I'm happy to see it. Baltimore is a third-world city at best but the impact on local infrastructure is going to be brutal even now that the port has reopened. Our shipping infrastructure is fragile.
I was talking with an old dutchman who runs the main crew launch in NY harbor, getting people back and forth to their vessels, and he was here for the explosion of the Sea Witch and two other ships that exploded in the harbor in the 60's, 70's and 80's, as well as the oil barge that went off with the yield of a suitcase nuke in the 90's. Today these events would be world-class disruptions in global trade. The Sea Witch especially, as it blew up upcurrent from the Verrezano Narrows bridge, the entrance to NY harbor, and barbecued the underside of the bridge as it drifted out of the harbor.
I'm happy to see it. Baltimore is a third-world city at best but the impact on local infrastructure is going to be brutal even now that the port has reopened. Our shipping infrastructure is fragile.
ReplyDeleteI was talking with an old dutchman who runs the main crew launch in NY harbor, getting people back and forth to their vessels, and he was here for the explosion of the Sea Witch and two other ships that exploded in the harbor in the 60's, 70's and 80's, as well as the oil barge that went off with the yield of a suitcase nuke in the 90's. Today these events would be world-class disruptions in global trade. The Sea Witch especially, as it blew up upcurrent from the Verrezano Narrows bridge, the entrance to NY harbor, and barbecued the underside of the bridge as it drifted out of the harbor.
Bach then they were headaches.
I said it would take less than a month...
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