JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
August 1969---I rode out Hurricane Camille on northern border of evacuation zone
when the National Guard allowed limited traffic access to Gulf Coast highway around 8 days after storm I was one of the first thru barricades
the most impressive sight is almost never commented upon by media--that of freighters --attempting to ride out storm at anchorage one mile off shore--beached within feet of Gulf Coast Hwy--only one pic --other than my own--illustrates storm forces which are almost fictional--
if you look closely at pic one--Alamo Victory-- you will notice partial transection of ship --my direct observation of that occurrence was 50% penetration just forward amidship --starboard
these were freighters in 300 ft class of estimated 8-11,000 tons
as I returned monthly Bucyrus crawler lattice cranes were at work assisting shipbreaking--a few years prior to birth of federal agency OSHA and the 900 page volume the agency published regulating this practice
when the National Guard allowed limited traffic access to Gulf Coast highway around 8 days after storm I was one of the first thru barricades
the most impressive sight is almost never commented upon by media--that of freighters --attempting to ride out storm at anchorage one mile off shore--beached within feet of Gulf Coast Hwy--only one pic --other than my own--illustrates storm forces which are almost fictional--
if you look closely at pic one--Alamo Victory-- you will notice partial transection of ship --my direct observation of that occurrence was 50% penetration just forward amidship --starboard
these were freighters in 300 ft class of estimated 8-11,000 tons
as I returned monthly Bucyrus crawler lattice cranes were at work assisting shipbreaking--a few years prior to birth of federal agency OSHA and the 900 page volume the agency published regulating this practice
