It doesn't sound like the best float plan, does it. I just read they have
"located" the barge adrift in the atlantic. I live in the area, so I'm
hoping the wind keeps it offshore. I'm not sure what "petroleum byproducts"
are but I hope they don't have to clean it up later.
Now I wish I'd gotten that VHF radio just to listen in.

Hey - Gene Kearns, you're down in Southport, what do you hear about this?



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"rcoleman" wrote in message
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Here's the USCG story. The Coast Guard is currently responding to a
distress call from the 135-foot tugboat, Valour, towing a 500-foot barge
loaded with approximately 140,000 barrels of petroleum by-product 37
miles off the coast of Cape Fear, N.C.

How do you call a 500ft barge missing? Does that mean sunk?

https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/586/109280/



Is a 135 tug boat really supposed to be out in 15-20 foot seas?