I Hope You'all Weren't Waiting for Something?

[AZPops]

 

[Monocrom]

Oh! Thankfully not. All of my packages have arrived.

 

[orbital]

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Maybe if they stacked the containers even higher, the whole ship would capsize

 

[bluflaam777]

Ships used to carry cargo by volume alone. The weight be damned.
Now it's by weight and volume takes second. So, if they don't go over weight, they'll stack it as tall as they think they can get away with.

I didn't catch if this was leaving or entering port. But if entering, it makes one wonder how they got across the ocean only to have it dump here?

potheads! I say potheads are the culprit! ...or those dag blurned teabaggers. Always tryna polly-tickle things.

 

[AZPops]

Ships used to carry cargo by volume alone. The weight be damned.
Now it's by weight and volume takes second. So, if they don't go over weight, they'll stack it as tall as they think they can get away with.

I didn't catch if this was leaving or entering port. But if entering, it makes one wonder how they got across the ocean only to have it dump here?

potheads! I say potheads are the culprit! ...or those dag blurned teabaggers. Always tryna polly-tickle things.

Luck?

 

[bluflaam777]

^I'll say it is.

 

[dc38]

Loading and unloading ain't no joke, lol....but based on the way they fell maybe a failed container?

 

[IMA SOL MAN]

I hope none of those containers had lithium batteries in it.

 

[dc38]

I hope none of those containers had lithium batteries in it.

That's a scary thought...they'll keep going and going and going, then they'll use the corrugated metal and salt water and just keep burning and burning...hopefully, theyll justall short and diffuse before anything really dangerous happens.

 

[AZPops]

^I'll say it is.

I thought about that Robert Redford movie "All is Lost". When his sailboat hit a container in the open ocean.

 

[bluflaam777]

I thought about that Robert Redford movie "All is Lost". When his sailboat hit a container in the open ocean.

I don't think I've seen that one.

 

[AZPops]

I don't think I've seen that one.

IMO, you didn't miss much. I couldn't watch the whole movie.

 

[raggie33]

was waiting to do laundry now i have a excuse lol

 

[PaladinNO]

So that's where my other pair of size 15 US shoes went...
Ordered 2 pairs of Asics from eBay about a month ago - both from "Tacoma, WA", according to the listings.

First pair went directly to The Hague according to the tracking (didn't know large shoes was a war crime these days), but was ultimately released and arrived yesterday. A bit shaken from the experience, but otherwise still in good condition.

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

@PaladinNO, from my town to yours. I'm located eight miles from downtown Tacoma .... not nearly far enough.

 

[PhotonWrangler]

It strikes me that either all of the containers are floating or the water isn't very deep there. 🤔

 

[Chauncey Gardener]

The Port of Long Beach has a draft depth of approximately 50 feet. This depth allows it to accommodate large container ships and other vessels.

 

[AZPops]

It strikes me that either all of the containers are floating or the water isn't very deep there. 🤔

As C.G. mentioned, where the container's are the water is deep. I think the doors are sealed pretty good.

 

[bluflaam777]

As C.G. mentioned, where the container's are the water is deep. I think the doors are sealed pretty good.

And if what was in them floated also, they'd at least be buoyant for a while.

 

[Buff]

Ahh maybe this is why the new Olight ArkPros have been delayed?