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re: Runaway barges near webberfalls Oklahoma
Posted on 5/23/19 at 6:51 am to CENLALSUFAN
Posted on 5/23/19 at 6:51 am to CENLALSUFAN
Why don't they blow them up and sink them
Then salvage later once the water goes down
Then salvage later once the water goes down
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 6:55 am to The Torch
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Why don't they blow them up and sink them
Then salvage later once the water goes down
Several people have recommended that yesterday when the news was doing a live Facebook video. No one gave an answer as to why not. Some were recommending using f16's to do.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 6:58 am to CENLALSUFAN
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Some were recommending using f16's to do
That's a little extreme.
Surely a demolition team could be helicoptered in and out.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 6:59 am to CENLALSUFAN
Ah well at that point, call in the air guard for some target practice. Sucks for the barge owner but its preferable to taking out a dam
Posted on 5/23/19 at 7:09 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Why not just string a heavy cable across the river?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 7:10 am to CENLALSUFAN
So somebody stop them. They don't have tugs available?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 7:22 am to CENLALSUFAN
The ‘Limitation of Liability’ statutes that limit the liability of the vessel owner to the value of the vessel and its cargo are really a screw job for the municipalities.
Say a wayward barge were overtop any levee, causing a failure? The loss of life and property would be substantially limited and those who lost their things would get screwed.
Like the Sunshine Bridge - $5 mm worth of damage, Marquette Towing only had to pay $1.5mm and the State of Louisiana got screwed out of the rest.
Why not stop barge & ship traffic on the lower Mississippi unless there is better insurance or accountability?
Otherwise, there could be a huge mishap and the responsibility fall on us, the taxpayers.
Say a wayward barge were overtop any levee, causing a failure? The loss of life and property would be substantially limited and those who lost their things would get screwed.
Like the Sunshine Bridge - $5 mm worth of damage, Marquette Towing only had to pay $1.5mm and the State of Louisiana got screwed out of the rest.
Why not stop barge & ship traffic on the lower Mississippi unless there is better insurance or accountability?
Otherwise, there could be a huge mishap and the responsibility fall on us, the taxpayers.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 7:34 am to CENLALSUFAN
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This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 7:38 am
Posted on 5/23/19 at 7:55 am to The Torch
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That's a little extreme.
You meant to say extremely awesome.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:00 am to Halftrack
Maritime is special.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:02 am to The Torch
Only problem with blowing them up would be the potential collateral damage. It's not like the barge will just disintegrate and it's not even guaranteed that it would sink. Worse case the pressure from the explosion collapses more river control and the barge breaks into multiple large pieces. Still think that would be at least an effort, better than just sitting back and watching a barge ruin everything hoping it gets caught on a sandbar
This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 8:03 am
Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:05 am to BottomlandBrew
Out of curiosity, has the F16 thing ever been used as an option in a situation like this? And, if so, was it in the youtube era?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 10:58 am to CENLALSUFAN
barges just broke loose
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:21 am to redneck hippie
Damn!
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:27 am to CENLALSUFAN
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Runaway barges
at first glance I read as "runway barges," thought it was going to be about a "curvy" modeling show
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:08 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:15 pm to StinkBait72
They hit it and the dam held
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:18 pm to CENLALSUFAN
I think Webbers Falls is where the barge destroyed the bridge 15 or 20 years ago
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:24 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
Damn shame
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:29 pm to Ed Osteen
The red barge sank immediately. The other floated for a short while before it was pulled under.
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