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h20skibum

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    Western PA, US
  • Interests
    cruising, water skiing, photography
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    RCI, Princess, Celebrity
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Caribbean

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  1. Sorry to hear you are battling the flu, Dani. Susan had something on and off for almost a month. Thankfully, I didn’t get whatever she had. Hope you get rid of it soon.
  2. We have been watching The Blacklist, on Netflix. I can’t believe they had 10 seasons, and we never watched one episode till now. We are now up to the middle of season five.
  3. Got an email from United, saying they had $99 fares from Pittsburgh to EWR. I started looking at cruises from Cape Liberty, but none around the cheap dates. I did find a couple nice cruises I am trying to talk Susan in to.
  4. We are in the path, and our schools are not cancelled. They do get out early to watch it. According to one of the forecasts, we have a 68% chance of cloud cover, so we may not see it. Will have to watch the forecast as we get closer.
  5. That is pretty ambitious for a day hike, especially over uneven terrain. I would spend a couple days, enjoying the scenery along the way, rather than rushing to finish in a day.
  6. I don’t recall what your engineering background is, but you may find this interesting. I know I mentioned earlier that the collapse reminded me of the ship impact related collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse in 1980. I remember several papers being presented at the International Bridge Conference in the early, mid 80’s about that incident. This link is to the NTSB investigation and report on that collapse. https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR8103.pdf NTSB will be doing the same thing for this investigation. It took them about 10 months to complete that report. Unfortunately, the construction of the Key Bridge predates some of the recommendations to address ship impact possibilities.
  7. +1 We have been watching coverage all morning. Reminds me of the collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980. The Key Bridge was built about 3 years prior to the Sunshine collapse. Several recommendations came out after that ship impact collapse, related to pier protection and warning systems. No doubt that they will be working to clear the main channel as soon as rescue and recovery operations are complete.
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