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Old 03-25-2021, 04:37 PM   #1
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Amazing a ship that large can get blown around by a sand storm like that.
The wind was only blowing 30 mph. Car carriers go through the CC Canal when the wind is honking 25-30 SW, and those things are like a huge sail. It's going to come out that the pilot effed up, I predict.

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Old 03-25-2021, 05:02 PM   #2
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The wind was only blowing 30 mph. Car carriers go through the CC Canal when the wind is honking 25-30 SW, and those things are like a huge sail. It's going to come out that the pilot effed up, I predict.
Yea but loaded you're talking hundreds of thousands of square feet of sail
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Old 03-25-2021, 05:49 PM   #3
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Just saw another view on TV. Tugs look tiny compared to the ship.
They are gonna need more assistance from shore for leverage, somehow...
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Old 03-25-2021, 06:42 PM   #4
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The wind was only blowing 30 mph. Car carriers go through the CC Canal when the wind is honking 25-30 SW, and those things are like a huge sail. It's going to come out that the pilot effed up, I predict.
Or someone has an agenda. And it is not a constructive one.

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