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Imagine the pressures on the temporary barrier too, and what a failure would mean. Even bigger disaster.
by nhoughto 6y ago
Imagine the pressures on the temporary barrier too, and what a failure would mean. Even bigger disaster.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThe pressure on the hypothetical levee wouldn't be much since we're only talking about a couple dozen feet of water depth. (Yes, some jerk is going to come along and calculate out that that's an impressive amount of total force and act like that's a big deal but it's not really that impressive when you've got a huge amount of material to spread it out over). Digging out around the ship is going to be much less work because of the amount of material you'll need to move and how far you'll need to move it.
- bbarnett 6y agoHey, that's an incredible amount of force, it's too risky, not to mention it will impact the local ecosystem, and uh, stuff!
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoRegardless, removing cargo and/or dredging around the ship is gonna be tons (literally) less work (literally).
- bbarnett 6y agoA dual approach might be to dig around, but just place the dirt in preparation for a temporary levy scenario. So much cash burned per hour, a fallback wouldn't hurt, and secondary backhoes could be used, so the primaries don't slow down in their primary task, dredging. Of course, I bet someone is, even now, trying to reduce costs, not caring that even an hour or two will wipe out all savings.
- engineer_22 6y agoThat is an engineer's job, of course, to match project outcomes to schedule and cost. An atom bomb would certainly clear the canal, but what of the cost?
- Aeolun 6y agoA failure would mean all the water bursts out and the ship is stuck again. I don’t see how that would set us back much?