To: Howlin
An oil rig that broke loose during Hurricane Katrina is wedged under the Cochrane Bridge in Mobile, Alabama. The rig tore free of its moorings as Hurricane Katrina lashed the Alabama coast before surging downriver and smashing into the suspension bridge.(AFP/Stan Honda)
8 posted on
08/29/2005 6:19:45 PM PDT by
stlnative
To: stlnative
10 posted on
08/29/2005 6:21:14 PM PDT by
Shaka
To: stlnative
11 posted on
08/29/2005 6:21:21 PM PDT by
Howlin
(I hope this little humor break doesn't OFFEND anybody!)
To: stlnative
Due to the draft of the rig and the depth of the water, the only way to get that rig out of there will be to cut it up in pieces. This is going to be a mess, and the bridge is not built for that kind of impact. This is a mess, ouch. Speaking as a Naval Architect.
To: stlnative
Holy Shnikes! That's going to be expensive!
17 posted on
08/29/2005 6:26:12 PM PDT by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right, but never in doubt.)
To: stlnative
43 posted on
08/29/2005 6:37:47 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe ... take me back to Tulsa!)
To: stlnative
The rig tore free of its moorings as Hurricane Katrina lashed the Alabama coast before surging downriver and smashing into the suspension bridge. Well .. the good news is, they know where the rig is
The bad news is .. they're gonna have a heck of a time freeing that thing
WOW!
56 posted on
08/29/2005 6:43:07 PM PDT by
Mo1
To: stlnative
They better inspect the heck out of that bridge. Wow!
To: stlnative
75 posted on
08/29/2005 6:50:23 PM PDT by
ladyinred
(Leftist=Anti American!)
To: stlnative
That's not good.
106 posted on
08/29/2005 6:59:18 PM PDT by
RichInOC
(*kerrang!*)
To: stlnative
WOW! An oil rig smashing into a suspension bridge. That's not something you see every day...
286 posted on
08/29/2005 7:44:10 PM PDT by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: lightingguy
Oil rig pic you were talking about.
547 posted on
08/30/2005 7:30:23 AM PDT by
agrace
(Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
To: stlnative; neverdem; Howlin
Wow.
CNN (Radio) said "A barge broke loose....Hit the bridge." (Implied NO bridge, implied little damage.)
I was thinking "river barge" size!
603 posted on
08/30/2005 9:20:38 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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