Tanker carrying acid capsizes in Germany's Rhine River (2 Missing) | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1221245 Germany 01/13/2011 04:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
anonymous again User ID: 1224385 United States 01/13/2011 04:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.dw-world.de] Quoting: cw 1145577"A tanker carrying at least 2,000 tons of sulfuric acid has capsized in the Rhine River in Germany's western Rhineland-Palatinate state. The 100-meter-long ship is currently stranded near the town of St. Goarshausen, home to the well-known Lorelei rock, which marks the narrowest part of the Rhine. This tapering creates a stronger-than-usual current, and has caused many boat accidents there over the years. A spokesman for the state water police said two of the ship's four crewmembers had been rescued, and that helicopter search efforts were continuing for the remaining two......." Is the rhine salt water? |
anonymous again User ID: 1224385 United States 01/13/2011 04:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1145577 United States 01/13/2011 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you have any of those N95 face masks (I may have the # slightly off)? Maybe seal the cracks in your home with towels/whatever until it dissipates? Please be safe! this happened appr. 1 hrs away from me..i smell something in the air and my eyes burning. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1221245 |
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cw (OP) User ID: 1145577 United States 01/13/2011 04:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | <<<<(Forgot to sign my name) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1145577Do you have any of those N95 face masks (I may have the # slightly off)? Maybe seal the cracks in your home with towels/whatever until it dissipates? Please be safe! this happened appr. 1 hrs away from me..i smell something in the air and my eyes burning. |
cw (OP) User ID: 1145577 United States 01/13/2011 04:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thankfully it's freshwater! Still sux though... [link to wiki.answers.com] [link to www.dw-world.de] Quoting: anonymous again 1224385"A tanker carrying at least 2,000 tons of sulfuric acid has capsized in the Rhine River in Germany's western Rhineland-Palatinate state. The 100-meter-long ship is currently stranded near the town of St. Goarshausen, home to the well-known Lorelei rock, which marks the narrowest part of the Rhine. This tapering creates a stronger-than-usual current, and has caused many boat accidents there over the years. A spokesman for the state water police said two of the ship's four crewmembers had been rescued, and that helicopter search efforts were continuing for the remaining two......." Is the rhine salt water? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1149868 Germany 01/13/2011 04:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Caesar User ID: 1186971 United States 01/13/2011 04:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.dw-world.de] Quoting: cw 1145577"A tanker carrying at least 2,000 tons of sulfuric acid has capsized in the Rhine River in Germany's western Rhineland-Palatinate state. The 100-meter-long ship is currently stranded near the town of St. Goarshausen, home to the well-known Lorelei rock, which marks the narrowest part of the Rhine. This tapering creates a stronger-than-usual current, and has caused many boat accidents there over the years. A spokesman for the state water police said two of the ship's four crewmembers had been rescued, and that helicopter search efforts were continuing for the remaining two......." Sad, read this...who ever sunk it. Let me pour some sulfuric on you and see what happens...nature feels pain too. If I bite my dog, he yelps... |
anonymous again User ID: 1224385 United States 01/13/2011 05:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: cw 1145577 Good deal, thank you for looking... dunno why I didn't do the search myself other than looking at other high profile threads. yeah it could have been a lot worse but is still bad. things are fast and furious since the start of the year... i think this is only my fourth day here and i dunno how you guys can keep up with threads you comment on... i got so many booked and windows open i feel a draft ok seriously, i'm wondering what today will bring... i think i need to register so i can subscribe to links instead |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1228657 Germany 01/13/2011 12:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.dw-world.de] Quoting: anonymous again 1224385"A tanker carrying at least 2,000 tons of sulfuric acid has capsized in the Rhine River in Germany's western Rhineland-Palatinate state. The 100-meter-long ship is currently stranded near the town of St. Goarshausen, home to the well-known Lorelei rock, which marks the narrowest part of the Rhine. This tapering creates a stronger-than-usual current, and has caused many boat accidents there over the years. A spokesman for the state water police said two of the ship's four crewmembers had been rescued, and that helicopter search efforts were continuing for the remaining two......." Is the rhine salt water? Why should it be salt water? It's a river. |
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