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imagine if they didnt have both a full fuel tank AND a few feet of concrete in the bilge for ballast ... <br /> A QUARTER MILE of barges FILLED with coal, weighing god knows how many MILLIONS of pounds ... caught in that raging riptide of a river<br /><br />ya dont have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that whatever that juggernaut rammed downstream would have been in a world of hurt, probably would have knocked the next bridge over, or seriously damage it<br /><br />lucky captain, I wonder how many times he screamed OH FUDGE ... hehehe, but he didnt say fudge!!!!<br /><br />
