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Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas
are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch |
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On Sep 12, 3:43*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. *The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. * Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. *Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "Certain death" is the warning from the weather service.. I hope not, some reports have half the population not taking advantage to evacuate. I saw the report this morning about the ship, 22 crew on board, no navigation at all. I wonder how direct of a hit it is going to take, anyone seen a map? |
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On Sep 12, 4:53*pm, hk wrote:
jim wrote: wrote: On Sep 12, 3:43 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. *The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. * Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. *Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "Certain death" is the warning from the weather service.. I hope not, some reports have half the population not taking advantage to evacuate. I saw the report this morning about the ship, 22 crew on board, no navigation at all. I wonder how direct of a hit it is going to take, anyone seen a map? NOAA was issuing similar Warnings 3 DAYS before Katrina Hit. Coast Guard should force an abandon ship on that boat/ship. They can drop anchors and set sea anchors. Salvage what's left after the storm passes. Hopefully they could secure the ship against spillage. An opinion from Cap'n No-Boat? Hey, he did post a picture of a picture of some boat that he said he owns, glass glare and all. |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:43:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "The Perfect Storm".........hitting at high tide, a storm surge of 20~25 feet above that and being an extremely large storm with sustained 100+ mph winds expected to last 10-12 hours. |
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JimH wrote:
On Sep 12, 4:53 pm, hk wrote: jim wrote: wrote: On Sep 12, 3:43 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "Certain death" is the warning from the weather service.. I hope not, some reports have half the population not taking advantage to evacuate. I saw the report this morning about the ship, 22 crew on board, no navigation at all. I wonder how direct of a hit it is going to take, anyone seen a map? NOAA was issuing similar Warnings 3 DAYS before Katrina Hit. Coast Guard should force an abandon ship on that boat/ship. They can drop anchors and set sea anchors. Salvage what's left after the storm passes. Hopefully they could secure the ship against spillage. An opinion from Cap'n No-Boat? Hey, he did post a picture of a picture of some boat that he said he owns, glass glare and all. I'm sure Florida Jim owns a picture of a boat. The posters here who attempt to insult the boats of others seem the most reluctant to post detailed photos of their boats...Florida Jim, Reggie, DK, BAR, Loogie... it's sort of a common element among them. And just recently, the mighty SW Tom 'fessed up that his Ranger only had a 20" transom, after spending a year "kidding" the 25" transom on my Parker. That particular model of Ranger, by the way, was not in production very long, and SW Tom said because it did not run properly, he had to dump the original engine on the boat, buy one with a longer shaft, and then mount that engine on a jack plate. I wondered for some time why a Yankee boater would need a jack plate on a flats boat...jack plates are common enough in south Florida, of course. The reason is clear...the boat had a serious design flaw. No wonder he can't sell it. |
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#8
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"hk" wrote in message news  JimH wrote: On Sep 12, 4:53 pm, hk wrote: jim wrote: wrote: On Sep 12, 3:43 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "Certain death" is the warning from the weather service.. I hope not, some reports have half the population not taking advantage to evacuate. I saw the report this morning about the ship, 22 crew on board, no navigation at all. I wonder how direct of a hit it is going to take, anyone seen a map? NOAA was issuing similar Warnings 3 DAYS before Katrina Hit. Coast Guard should force an abandon ship on that boat/ship. They can drop anchors and set sea anchors. Salvage what's left after the storm passes. Hopefully they could secure the ship against spillage. An opinion from Cap'n No-Boat? Hey, he did post a picture of a picture of some boat that he said he owns, glass glare and all. I'm sure Florida Jim owns a picture of a boat. The posters here who attempt to insult the boats of others seem the most reluctant to post detailed photos of their boats...Florida Jim, Reggie, DK, BAR, Loogie... it's sort of a common element among them. And just recently, the mighty SW Tom 'fessed up that his Ranger only had a 20" transom, after spending a year "kidding" the 25" transom on my Parker. That particular model of Ranger, by the way, was not in production very long, and SW Tom said because it did not run properly, he had to dump the original engine on the boat, buy one with a longer shaft, and then mount that engine on a jack plate. I wondered for some time why a Yankee boater would need a jack plate on a flats boat...jack plates are common enough in south Florida, of course. The reason is clear...the boat had a serious design flaw. No wonder he can't sell it. I will not get into a discussion about Tom's boat. His jabs at you about your transom height were all in good nature. |
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#9
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JimH wrote:
"hk" wrote in message news JimH wrote: On Sep 12, 4:53 pm, hk wrote: jim wrote: wrote: On Sep 12, 3:43 pm, "Eisboch" wrote: Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch "Certain death" is the warning from the weather service.. I hope not, some reports have half the population not taking advantage to evacuate. I saw the report this morning about the ship, 22 crew on board, no navigation at all. I wonder how direct of a hit it is going to take, anyone seen a map? NOAA was issuing similar Warnings 3 DAYS before Katrina Hit. Coast Guard should force an abandon ship on that boat/ship. They can drop anchors and set sea anchors. Salvage what's left after the storm passes. Hopefully they could secure the ship against spillage. An opinion from Cap'n No-Boat? Hey, he did post a picture of a picture of some boat that he said he owns, glass glare and all. I'm sure Florida Jim owns a picture of a boat. The posters here who attempt to insult the boats of others seem the most reluctant to post detailed photos of their boats...Florida Jim, Reggie, DK, BAR, Loogie... it's sort of a common element among them. And just recently, the mighty SW Tom 'fessed up that his Ranger only had a 20" transom, after spending a year "kidding" the 25" transom on my Parker. That particular model of Ranger, by the way, was not in production very long, and SW Tom said because it did not run properly, he had to dump the original engine on the boat, buy one with a longer shaft, and then mount that engine on a jack plate. I wondered for some time why a Yankee boater would need a jack plate on a flats boat...jack plates are common enough in south Florida, of course. The reason is clear...the boat had a serious design flaw. No wonder he can't sell it. I will not get into a discussion about Tom's boat. His jabs at you about your transom height were all in good nature. My point about Tom was that he was not willing to discuss his boat openly, but was more than willing to criticize mine. As I stated, those most willing and eager to criticize the boats of others seem the most reluctant to spill the details about their boats. |
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#10
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Ike
On Sep 12, 2:43*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
Watching the news and it sure looks like some of those poor people in Texas are going to get clobbered. Also, a 500+ foot freighter, hauling crude petroleum, is dead in the water, 100 miles offshore. *The captain tried to get out of the way of the hurricane and had engine failure. * Coast Guard attempted a rescue of the 28 crew members, but had to call it off due to high winds and weather. This may be another major weather disaster in the making. *Hope not, but it doesn't look good. Eisboch Not counting fuel prices jumping over 30% in hours this morning |
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