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To: bitt

Why do barges break loose? Can’t find any info.

Does remind me a of story from 40 years ago. Person on the river told me they lost some barges on the Mississippi. They couldn’t find one of the barges that contained something not so good. The boss said to him, “suppose we ought to tell anyone?”

The river is very unpredictable in the spring.


17 posted on 04/13/2024 9:01:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

HOW do barges break loose? Aren’t they secured with mooring lines fore and aft? Both lines failing at the same time? On 26 barges? Color me skeptical.


19 posted on 04/13/2024 9:05:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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