The ship "State of Maine" is leaving shortly with a skeleton crew to

[GreenPartyVoter]

go down to the gulf and act as a floating hotel for oil refinery folks. (Can't recall the name of the company. Will get back to you on that if I hear it again.)

http://bell.mma.edu/~ship/

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[NorthernSpy]

1. me, I wanted to send the SoME to pick up refugees...

... and take them somewhere safe. But it seems that they're going to evacuate overland via bus.

Come to think of it, is Maine the only state that has its own cargo ship? Or are there others?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Well the Maine isn't a cargo ship. It's a smallish research ship

(can hold 200 or so) that is used as a training vessel for the midshipmen here at the Maritime Academy.

But surely other states have got to have ships around. I did hear that 3 cruise liners were going to arrive and act as flaoting hotels too, but for evacuees.

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