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Meanwhile, the FSO Safer is sitting off the coast of Yemen, ready to kill everything in the Red Sea, contaminate hundreds of miles of ocean (with oil) and land

Meanwhile, the FSO Safer is sitting off the coast of Yemen, ready to kill everything in the Red Sea, contaminate hundreds of miles of ocean (with oil) and land (with poisonous fumes), and stop much of the world's shipping. It is already slowly leaking, but could explode any minute. People forget that these theoretical disasters can become reality.

p0cc 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Safer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Safer This is a disaster waiting to happen. If it spilled, it would disrupt the Suez Canal and jeopardize the livelihoods of 1.7 million people who depend on fish.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Maybe they should've considered that before they decided to depend on fish and not American businesses, thereby making themselves expendable! There really is no respect for personal responsibility in the world these days.
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    Since I can't edit my post now: </sarcasm>
    - klyrs 5y ago
      Maybe skip the sarcasm next time. It's really unproductive, and, for example, see Poe's law.
      - huntertwo 5y ago
        That’s, like, your opinion dude.
      - beebeepka 5y ago
        Exclamation marks are the usual give away but yes, not everyone gets it. Nor should they in a community this big
- gruez 5y ago
  new yorker article that discuses this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28824890 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28824890
- 404mm 5y ago
  And https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Nabarima https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Nabarima We (humans) really suck at not turning this planet shit.
sofixa 5y ago
Apparently there's also the FSO Nabarima off the coast of Venezuela in a similar state.
- gesticulator 5y ago
  Are they unable to tow it out of the environment for some reason?
  - riffic 5y ago
    the front fell off, lol.