marsha into the world. She was lively young girl who had an affinity for turkeys in any form. One day, Marsha was playing outside when she noticed a moving van coming down the street. She hoped and prayed that there was a new little girl moving in. A week later the family was moved in, and Marsha was very pleased to see that, in fact, there was a little girl in the family. Her name was Barbara soon to be Barbara Kohls. Marsha and Barb played outside almost every day. However, before they started playing together Barb made Marsha learn all the bones, muscles, and systems in the body. After that she would say, “We need to stretch first, mmkay.”

The Andrea Gail is a 72-foot fishing boat that became famous as the subject of the movie The Perfect Storm. Starring George Clooney. The movie is based on a book of the same name. Written by Sebastian Junger. Caught in a perfect combination of elements that would produce the worst possible conditions. The Andrea Gail would battle nature with deadly results.

Kacy Greer was sitting outside of dance waiting for her mom to pick her up when she didn't see her and tried calling her. Her call went straight to voicemail. She was frightened because she said her mom always answers her phone. Her mom out a tracker on her phone and Kacy's, so she tracked her. Her moms last location was in Portland an hour before then, Kacy said to the reporter "Normally she is in Grey way earlier than when I get out if dance. This was unusual." She soon then called her step dad asking him if he knew where she was, he didn't know either. Where is Kacy's mom since know one knows where she is? Kacy started to freak out, wondering what happened to her mom. Could she have gotten in a car accident? Did someone steal her phone?

Half the group thought of the Gustloff to be full of hope, and the other half saw it as death. On January 30, 1945 the Wilhelm Gustloff sunk. On page 316 “BANG! A massive jolt. My head hit the wall. What was happening?” Joana was frightened by the torpedoes that hit the ship. Everyone was so scared that they clung to each other, and even some people had to drown so there children would survive. People were swallowed by the Gustloff and some even froze to death, but the group sailed away on a rescue boat with a better relationship with each other and they knew that they could give up anything for

Once upon a time there was a family and the cousins were friends and they owned this island but one night there was an accident. This story presents conflicts of this family and what happens. It all starts on summer 15 when candace father left her. After the incident the whole family went downhill until one night all was changed and there was a big tragedy on the island. She has forgotten what has happened because of trauma so now she must learn what she has forgotten so he knows what actually happened that night.

Andrea Reed was an amazing speaker. Not only did she just have a great energy in general and you can tell she has a passion for the job, but it wasn’t just a sales pitch to be crime scene. It seems like when speaker in other classes come in and talk about their job they just want to tell you the good aspects like a sales representative or a military recruiter. Andrea told us the most amazing parts of the job and also the darkest. I have an advantage because of my job and I get to see the good and the bad already and I know I can handle it, however a lot of people don’t get the same experience during an internship or at all so they get really far and realize there are some things they just can’t deal with, which is okay. Some of the downsides

One of the books I read in quarter 2 is Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf. It was a fantastic book and I would rate it a nine out of ten. The book was about WWII in Germany with a strong girl. I am not one for a dark topic but this one was a well written and had a wonderful plot. I love that Milada, the main girl and narrator, still remembered her name. They Nazis gave her a new name, Eva, and practically brainwashed her and yet she managed to obtain her name after the war and was reunited with her mom.

There was a code the Coughlin family of hunters was never to break under threat of death. You were never to spare the life of a 'creature', no matter their age. Never were you to lie with that which was not human. Most importantly, you never made the mistake of falling in love with a supernatural being. Aisha Oswald (nee Coughlin) did all three. An orphan brought into the family after being saved from a demon trying to take her soul as a child, Aisha was raised to hunt that which 'goes bump in the night'. She was talented at it too, gifted even in the eyes of the leaders. They expected great things from her and she even welcomed the challenge. She believed that what they were doing was right. That is, until the day that she came upon a werewolf named Easton Oswald. He was supposed to be her big hunt, the kill that would put her on the map as a fully fledged huntress. Easton was a pack Alpha, a leader that, if gone, would put an entire pack into total disarray. But Aisha, no matter what she did, couldn't bring herself to kill him. And so she ran and told the family that she

Some people find storms rather relaxing and enjoy listening to it. Others might even enjoy being in one. The same couldn’t be said on the day of October 30, 1991 for 6 fishermen on a 72 foot long long-liner called, The Andrea Gail, in North Atlantic Ocean in the middle of “The Perfect Storm”.

Unlike the book, which ended on the note that no trace of the Andrea Gail was ever found after its last signal was made, the movie had a different ending. The movie depicted that all of the men on board the Andrea Gail had died in the boat, gasping for their last breathes as the water deprived them of air. All except Bobby Shatford, the main character, who managed to swim out of the boat and float amongst the water. The movie ended at the funeral of the six men who died on the Adrea Gail, where their family members shed tears and talked to embrace and reminisce the lives of those men.

Stella Connor’s guilt has driven her away from Atlanta and her job as an EMT. She’s running from a past consumed by her failure to save a child followed by her sister’s betrayal. After dumping her cheating fiancé, she’s ready to stay clear of men.

Judy could only whimper and cry as the coyote’s cock plowed into her tail hole, his groin making a slapping noise with each hilting thrust of his shaft. With her nostrils filled with the scent of the male’s urine, Judy only had two senses to really on, but even those were becoming useless, as her ear rung with the insults of her assailants and her eyes had gone blurry with tiers of pain and shame. Judy could feel her lips part to cry, but only a painful cry crept from her drying throat. The words whispered in her ear forced Judy’s already droopy ears even lower as she tried to muffle out the abusive words that continued to creep into her ear drums.