[texas_jack_hurt]

Listen, the Kanawha River is the main waterway in West Virginia and it flows northwest to the Ohio River from the junction of the Gauley and New rivers. The Kanawha is navigable for about 100 miles (160 kilometers), almost its entire length. There are many "targets" of infrastructure from chemical plants to just obstructing shipping along the waterway. West Virginia is indeed very mountainous and trucking is limited because of this. The waterway moves the bulk of the product produced in the state second only to trains. Just as an aside, the day after NY911, a media "non-event" ocurred in Texas when a tug boat rammed 5 barges into the only bridge connecting South Padre Island to the mainland of Texas and took out a section in broad daylight. Now I don't know whether there is/was a connection to the events of 9-11 but I do know that you can't get any news about this even in Texas and it was hushed up quickly (down played). Picture this: a target(s) is (are) attacked by barges loaded with explosive to take out a railroad bridge spanning a major waterway OR a power boat loaded and driven into a ship loading chemicals OR boarding a larger vessel and using it to attack "targets". We must be alert and determined. From Texas which is in the Land of the Brave and the Home of the Free

[El Gato]

a media "non-event" ocurred in Texas when a tug boat rammed 5 barges into the only bridge connecting South Padre Island to the mainland of Texas and took out a section in broad daylight.

I think that was at night. At least the pictures I saw the next day of the sherrif, Coast Guard and others looking for bodies was a night shot.

[jimtorr]

This is what's great about FR. There's always somebody around who knows the geography of whatever area is being discussed. Thanks.