All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
I've been reading The Ministry of Tomorrow by Kim Stanley Robinson and that book starts with something almost exactly like this, but over an extended period and literally millions of people die. I can't really recommend the book, b/c the author is repetitive to the extreme and can't write dialogue to save his life, but it has a ton of careful, interesting thinking it in concerning our next fifty years.
US billionaire plans submersible trip to Titanic wreck A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a submersible to explore the Titanic. Ohio tycoon and adventurer Larry Connor and Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, say they want to take a sub to a depth of around 3,800m (12,467ft) to see the shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean. The private submersible industry was rocked after five people were killed when a vessel built by OceanGate imploded en route to the Titanic last year. The Titan submarine built by OceanGate was constructed of carbon fibre and was only certified to 1,300m, far short of the depths of the ocean floor where the Titanic wreck lay. In June 2023 the vessel imploded while on a trip to the Titanic wreckage. OceanGate's chief executive Stockton Rush, 61, died on board alongside four other passengers: British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman, 19, British businessman Hamish Harding, 58, and Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, a former French navy diver. Mr Rush was known for pushing the envelope when it came to safety, and he had ignored several warnings from advisers about potential issues with the Titan. Investigations by US and Canadian authorities are ongoing. Mr Connor told the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the proposed Triton expedition: “I want to show people worldwide that while the ocean is extremely powerful, it can be wonderful and enjoyable and really kind of life-changing if you go about it the right way.” The private submersible industry suffered after the Titan disaster, and the pair hope that a successful voyage will reignite interest. OceanGate suspended operations and other firms reported cancelled orders and declining sales after the Titan implosion. Mr Lahey told the newspaper: “This tragedy had a chilling effect on people’s interest in these vehicles.” A spokesman for Mr Connor’s company said on Tuesday that the proposed voyage would only take place once a vessel was fully certified by a marine organisation. There is no timeframe for the planned expedition. The pair plan to use a sub dubbed the Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer – the “4000” refers to the depth in metres to which the craft can safely be deployed. Mr Lahey co-founded Triton Submarines in 2008. Mr Connor is head of The Connor Group, a real estate investment firm based near Dayton, Ohio...
Not exactly random, but... There's a large city dump fire in Novorossiysk, Russia right now. The smoke is choking out the city and making residents sick. Very few firefighters have responded because most of the local fire department personnel have been killed in Ukraine. Many of them are buried in the cemetery that's in the foreground of the pic.
I cannot get on a boat/ship that is destined to be more than swimming distance away from the shore. I have had terrible luck the last 4/5 times I’ve gone out to sea. Either breaking down on a small/arge speed boat, tipping over on a catamaran being circled by sharks for hours on end, breaking down on a jet ski drifting out to sea. I cannot and will not do it ever again. Cruise? Nope. Something bad happens…Every. Single. Time.
We have a dam in southern Minnesota that a flooded river has went around and is eroding the banks. A house collapsed into river. Thankfully the house had been evacuated days before. Went down to help with sandbagging a few days ago and will be in a nearby town later today.
Appreciate you looking out for me. Haha. Yeah, I’ve been fairly privileged myself hen it comes to things like that. 1000 miles? Nooooo.
