Frank Vannostrand
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just a tid bit of whats been going on around here, product of the storms we had here in Va Beach area lately.
barge threatens to destroy pier
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Great !!!! NOW I will never get that shipment i was waiting for !!!!!!
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Tommy VanNess
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Crazy. I sent this off to my family in Richmond, Va. I was living there when Hurricane Isabelle ran through. Crazy weather.
Kevin Palmer
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I have been involved with this type of issue before.
The waters were ruff enough no tug would come to the barge. We ended up get several large pieces of equipment and running lines from the barge to the various pieces of equipment. Once things were all equally tight, we pretty much just stood watch. As the barge was pretty well beached, it never really moved once we had it anchored via the on beach equipment..
The waters were ruff enough no tug would come to the barge. We ended up get several large pieces of equipment and running lines from the barge to the various pieces of equipment. Once things were all equally tight, we pretty much just stood watch. As the barge was pretty well beached, it never really moved once we had it anchored via the on beach equipment..
Dreman
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The "equipment" wouldn't have made much of a difference if a barge that size started moving. All you can do is keep it from reaching the breakover point. If it ever gets loose, it's gone.
Water has some amazing power, especially when you have such a large area to work on. I forget the actual numbers, but when Katrina went through New Orleans and parts of Mississippi, it took out several sections of a concrete bridge, beams and all. The water rose up and simply lifted the sections free of the supports, depositing them on the bottom of the sea. The pressure required was quite small, like 3 or 4 psi.
Water has some amazing power, especially when you have such a large area to work on. I forget the actual numbers, but when Katrina went through New Orleans and parts of Mississippi, it took out several sections of a concrete bridge, beams and all. The water rose up and simply lifted the sections free of the supports, depositing them on the bottom of the sea. The pressure required was quite small, like 3 or 4 psi.
Jacob Dryer
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I have some friends/clients that live there and took this picture yesterday.
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Frank Vannostrand
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they tried moving it last night with 5 tug boats during high tide and it didnt even budge, it was on the local news this morning. crazy stuff.
Kevin Palmer
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Dreman,
It was not our intention to pull the thing ashore, just keep it beach as it presently was. It was moving in the direction of the pier at a very slow but consistent rate. By attaching the barge to the equipment it did literally stop the barge from further movement.
Once the storm was over, commercial salvage pulled it off. Which was a HUGE task in itself. They have to inject water under the barge to break it free from the beach.
It was not our intention to pull the thing ashore, just keep it beach as it presently was. It was moving in the direction of the pier at a very slow but consistent rate. By attaching the barge to the equipment it did literally stop the barge from further movement.
Once the storm was over, commercial salvage pulled it off. Which was a HUGE task in itself. They have to inject water under the barge to break it free from the beach.
