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...
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>'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.
>:)
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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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