Posted on 06/08/2015 9:36:35 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
For months, hype has been building about a set of 15 giant sculptures that were built and designed to be sunk yesterday off the coast of Deerfield Beach, making an artificial reef for scuba divers to explore. These pieces were eight to 22 feet tall and designed as replicas of the mysterious heads at Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. But things took a bizarre turn when the barge carrying the sculptures tipped over and sunk on top of them, crushing them all.
(Excerpt) Read more at browardpalmbeach.com ...
“...Margaret Blume, described as a Boca Raton philanthropist, who spent $500,000 from her family trust ...”
A fool and her money...
Yep.
My guess is that she never worked a day for any of it.
They should have hired the Dutch to do the deployment.
They know how to do this kind of stuff safely.
It done sank didnit?
Avoid taking the low bid from a barge contractor
I think you have a case of “SchunkenFreude.”
Guess the gods of Rapa Nui didn’t like the plan.
Sabotage. Clear calm weather, balanced load, controlled sinking with remote-actuated seacocks... Yet one-half of the barge fills fast and dumps the load sideways and sinks? Not possible.
Sabotage.
and this venture was insured for how much???
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