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'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris
news.discovery ^ | Sat Mar 24, 2012 | Analysis by Ian O'Neill

Posted on 03/27/2012 7:16:37 PM PDT by Rabin

As an eerie reminder of the tragedy that befell the Japanese people more than 12 months ago, a 150-foot Japanese fishing boat has been spotted on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, floating aimlessly off the coast of the Haida Gwaii islands, British Columbia.

In the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11, 2011, up to 8 million tons of wreckage was washed out to sea -- 2 million of which is thought to still be floating...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; ghostship; ifyouknewsushi; japan; tsunami
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To: rmlew

Regarding droll humor, I benihani roll for weeks.


21 posted on 03/29/2012 3:46:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: rmlew

Regarding droll humor, I benihana roll for weeks.


22 posted on 03/29/2012 3:46:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: optiguy

Looks like the “Hillary”


23 posted on 03/29/2012 3:50:07 PM PDT by Osage Orange (The MSM is the most dangerous entity in the United States of America.)
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To: corkoman
those were expensive vessels - gotta be a salvage opp. Hope there are no emaciated dead people on board - ok ghost ship it may be.

The sea, it is said, never gives up its dead, when the Witch of November comes early.

24 posted on 03/29/2012 4:24:13 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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