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2023-07-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Yet another.....Cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire, leaves one dead

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-27 07:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 Loading vehicles with large lithium batteries is probably not a good idea. It's going to be hard to get some sand to bury a burning one out there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-07-27 07:17|| 2023-07-27 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 ^^ Well that, and all the nifty chemicals in those batteries leeching into the ocean.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-07-27 07:55|| 2023-07-27 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Read that the Dutch Coast Guard wants to bring it into port to fight the fire easier, and for some reason the port authorities don't want it anywhere near their traffic areas.
Humph.
(They probably said, "Why don't you take it to the Coast Guard station to mess with it?")

Posted by ed in texas 2023-07-27 11:57|| 2023-07-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I don’t know if it matters, but the cars were being shipped to Egypt.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-27 18:43|| 2023-07-27 18:43|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ and probably were stolen?

Posted by Frank G 2023-07-27 20:58|| 2023-07-27 20:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Dutchies, hollanders, nederlanders, wooden shoes, tulip smugglers. Who was it?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-27 23:59|| 2023-07-27 23:59|| Front Page Top

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