The force it must take to break

[azlakes]

a cargo ship in half. Only 3 miles off shore.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/11/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Oil-Spill.php

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: The force it must take to break

An 18 foot wave can generate an incredible amount of force.....
I wonder what this will do to gas prices?......​

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: The force it must take to break

"Stormy weather was preventing emergency workers from collecting the spilled oil which was sinking to the sea bed, authorities said."

Since when does fuel oil sink?

An 18 footer is nothing to scoff at, but obviously shouldn't wreck this much havoc. The boat must have had some pre-existing structural damage or weakness that allowed this to happen. Or it ran aground and that just wasn't reported.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: The force it must take to break

don't they have weather forcasters.

 

[Mark42]

Re: The force it must take to break

I can hardly wait for Green Peace to show up and start hassling the Russians about their toxic spills in the Black Sea. I wonder how long it would take before the Russians sank the Green Peace boats?