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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. Nope. I have transited the Suez more than a dozen times. If they expect heavy weather they don't even allow a vessel to begin the transit and send them to anchorage. Going through the canal is a highly regulated and controlled process. Ships are assigned a transit time and a transit position on each end of the canal and they all are required to have an Egyptian pilot onboard who takes control of the vessel. These pilots are highly trained and they know every inch of the canal. Northbound and southbound vessels leave at the exact same moment and they all meet in the lake in the middle where they pass and continue on. There is only one transit a day made and it will include well over 100 ships in each direction and Egypt charges at least $250,000 per vessel for the transit. The canal is a major money maker for Egypt and they are not going to be so careless as to allow a vessel to transit in heavy winds. I do not buy the story they are pushing. I am a retired QMC and navigation was my profession for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. Amarillo is an interesting choice for a retired Quartermaster. I teach NJROTC. Only 620 high schools in the nation offer the program. One of them is in Amarillo and it is one of the oldest units in the nation. Established 51 years ago.
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Lotta vessels queued up. They are saying a sand storm kicked up and blew it sideways, but the ship in the queue behind it was unaffected.
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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. Nope. I have transited the Suez more than a dozen times. If they expect heavy weather they don't even allow a vessel to begin the transit and send them to anchorage. Going through the canal is a highly regulated and controlled process. Ships are assigned a transit time and a transit position on each end of the canal and they all are required to have an Egyptian pilot onboard who takes control of the vessel. These pilots are highly trained and they know every inch of the canal. Northbound and southbound vessels leave at the exact same moment and they all meet in the lake in the middle where they pass and continue on. There is only one transit a day made and it will include well over 100 ships in each direction and Egypt charges at least $250,000 per vessel for the transit. The canal is a major money maker for Egypt and they are not going to be so careless as to allow a vessel to transit in heavy winds. I do not buy the story they are pushing. I am a retired QMC and navigation was my profession for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. Amarillo is an interesting choice for a retired Quartermaster. I teach NJROTC. Only 620 high schools in the nation offer the program. One of them is in Amarillo and it is one of the oldest units in the nation. Established 51 years ago. Should have told him it was none of his Fuggin business why you were in Amarillo.
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Thank you for your service Max!
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Who would benefit from the Canal being down?
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Run an icebreaker though it.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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I dont think this was an accident.
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Does anyone really believe this was an accident. for 25 years as a professional sailor in the USN. What is "a professional sailor in the USN."?
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Hold my beer and watch this?
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How do you fahq up traveling in a straight line?
Draw a schlong on the Red Sea and God's gonna turn your schitt sideways.
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Turn left or right.
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How do you fahq up traveling in a straight line? . Well you got a 1,400 foot long vessel stacked to the gills with containers. Lot of surface area acting like a wind sail. You're required to hire an egyptian to pilot the darn thing thru the canal. I'm sure he had 100's of hours piloting this specific vessel (not). Freak wind hits the ship and pilot doesn't know what the fakk to do. These are highly maneuvarable ships, you know? Or the egyptian pilot simply pulled a Hazlewood.
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Transiting 'the ditch', 2003, with the 2D Marine Expeditionary Brigade, aboard the USS Kearsearge. That's me standing far right.
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I think I know what's causing the oceans to rise...
Last edited by Muffin; 03/26/21.
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It is interesting but depressing how so many people are spring-loaded to the conspiracy position. No matter how obviously something is an accident, you mental giants instantly leap to the conclusion that it must somehow be a nefariously planned event.
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Clever way to cork the canal.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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It is interesting but depressing how so many people are spring-loaded to the conspiracy position. No matter how obviously something is an accident, you mental giants instantly leap to the conclusion that it must somehow be a nefariously planned event. Sounds like you and GunGeek got your covid shots with the microchips in them, so now you're programmed to deny conspiracy theories.
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I’ve done the ditch cruise. Pretty impressive how much traffic there can be.
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