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re: UPDATE 265 Class Liftboat capsizes . New survivor story. Page 77
Posted on 5/21/21 at 6:40 am to SOLA
Posted on 5/21/21 at 6:40 am to SOLA
I have been out of bell pass with 2-3 foot waves and with 5-10 mph winds so Yes I will go out in 3-foot seas. Not very often though it is dangerous in a small boat for sure. usually with seas like that stay in the bay or marsh. But a forecast like they had that day would not keep me from going fishing.
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Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:03 am to LSU2001
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:14 am to tiger91
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When he was a child, his brother drowned, and Lewis’ parents kept him from water. He couldn’t swim
call me crazy but i would have imagined that the ability to swim would be a minimum requirement to work on a boat/rig offshore
guess not
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:23 am to tiger91
Thanks for the post. Have you kept up with the “ searchers” on Facebook. In my opinion they come across as a bunch of idiots.
I wish Ronnie Adams would quit busting up the vegetation on the coast with his airboat to make videos. They are running an Argo( tracked vehicle) around the marsh behind the beach. They sunk it in a cut searching just to the Northwest of Belle Pass behind the beach. They aren’t going to find anyone there.
They bounce from Cocodrie to Cypremort Point,to Fourchon,to Freshwater Bayou back to Cocodrie.
Ronnie Adams doesn’t know the difference between any of those places. He has no geographical knowledge of the Louisiana coast !
All the while needing donations for the search and families.
Those families don’t need money. They all have or should have a high power plaintiff attorney with a 15 million dollar war chest.
A plaintiff that gets “wet” offshore with no injury will collect a million and a half minimum.
These families will be awarded millions. I know it won’t replace loved ones.
Those men are in the boat or they have been lost to the sea. As thousands before them.
I wish Ronnie Adams would quit busting up the vegetation on the coast with his airboat to make videos. They are running an Argo( tracked vehicle) around the marsh behind the beach. They sunk it in a cut searching just to the Northwest of Belle Pass behind the beach. They aren’t going to find anyone there.
They bounce from Cocodrie to Cypremort Point,to Fourchon,to Freshwater Bayou back to Cocodrie.
Ronnie Adams doesn’t know the difference between any of those places. He has no geographical knowledge of the Louisiana coast !
All the while needing donations for the search and families.
Those families don’t need money. They all have or should have a high power plaintiff attorney with a 15 million dollar war chest.
A plaintiff that gets “wet” offshore with no injury will collect a million and a half minimum.
These families will be awarded millions. I know it won’t replace loved ones.
Those men are in the boat or they have been lost to the sea. As thousands before them.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:25 am to cgrand
Tons of guys working offshore can’t swim. This doesn’t surprise me at all.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:50 am to cgrand
Taught water survival for 5 years for a few different training companies. Any given day, you could have between 20-50% of a class who cant swim. And I'm not talking Michael Phelps swimming, but not even doggy paddle to the side of the pool from 4 feet away.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 7:53 am to Bigfishchoupique
I didn't know that one of the survivors was from Vermilion Parish -- that makes one survivor and 2 not found yet from VP (Walcott and Daspit).
Honestly I check now and again .. I take the whole thing as Dylan Daspit's dad doesn't want to give up so there are a few "core" people who are continuing to help him search. Also it was said that Don Joy (?) brought a crane from New Jersey when there were cranes offered for use right there in Fourchon (sp?) .. people are seemingly upset about that and I get it but I'm guessing it's a liability type thing for Don Joy and they need their own??
I don't know how the money thing works -- I'm guessing no life insurance for the missing because they're not deemed dead .. and there wouldn't be money from a lawsuit yet, right? Does a company keep an employee paycheck going for x amount of time in a case like this??
I personally wish that the liftboat would be uprighted or whatever the term is so that it can be thoroughly searched -- if those men are in there somewhere, at least they'd be found. The condition of the bodies would be horrid but they'd have something to bury and a place to visit.
