Posted on 08/10/2016 7:28:57 AM PDT by Rio
Police are warning people to stay away from an oil rig that was blown onto a remote Scottish beach in a storm.
The Transocean Winner drilling rig was being towed when it broke free of its tug and ran aground on the Isle of Lewis off Scotland's west coast on Monday.
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Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlDicosNH8
Seriously? Just swim out and tie a line to it. Sheesh! LOL!
First clue was when the pirate radio station located aboard the rig started coming in much, much stronger...
Seems like an odd place to drill for oil. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk....
The metaphoric imagery of the graveyard in the foreground and rig in the background is excellent!
Odd that they did not drop anchor. You can see them still in position on the legs of the rig. I worked the North Sea Rigs for 3 years. They have some god almighty storms there. That sea makes you feel small at times. We had one storm with a “Freak Wave” that broke over the helideck. The helideck was 115 feet above the water. I thought we had bought the farm that night.
Follow link below to see video of a North Sea Storm. For scale one must realize that the air gap from the sea to the bottom of that vessel is about 70 feet.
enjoy
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152705734393246&set=vb.687508245&type=2&theater
If I can keep seashells found on the shore, I can keep any oil rigs, too.
They’re trying to rig the Scottish elections! (/s)
Especially if the only song is “A Walk In The Black Forest”.
Maybe the Zygon’s Skarasen is on the loose again or they got another one.
wonder what the plans are for fixing this mess?
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