Oil Rig goes Adrift

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Oil Rig goes Adrift

#1 Postby cycloneye » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:11 pm

An oil drilling platform broke away from its moorings and lodged under a bridge that carries U.S. Highway 98 over the Mobile River.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/29/h ... index.html

Oh my this has been a major disaster what we are witnessing.
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#2 Postby cjrciadt » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:13 pm

Truly proves the strength of the winds and moving water to move a 30,000 ton oil rig!!!!!
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:25 pm

cjrciadt wrote:Truly proves the strength of the winds and moving water to move a 30,000 ton oil rig!!!!!


That is the power of a cat 5 in the GOM.
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