jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I was excited to pick Kerry up at BWI this morning, I has a surprise for her!
After I swung by BWI & we went to breakfast at Uncle Johnnie's, we drove a couple miles past my house to a local waterfront park.
This is the ship that has been in the News, around here lately. It's sitting about 3 miles from my house, as the crow flies. They are bringing in heavy dredging equipment to drag it out this week. If you look close, you can see how much of the hull is exposed. The blessing here is that the ship is empty. Had it been fully weighted, it could have split the hull from the massive weight....like a tin can under a car tire. Ships float, they are not inherently strong enough to support the load, the sea does that. If there is no sea, the ship can partially crush under it's own weight + the load, leaking it's fuel. We don't want that.
I snapped a few pics but was very disappointed with how far it was from the shore. It was easily 1/2 mile or more away, I zoomed in on both shots. About 2 miles to the right of the ship is where the Bay bridge is. Half that distance away, bout a mile towards the bridge is where 5 of us ice skated past the center, of "even" with the middle of the bridge......obviously it was a very cold years and the bay froze solid. I drive that bridge often and it's rare that I don't think about that stunt.....holy God we were lucky....we were 12 & 13 years old. Nuts.....
Anyway, my plan today was to pick Kerry up and then to spray my yard for weeds after Kerry went home...but when I opened her door to get out at home after we saw the ship, it began to snow..... flurries! I think I'll wait. LOL
Poor Kerry had 80's on FL yesterday & snow today.....
After I swung by BWI & we went to breakfast at Uncle Johnnie's, we drove a couple miles past my house to a local waterfront park.
This is the ship that has been in the News, around here lately. It's sitting about 3 miles from my house, as the crow flies. They are bringing in heavy dredging equipment to drag it out this week. If you look close, you can see how much of the hull is exposed. The blessing here is that the ship is empty. Had it been fully weighted, it could have split the hull from the massive weight....like a tin can under a car tire. Ships float, they are not inherently strong enough to support the load, the sea does that. If there is no sea, the ship can partially crush under it's own weight + the load, leaking it's fuel. We don't want that.
I snapped a few pics but was very disappointed with how far it was from the shore. It was easily 1/2 mile or more away, I zoomed in on both shots. About 2 miles to the right of the ship is where the Bay bridge is. Half that distance away, bout a mile towards the bridge is where 5 of us ice skated past the center, of "even" with the middle of the bridge......obviously it was a very cold years and the bay froze solid. I drive that bridge often and it's rare that I don't think about that stunt.....holy God we were lucky....we were 12 & 13 years old. Nuts.....
Anyway, my plan today was to pick Kerry up and then to spray my yard for weeds after Kerry went home...but when I opened her door to get out at home after we saw the ship, it began to snow..... flurries! I think I'll wait. LOL
Poor Kerry had 80's on FL yesterday & snow today.....