Environment & Energy

Nihil

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6. Sadly, the incompetence of that company also seems to be constant ...

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 08:51 AM

Jan 2013

... considering that they managed to hit a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deck barge in 2012
(causing more than $100,000 in damage), damaged the riverbank by a Lousiana hydroelectric
company in 2010 and didn't bother to provide any safety guidance or safety equipment when
sending their people in to help with the BP oil spill.

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Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridge [View all] wtmusic Jan 2013 OP

"Nature's Way?" Are they serious? I wonder if ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #1

The width under the bridge should be constant, HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #2

Sadly, the incompetence of that company also seems to be constant ... Nihil Jan 2013 #6

Not really. Assuming it is deepest in the center ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #9

The passage under a bridge is in the channel. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #10

Update...after checking map and pix HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #12

I sit in awe when those huge barges move around. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2013 #13

Isn't a lot of the oil from N. Dakota shipped by barge? NickB79 Jan 2013 #3

That is why we need more pipe lines zeaper Jan 2013 #4

Or less oil NoOneMan Jan 2013 #5

Now, now ... Nihil Jan 2013 #7

I don't need any pipe lines. wtmusic Jan 2013 #8

If properly maintained, pipelines much safer than shipping HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #11