Freighter stranded near path of Hurricane Ike

[inanna]

Source: Reuters

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A ship with 22 crew on board was stranded without power Friday near the path of Hurricane Ike, but it was too dangerous for the U.S. Coast Guard to respond immediately, a spokeswoman said.

The vessel Antalina, a fully loaded 584-foot-long petroleum coke carrier 90 miles southeast of Galveston, probably would ride the winds and waves toward shallower water and drop anchor, the Coast Guard spokeswoman said.

"As of right now, we are not (responding) because of weather conditions. It's too dangerous for our crew to go out," she said.

The ship left Port Arthur, Texas, to escape the storm.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1240499420080912

[mainegreen]

1. At sea without power?

Not good.

Good luck fellas.

[guitar man]

2. Oh no

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours

I hope and pray they can all stay safe...


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[semillama]

7. I thought you were quoting Lightfoot there

In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, very guy in a bar playing the guitar will play that song if asked...

[guitar man]

8. yep

that line is from "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

godspeed to that freighter crew :(

[Dogtown]

3. Of course, concern for the crew

but equal concern for the wildlife that spill will kill.

[bigworld]

4. It's just coke

... there should be no threat to wildlife.

[Captain Sensible]

5. Lots of jacked up surfers............lol

[Dogtown]

6. Thanks!

I made an assumption.