I was at the beach twice in the last 3 weeks .. while enjoying a drink and a book I couldn't help but think of them out there "somewhere" .. I wondered if I was a family member of one of them would I be able to go to the beach or fishing in the Gulf and enjoy myself.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:00 am to tiger91
I heard from a merchant marine who knows the divers that there are places in the boat itself that have not yet been searched.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:03 am to cgrand
Well with one child that drowned, I'd have thought that the parents would have made sure the other children COULD swim.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:04 am to chinhoyang
I'm sure that there are places that they can't get to. I heard someone say a large part is probably by now stuck in the mud .. it's position has drastically changed although this person wasn't sure if it was time/nature that did it OR if it was intentional for the recovery process.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 8:37 am to tiger91
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and there wouldn't be money from a lawsuit yet, right?
Not awarded. The plaintiff attorney will provide money for the families until the award. That’s why they need one with a large war chest. Not BIL who is a title or divorce attorney.
Posted on 6/3/21 at 9:25 am to Devenbaker
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Tons of guys working offshore can’t swim. This doesn’t surprise me at all.
Yeah I was shocked the first time I saw it in HUET. You can always tell that group the first time the simulator lowers down slowly. As soon as the water touched there nose they start freaking out. Made for a long day when your doing the Shell approved class that has 5 or so sim drops.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:18 pm to billjamin
So Seacor had a meeting with families today (came across a facebook post) ... A lot of it would make more sense to you offshore guys I'm guessing. I don't want to get any of the info wrong but I'll say that the boat is reportedly flipped (due to a "weather event" between May 18 and 25) and is falling apart; provided I understood correctly, the boat has flipped and will be cut into two sections and brought to Houma and the Sheriffs department there will be in charge of security for it. The compartments will be "sealed" with nets using magnets so nothing is lost.
If you want to hear the whole recap from Christifer DeRouen (he's gotten to be super close with Mr. Scott Daspit from what I gather), it's on his FB page dated today.
Warning: he does go on a tangent now and again but it is interesting to hear the current state of the process/progress, what the families are asking and what they're being told.
Seacor, Terrebone Sheriffs Dept and Don Jon seemed to all be there.
(Oh and one survivor escaped out of a vent .. that is toward the end of the video .. it's kinda long (about 30 minutes) but some of you might be interested.)
If you want to hear the whole recap from Christifer DeRouen (he's gotten to be super close with Mr. Scott Daspit from what I gather), it's on his FB page dated today.
Warning: he does go on a tangent now and again but it is interesting to hear the current state of the process/progress, what the families are asking and what they're being told.
Seacor, Terrebone Sheriffs Dept and Don Jon seemed to all be there.
(Oh and one survivor escaped out of a vent .. that is toward the end of the video .. it's kinda long (about 30 minutes) but some of you might be interested.)
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:25 pm to cgrand
quote:
would have imagined that the ability to swim would be a minimum requirement to work on a boat/rig offshore
There were always a few in the BOSIET classes I was in who couldn't swim. Felt sorry for them.
And the instructors would not pass them. Would coach 'em through but made 'em keep doing it.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:32 pm to cgrand
quote:
call me crazy but i would have imagined that the ability to swim would be a minimum requirement to work on a boat/rig offshore
guess not
That’s racist!
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:46 pm to billjamin
quote:
Yeah I was shocked the first time I saw it in HUET.
quote:
Made for a long day when your doing the Shell approved class that has 5 or so sim drops.
I have no idea how HUET compares to dunker training in SERE school but God Almighty I hated that day. I had the worst headache I have ever had that night. While everyone I was with was a relatively strong swimmer I worried about the guys whose eyes got big as saucers because I could see them climbing up me trying to get to the surface.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 4:57 pm to tiger91
He is represented by the best attorney in the country when it comes to this stuff, Paul Sterbcow. I wouldn't hire anyone else if it was my family in this case.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 5:01 pm to MrLSU
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Paul Sterbcow
He's also representing some of the families of the LSU girls killed in the helicopter crash in the Bahamas a couple of years ago.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 5:03 pm to MrLSU
quote:Thanks, and tell your Dad “Hi” from the OT, T-Paul.
He is represented by the best attorney in the country when it comes to this stuff, Paul Sterbcow. I wouldn't hire anyone else if it was my family in this case.
This post was edited on 6/9/21 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 6/9/21 at 5:25 pm to tiger91
He said 10-12 foot seas. That's bad, but I thought that even those flat bottom lift boats could handle that.
Must have been horrifying to be on board.
Must have been horrifying to be on board.
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