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Master Yoghurt
Nov 19th, 2002, 09:12:39 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/19/spain.oil/index.html

Giant oil tanker broke in half at the coast of Spain. If all the fuel oil leaks, it would be one of the largest oil leaks in the world - about twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska in 1989 :x
JMK
Nov 19th, 2002, 11:25:47 AM
Perfect. Just wonderful. :rolleyes :(
Jedieb
Nov 19th, 2002, 12:08:59 PM
WTF? Was buff doing the backstroke off the coast of Spain? I bet he just plowed through half the ship before he realized what was going on. Clumsy, muscle bound oaf!:smokin
Jedi Master Carr
Nov 19th, 2002, 12:24:49 PM
LOL Jedieb

Wow that is some disaster and I am sure it will be a mess up a clean up.
Sene Unty
Nov 19th, 2002, 12:28:00 PM
This is so horrible. I can't stand when stuff like this happens! And who suffers for it? Not humans that's for sure. All those poor animals.......
Jedieb
Nov 19th, 2002, 12:33:37 PM
Damn! Think of all that delicious seafood that's being destroyed. CURSE MAN'S ARROGANCE!!!
Sene Unty
Nov 19th, 2002, 01:55:59 PM
Seriously though.....why the hell does this crap happen?????
Master Yoghurt
Nov 19th, 2002, 02:23:33 PM
What I wonder about, how does these ships break in two? It sounds like incredibly flimsy ship construction to me. It also seems, the authorities have been ineffective handling this so far. But oh well, what can one expect when Buff is around.. ;)
imported_Jackson Mcgraves
Nov 19th, 2002, 02:34:28 PM
Originally posted by Sene Unty
Seriously though.....why the hell does this crap happen?????


Because man is stupid, Man think oil is the key to the world.

I leave you with a quote

God was disappointed in man so he created the monkey~Mark Twain
Mu Satach
Nov 19th, 2002, 07:47:58 PM
Also money... it costs money to keep ships in tip top shape, so in order to look like they are making more and more money, cut back here, cut back there... next thing you know, your ships are in crappy shape...
Nupraptor
Nov 19th, 2002, 07:59:29 PM
It's like an unwritten law of nature: Oil Tankers will split in two mid-trip.
ReaperFett
Nov 19th, 2002, 08:02:39 PM
You cant stop boats splitting, same as you cant stop planes or trains crashing.

And boats split often when one side is underwater, and the other is in midair.
imported_Blade Ice
Nov 19th, 2002, 08:07:13 PM
sad part is the owners of this ship already knew it had a crack in it but used it anyway.