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Old 11-20-2007, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Botnst View Post
Looks like folks are having a hard time giving a *****, CMAC. Is it because SF is a port city and accidents come with the territory. or what?

Nearest thing to that event that happened around here was when a ship on the Mississippi River lost power while underway and drifted into a shopping mall. Nobody much gave a ***** about that one, either.

The one that everybody will care about is when a string of fuel or fertilizer barges loses power or is deliberately rammed into the Old River Flood Control Structure.

Here's the USACE's official description: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/bro/misstrib.htm

And here's the "rest of the story": http://www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb/FloodControl.htm
http://users.stlcc.edu/jangert/oldriver/oldriver.html

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They got shopping malls on the Mississippi?
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