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Barges hit dam, one sinks immediately, other hangs on for a short while.https://kfor.com/2019/05/23/watch-two-barges-sink-after-hitting-dam-at-webbers-falls/
So, how are the roads up in NE Oklahoma? I'm going to be riding up to Seneca this afternoon. Planning on 412 to Locust Grove and 82/20 up thru Spavinaw over to Jay, up 59 to Grove, then on 10 to 60. May have detours?Might be an adventure.
...and I'm guessing that barges don't have an anchor either....It is surprising that when they were beached, the couldn't somehow attach them with some heavy duty steel cables to the shore...but I don't know where they landed initially or if that were feasible, or perhaps drop a pilot on them from a helicopter and start up the engines to run against the current? Looks like they were attached to each other as well as they floated downstream...I'm no barge expert, but so many questions...maybe someone has answers...or insight.
Oklahoma my A$$, this is my yard this morning! 77 miles east of the OK line
Oklahoma weather even making news on tv in Australia !Freaky to see those barges smash into the dam. Hope you are all safe. Glenn
At least you have a yard. Most of my top soil washed away and what little vegetation that is left is the stuff I’ve been trying to kill out.
Dusty, I hear the WildGuzzi Private Yacht has been refloated. Make sure that thing is tied down!
my tomatoes and peppers look like heck. I have few blooms today. But I lost two tomatoes, of course, I am on the west side of town.Thought about Ark(ansas) next weekend?
Dorcia and I were watching it, and she said, "Why didn't they sink those barges before they hit the dam?" Seems reasonable to me. <shrug>
I was just going to write that exact same thing. Blow a hole in the hull and recover it later.
Incredible...those barge owners are going to be in deep shit...both from a direct losses perspective as well as liability if this erodes the stability of the dam.Flipped those barges over very easily...the power of H2O.
Paul, you might be very surprised. Assuming the existence of admiralty jurisdiction, the barge owners may be able to limit their liability to the value of the two barges pursuant to the Limitation of Liabilty Act of 1851. That’s what happened in the Titanic sinking. 1,500 people died, the entire ship and much valuable property was lost, all due to plain negligence of the captain and crew. Yet the ship owner, White Star Lines, was able to limit liability to a total of $92,000 for everything. Why? Because the surviving life boats were worth $3,000, the value of ticket payments not yet collected, were valued at $89,000. So that little $92,000 fund was split among all claimants. It did not matter that White Star had other assets. And this result obtained even though the ship was English, had never been to the United States, and sank on the high seas. Same result in the Great Chicago Flood of 1992. A barge on the river was engaged in a pile driving operation and unfortunately drove a piling so deep into the river bed that it penetrated into the Chicago tunnel system that lies party under the river. Millions of gallons of water went into that hole, causing a massive flood of downtown Chicago, the basements of multiple skyscrapers, and billions in damages. The barge owner invoked federal admiralty jurisdiction, and was able to limit its liability to the value of the crappy old barge.
I shall have to study this a bit more...on the surface, it defies logic that a shipowner or barge owner is not responsible for proactively planning for a situation like this...tethering it and assuming it doesn't float away doesn't sound like a terribly sound "insurance policy" in the event of rising waters, but perhaps there was no other real physical option...and scuttling it while tethered didn't make sense either. Funny how when it comes to big losses, there seems to be some paper protection when in reality the practical side of what happened doesn't seem to come into play. More to study...thanks Captain!!
Dusty is sailing the high seas, next stop Catoosa