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The Suez Canal is blocked

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by tampagtr, Mar 23, 2021.

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  1. Mar 24, 2021 #21
    OklahomaGator

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    I was wondering that myself, fat fingers I guess.
     
  2. Mar 24, 2021 #22
    tampagtr

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    Last two hours. May be coming to an end. The vessel was “partially refloated”, which sounds like a hangover cure

     
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  3. Mar 24, 2021 #23
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    The weight that barge is carrying must be massive.
     
  4. Mar 24, 2021 #24
    tampagtr

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    It did cause me to check, and it is “now” possibly incorrect, but it was undisputedly correct when posted
     
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  5. Mar 24, 2021 #25
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    It is listed as 219,000 tons.
     
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  6. Mar 24, 2021 #26
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    Assuming this weight is not fully loaded
     
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  8. Mar 24, 2021 #28
    tampagtr

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    Apparently this is also giving rise to the dangerous CT Q types

     
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  9. Mar 24, 2021 #29
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    hoping to see tweet
     
  10. Mar 24, 2021 #30
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    Just did it again and seems to work now
     
  11. Mar 24, 2021 #31
    tampagtr

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    Reports of refloating "too soon". The bulbous bow "impaled" the shore

     
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  12. Mar 24, 2021 #32
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    upload_2021-3-24_9-36-52.jpeg

    Stuck the bow into the wall of the canal?
     
  13. Mar 24, 2021 #33
    tampagtr

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    Apparently so
     
  14. Mar 24, 2021 #34
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    Somebody’s going to driving school.
     
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  15. Mar 24, 2021 #35
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    I'm sure there's a porn joke in there somewhere.
     
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  16. Mar 24, 2021 #36
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    they need a couple of large track hoes digging there yesterday
     
  17. Mar 24, 2021 #37
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    Dump some laxatives in the canal and lets get this blockage moving!
     
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  18. Mar 24, 2021 #38
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  19. Mar 24, 2021 #39
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    wonder if the person who painted the side of the cargo ship misspelled something
     
  20. Mar 24, 2021 #40
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    And? His point still stands. Those bases are largely reinforced or at least resupplied by sea, one way or another, and losing the Canal would add weeks to the transit for shipping from Europe or the U.S. East Coast (doesn’t do a damn thing against shipping coming from the West Coast).

    A better counterpoint would be if this was part of an adversarial move, then it probably would have started almost concurrently. The Canal being blocked made red flags go up almost immediately.
     
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