They built a steel barge with 3 compartments. Each can be flooded so they sink one end until that end is awash. Then they winch the boats up. But, they don't come up and hang-up on the submerged bow. They have two CAT miniature cranes/front-end loaders on two other barges. One of them reaches down and grabs the boat's bow and picks it up onto the barge. Then it gets stuck and the wrestling begins! It is at this juncture that some fiberglass boats catch something and start breaking. Speculation has it that the wooden boats will not come up in one piece. The recovery pace is picking-up as the smaller boats (under 35 feet) appear to be easier - 4 recovered on Friday. Some larger boats have taken all day. It is very, very sad and even the insured owners look like they have been stabbed in the stomach.
>From time to time I forget this is and international list. Of course, what I said about the Red Cross only applies to the American Red Cross. We were helped by volunteers who do the same work that your wife did. They're great! Ron Rogers On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Kris Coward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, if they're not using a barge crane, what the hell are they using? > > Good luck, > Kris >
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