Mon Jan 7, 2013, 03:47 PM
Bosonic (1,496 posts)
Tanker ship strikes Bay Bridge tower
Source: ABC
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Coast Guard is investigating a tanker ship that struck one of the towers of the Bay Bridge. Caltrans confirms the tanker brushed up against one of the Bay Bridge towers sometime Monday morning. The wooden bumpers on echo tower, the closest tower to Treasure Island heading east, appear to show some damage and the hull of the ship also appears to show some surface damage. The tanker does not appear to be leaking. Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8945133
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14 replies, 1921 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| Bosonic | Jan 2013 | OP | |
| Scuba | Jan 2013 | #1 | |
| me b zola | Jan 2013 | #4 | |
| JoePhilly | Jan 2013 | #9 | |
| Richardo | Jan 2013 | #2 | |
| CreekDog | Jan 2013 | #3 | |
| Brother Buzz | Jan 2013 | #5 | |
| AtheistCrusader | Jan 2013 | #6 | |
| Turbineguy | Jan 2013 | #7 | |
| Brother Buzz | Jan 2013 | #8 | |
| AtheistCrusader | Jan 2013 | #10 | |
| Brother Buzz | Jan 2013 | #12 | |
| Xithras | Jan 2013 | #11 | |
| Brother Buzz | Jan 2013 | #13 | |
| LawnKorn | Jan 2013 | #14 |
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 03:52 PM
Scuba (27,202 posts)
1. Spin alert: "brushed up against" is Big Oil's euphemism for "hit".
Response to Scuba (Reply #1)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:28 PM
JoePhilly (16,316 posts)
9. Come on, it just "kissed" it gently, like a ship passing in the night.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 03:54 PM
Richardo (37,989 posts)
2. Captain Hazlewood, is that you?
Response to CreekDog (Reply #3)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 04:33 PM
Brother Buzz (8,493 posts)
5. Performed as advertised
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 04:36 PM
AtheistCrusader (14,524 posts)
6. Well, some doofus just fired himself.
Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:10 PM
Turbineguy (16,640 posts)
7. Here's the vessel
Response to Turbineguy (Reply #7)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:26 PM
Brother Buzz (8,493 posts)
8. Latest modification to the hull
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Empty, double hulled. We dodged the bullet this time.
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Response to Brother Buzz (Reply #8)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:49 PM
AtheistCrusader (14,524 posts)
10. That could have been a hell of a lot worse.
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I wonder if we can assume a puncture, since that chunk of the piling bumper is stuck to it?
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Response to AtheistCrusader (Reply #10)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:52 PM
Brother Buzz (8,493 posts)
12. Timbering, indeed, broached the outer hull
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I wonder how the inner hull fared.
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:51 PM
Xithras (13,566 posts)
11. Why was an oil tanker south of the Bay Bridge?
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I thought that all of the oil facilities were in the North Bay around Richmond and Martinez?
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Response to Xithras (Reply #11)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:16 PM
Brother Buzz (8,493 posts)
13. Delivering bunker fuel to the port of Oakland?
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You ask a valid question and I'm just tossing out an idea.
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Response to Bosonic (Original post)
Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:25 PM
LawnKorn (1,030 posts)
14. Fossil fuels present more dangers than just global warming
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They are catastrophic on the environment burned or unburned.
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