[COB1]

Another time on a posted barge rig in Main Pass of Venice, LA, one of my men was trying to free a valve on a frac tank located on a barge we had tied alongside.
The seas were rough with 6-8 foot swells and a considerable chop.
As I watched him from the safety of the drilling barge, I saw a wave coming straight for us that was at least 25 feet tall.
I screamed a warning, but the noise of the rig drowned me out.
The wave took him between the barges and slammed one barge against the other crushing him to death.
Another man who tried to rescue him had both legs crushed and later amputated.
I went down to the barge when the wave hit, and I heard the man screaming between the barges.
I lived with that man's screams for many nights as I tried to sleep.

[tet68]

Dangerous place that,one of the members of our fishing club had almost run out of fuel and had stopped at a fuel dock on the main pass,his two friends jumped out to handle the lines and he stayed in the boat to handle the nozzle.

A big freighter came up river and the bow wave sucked the waterlevel down about 8ft,his boat went UNDER the dock,chrushing the bimini and leaving him stuck under water.

After a little bit the trough came again and the boat come out,he survived.

I love fishing there but it IS a wild place.

[ofMagog]

Had friends working on Gulf rigs years ago. Tough jobs!

[Snow Bunny]

I love you Cobby......thank you for sharing this.