The OFFICIAL Trouble in the Suez Thread

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Gotta start somewhere with this topic:



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The seriousness of this really hits home now.
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Ffs billy Joel people.
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I honestly thought the canal was wider and something like this couldn't occur.

I also have a complete misperception as to just how big container ships really are. I didn't think they were that huge.
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Johnnie wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:49 pm I honestly thought the canal was wider and something like this couldn't occur.

I also have a complete misperception as to just how big container ships really are. I didn't think they were that huge.
They weren’t when the canal was built!
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Going through the Panama Canal a few years ago was one of the highlights of my life. We were on one of the newer cruise ships so we even got to go through the Panamax locks.
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P.D.X. wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:03 pm Been tried before
I had no idea that ever happened. Thanks for the link.
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At some point during quarantine, I got on a container ship kick and watched whatever I could find on them. This is a good starting point. There's way more out there:




When they go down into the belly is one of the craziest visuals I've ever seen.
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bfj wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:37 pm
I’d be an awesome Marine Casualty Specialist.

I’ve listened to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald hundreds of times.
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My recollection of this line is:

🎵 Something, Something, trouble in the sewage 🎵
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:43 am
bfj wrote: Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:37 pm
I’d be an awesome Marine Casualty Specialist.

I’ve listened to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald hundreds of times.
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There's needs to be an edit of the boat onto this video.

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And this wins all the memes:

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That is so great.
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Hilarious!
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We can joke about it here, but try explaining THAT one to your wife.
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Or your friend on a message board who doesn't get it. Not me, but someone here PMed me and was too embarrassed to ask by name.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:51 pm We can joke about it here, but try explaining THAT one to your wife.
Well, my wife watches porn and agreed it's the best meme yet.
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Giff wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:22 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:51 pm We can joke about it here, but try explaining THAT one to your wife.
Well, my wife watches porn and agreed it's the best meme yet.
It's well established your wife is much cooler than the rest of ours. [no snark or sarcasm]
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Baloney wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:07 am
My next day delivery from Amazon I order 3 weeks ago must be on that ship.
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Think my daughter's Easter gift from Amazon must be on that ship too, because it hasn't arrived yet either
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A little late in the game, but I watched a fairly nerdy YouTube episode that explained how this happened and it's actually pretty fascinating.

Very long story short, this ship is one of the largest models* and creates a special kind of wake/turbulence situation when in the canal that essentially sucked it over to the side. I had just thought the captain fucked up or the navigation equipment farted out.

(* - Ship is so large, it can't go through the Panama Canal.)

ETA - Not that hard to find:

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