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689-foot freighter experiencing water emergency near Isle Royale (Lake Superior
WNEM.com ^
| June 8, 2024
Posted on 06/08/2024 9:55:15 AM PDT by rdl6989
ISLE ROYALE, Mich. (WLUC) - A lake freighter with 22 people on board experienced a water emergency on Lake Superior Saturday morning.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the M/V MICHIPICOTEN, a vessel carrying taconite, allided or struck something underwater and began taking on water Saturday morning.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnem.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: gitchegumee; ironore; isleroyale; lakesuperior; michigan; michipicoten; mvmichipicoten; taconite
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posted on
06/08/2024 9:55:15 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
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posted on
06/08/2024 9:57:34 AM PDT
by
desertsolitaire
(Perhaps the Great Ape Lawgiver in the series Planet of the Apes was correct in his view of humans?)
To: rdl6989
Aw, man. I had “Superior, it’s said, never gives up her dead” all cued up, too...
To: rdl6989
” A lake freighter with 22 people on board”
All were evacuated
“experienced a water emergency” = flooding
To: Billthedrill
I have gotten to the point where I hate that song.
To: Billthedrill
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down...
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:03:44 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
( )
To: rdl6989
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:06:08 AM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: rdl6989
allided or struck something underwaterMaybe, but from the picture it doesn't looked to have been very well maintained. Over 70 years old.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:10:57 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: TexasGator
Good luck getting that to s Wisc shipbuilding yard in Wisc.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:10:57 AM PDT
by
cnsmom
To: rdl6989
Ojibwe
Potawatomie
Chippewa
Anishina’abe
Givin’ my peeps their props.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:11:11 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
To: rdl6989
Lake “Superior”. Phfffht! It thinks it’s better than all the other lakes!
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:12:00 AM PDT
by
LittleBillyInfidel
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To: cnsmom
Taconite (iron ore) salvage can be lucrative.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:12:22 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
To: PAR35
Looks like consequences of deferred maintenance to me.
And you can bet that the hull underwater looks much worse.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:19:20 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: rdl6989
That area is very well charted.
I wonder what they hit.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:20:53 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: rdl6989
I saw a recent report that pumps have significantly reduced listing.
To: Kaiser8408a
Is the big lake they call Gitche Gumee?
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:21:55 AM PDT
by
Ge0ffrey
To: Kaiser8408a
Well...it’s been good to know ya.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:22:44 AM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: marktwain
That’s what I don’t understand. I’m assuming that same ship passed over the same spot countless times before, along with every other lake freighter.
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
( )
To: LittleBillyInfidel
+ 1
Lake “Superior”. Phfffht! It thinks it’s better than all the other lakes!
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:24:16 AM PDT
by
Dacula
To: rdl6989; Chode; Carriage Hill; All
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posted on
06/08/2024 10:27:09 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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