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Shipping Containers

Kachina624 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:37:18 GMT

Bad storms in the Pacific have knocked containers off the decks of freighters and into the ocean. Oops, there goes your Denim & Co. You wonder what happened to those orders that never arrived?

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:38:04 GMT

I've read books on Onassis he would have had all those ships unloaded

and butts kicked all over the place. Men of action are needed.

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Laura14 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:40:04 GMT

You really can't make this stuff up.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:45:48 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
I've read books on Onassis he would have had all those ships unloaded
and butts kicked all over the place. Men of action are needed.

@SharkE Men of action have had their chance. How about some WOMEN OF ACTION?

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:46:33 GMT

Hale Yes, they need me LOL

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Lucky Charm — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:47:40 GMT

This is horrible. Do they try to retrieve the containers or just let them lay on the ocean floor?

I know the storms are bad, I hope it doesn't get worse.

The situation at the ports is unbelievable.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:54:04 GMT

It takes special huge cranes to lift those containers so they go to Davy Jones' Locker. They're stacked so high, I've wondered how stable they are. Not much, apparently.

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 22:57:55 GMT

Everybody sitting on their hands is the problem

Mother nature will probably take care of it in the bye and bye.

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:03:24 GMT

Oh No!

I was going to stock my gift drawer!

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froggy — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:10:34 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Bad storms in the Pacific have knocked containers off the decks of freighters and into the ocean. Oops, there goes your Denim & Co. You wonder what happened to those orders that never arrived?

@Kachina624 I can't find any news on this. Where did you read or hear it?

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Kachina624 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:12:55 GMT

@froggy NBC Nightly News with video of a bunch of them floating in rough seas.

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Laura14 — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:19:38 GMT

Wait a few months and the D&C outfits will wash up on shore. If you see your color or print on a beach goer, you may have grounds to strip them then and there with your QVC order summary.

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MG Chris — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:21:47 GMT

My mom has rarely left the house since COVID started. She gets everything delivered. Her last couple of grocery orders were over half shorted so she asked me to take her to the store. She said hearing and reading about the store shelves did not prepare her for actually seeing them in person. It is only going to get worse.

I think it was on here a few weeks ago someone said the employees at Hobby Lobby were frustrated with how much moldy stuff they were getting in from all the stuff sitting in the containers for so long.

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MorningLover — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:33:45 GMT

Oct. 22, 2021

Rough seas knock 40 shipping containers off cargo ship near Strait of Juan de Fuca

King5.com

SEATTLE — Dozens of shipping containers are floating adrift off the Washington coast after getting tossed from a cargo ship into rough waters Friday.

Forty containers were lost off an inbound ship about 43 miles west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca entrance, according to the US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest.

The incident happened when the ship listed to its side due to rough seas.

It was reported to the Coast Guard about midnight. When the Coast Guard flew over the scene about 10 a.m., it found eight containers in the water. As of Friday evening, 35 containers have been observed floating north.

The vessel was en route to Canada and is now in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to the Coast Guard.

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MorningLover — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:40:08 GMT

cbc.ca

The Canadian Coast Guard says it is working with the USCG to monitor the situation, and it is assessing whether there is any risk of pollution or other hazards from the containers.

Warnings have been issued for ships travelling through the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait after several shipping containers, some of which are pictured here, fell off a ship and are now floating in the ocean. (United States Coast Guard/Twitter)

Both coast guards have sent broadcasts to ships that may be in the area.

The Zim Kingston, bound for Vancouver, has been safely anchored near Victoria.

The Zim Kingston lost 40 shipping containers during bad weather near the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait. (Four Lau/MarineTraffic.com)

The last time several containers fell off a ship near B.C., was in November 2016, when 35 empty containers fell off the side of a cargo ship. Some debris washed up on beaches near Tofino several days later.

The Canada Coast Guard says some of the containers will sink..

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SharkE — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:41:22 GMT

They need Aquaman...............

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Desertdi — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:41:48 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@SharkE wrote:
I've read books on Onassis he would have had all those ships unloaded
and butts kicked all over the place. Men of action are needed.
@SharkE Men of action have had their chance. How about some WOMEN OF ACTION?

Hey @Kachina624... Do ya think I should drive over to Long Beach and get a job as a longshoreman? It would be extra Christmas money...... di

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Jacie — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:48:36 GMT

Sounds like more sky-rocketing prices to me! And maybe no Christmas gifts...

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Kachina624 — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:08:08 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:

@SharkE wrote:
I've read books on Onassis he would have had all those ships unloaded
and butts kicked all over the place. Men of action are needed.
@SharkE Men of action have had their chance. How about some WOMEN OF ACTION?
Hey @Kachina624... Do ya think I should drive over to Long Beach and get a job as a longshoreman? It would be extra Christmas money...... di

@Desertdi No, I think you should go for CEO. Surely anything you could do would be an improvement over what's being done.

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Desertdi — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:12:44 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Desertdi wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:

@SharkE wrote:
I've read books on Onassis he would have had all those ships unloaded
and butts kicked all over the place. Men of action are needed.
@SharkE Men of action have had their chance. How about some WOMEN OF ACTION?
Hey @Kachina624... Do ya think I should drive over to Long Beach and get a job as a longshoreman? It would be extra Christmas money...... di
@Desertdi No, I think you should go for CEO. Surely anything you could do would be an improvement over what's being done.

@Kachina624 GREAT idea! I could use a few million....and I could sit down on the job !!!!! di