On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6O1OFgv12Yw&refer=home > > > The USS Mount Whitney yesterday sailed to Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti > with a cargo of relief supplies, anchoring about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) > from a post manned by Russian troops. Russia recognized the independence of > South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Aug. 26 after fighting with Georgia over the > breakaway regions. > >
Side note... Check out the specs on this vessel. If you want to get out of town for a while, here's your ticket. .. MTW carries enough food to feed the crew for 90 days and can transport supplies to support an emergency evacuation of 3,000 people. The ship makes 100,000 gallons of fresh water daily and carries over one million gallons of fuel, enough for a round trip, 16 knot, 35 day voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. The ship's two anchors weigh 11 tons each and are attached to 180 fathoms (or 1,080 feet) of anchor chain. Each chain weighs almost 25 tons. Total electrical capacity is 7,500 kilowatts, a sufficient amount to power a small city. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
