A drone view of the scene where vessels used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a U.S.-built pier in Gaza got stuck after they ran aground on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel, May 25, 2024. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
Posted on 05/29/2024 11:18:39 AM PDT by SJackson
A drone view of the scene where vessels used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a U.S.-built pier in Gaza got stuck after they ran aground on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel, May 25, 2024. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
On the menu today: The Gaza Pier — you know, the one where the U.S. and allied countries unloaded food, so it could be stolen off trucks before reaching its intended destination — is no longer operational, and it will be out of operation for “at least over a week.” It turns out that the pier system was not intended to be used in waters with waves higher than three feet, and three-foot waves occur in that part of the Mediterranean Sea frequently. We know that Pentagon officials can read a weather and surf report. Now the question is, did someone in the administration tell them to go ahead with the operation, knowing the risks?
Biden’s Gaza Pier Wasn’t Built to Withstand . . . Waves
A lot of us figured that Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad would have targeted the U.S.-built Gaza pier by now. But the wind and the sea got there first; what few of us realized was that the Pentagon built the pier in a location where it would regularly operate at the maximum safe-wave height and wind, and any bout of bad weather could break the structure apart.
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But it did not require a “perfect storm” to break apart the pier. CNN reported May 9: “It can only be safely operated in conditions with a maximum of 3-foot waves and winds less than approximately 15 miles per hour, according to a 2006 Naval War College paper on the systems limitations.”
Three-foot waves appear regularly on the Gaza coastline.
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I predict this ‘thing’ will never be usable again. How effing embarrassing.
One got destroyed in a storm 2 weeks later on 19 June 1944, the other one lasted about 6 months.
Half the supplies were landed directly on the beach, the other half one Mulberrys.
The portable Pier used on D-Day was a good idea too, but it was ineffective because of the weather and changing seastate is workin out on the gaza rig too.
“$320 million for that little thing?”
Dies that include all the money spent to get that contraprion overseas? I have a feeling some nefarious importation of gazanians is going to occur with this pier in place, simply board the ship that’s bringing the supplies and get transported to the United States and with all the fringe benefits at their disposal.
Build some jetty’s. They’ve got lots of
debris...
Seriously, and it doesnt seem like it should cost a fraction of the 300 million dollars Bidens boondoggle cost. What an embarrassment. 300 million spent and its no better than something you could get from home depot or a marine store for maybe $100k.
When I was there, we saw waves breaking where the spray went 30 ft in the air.
Not usual but it appears not uncommon.
Never underestimate Joe Biden’s ability to f*** things up.
Note to Joe:
Take a long walk on a short pier!
Respectfully
Shotgun
Hmmm. High rise beach front condos in a “refugee camp.”
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