Before you waste your time, someone posted a whole bunch of
"Engineering Disasters" episodes a short ways back. Do you recall the
number? He posted them clear uo to, I think, 22. (I'm gonna feel really
OLD if it was you that posted them?!?!)
PeggLeg
In article <eigcfapqp94cj45vtn3a8md1ittgoqenhp@4ax.com>, |--Spike=-
<|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:10:35 +0000, "|--Spike=-"
> <|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:05:29 -0800, PeggLeg <reply@here.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Here I go again: I don't think there was ever a documentary made about
> >>it, but if you Google "Sansinena explosion" you should get some info. I
> >>was surprised to find out that she was of Liberian registry. I somehow
> >>got the idea she was ours. Guess not. It was sometime in 1976. A few
> >>years after the explosion, Union Oil got the Sansinena II, a much
> >>larger tanker that West Coast Shipping ran for them as a "crude
> >>carrier". That just means that she only carried crude oil. Mostly, I
> >>hear, from a platform just off of the Kenai Peninsula called "Drift
> >>River". Actually, the platforms real name was "Christy Lee", and Drift
> >>River was a small spot of light barely visible from the platform on the
> >>land a mile or so away. The last tanker I was on went there a few
> >>times, but she was a product carrier and not big enough for the crude
> >>trade. Damn near froze my toes of trying to tie up at that bloody
> >>platform one time! And the ice floes getting in and out...never liked
> >>that place much. Loved Alaska, though! God it IS beautiful! If you ever
> >>get a chance to see Ketchikan, GO. It will probably rain on you, but it
> >>will be worth it. Green and pure. There is an island in the center of
> >>the inlet where Ketchikan is that, according to one of the Chief Mates,
> >>just got the telephone in the 1990s! Love it! You could look out there
> >>and tell where there were oil lamps burning.
> >>I'll stop. My I do get carried away...
> >==========================================
> >'Sansinena Explosion' led me to...
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sansinena
> >
> >Which led me to...
> >The explosion of Sansinena and technical details of the incident were
> >featured as the first segment of the Engineering Disasters of the 70's
> >episode of History Channel's Modern Marvels television series.
> >
> >Which led me to... a torrent site.
> >
> >I'm going to post it here just in case you want to check it out.
> >
> >Will get back to you about the rest of your post... I need to get this
> >ready and posting then watch it, then get to sleep (UK time).
> >Catch you later.
> >:)
> ============================================
> Second thoughts, it is only a 7 and half minute section of the 45mins.
> so will post only if you want it.
> It would be a 700MB file so not sure if you would want to spend your
> download time on it.
> :)
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