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tracker7 A few days ago, a 1300-foot container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal. As of this evening, it remains stuck, completely blocking the canal about 10 kilometers north of the canal's southern terminus. Something like 12 percent of international shipping goes through the Suez, so this incident is just wrecking global trade. There's a photo going around of an excavator on the bank of the canal digging away trying to free this monster vessel, showing just how unprepared a system is for this kind of disruption. The picture has been made into memes, of course, and most aren't worth the time to look for or at. One good joke, though, is since the ship is obstructing huge amounts of good and necessary things, it should be named McConnell instead of Ever Given.
There are lessons here on the fragility of things. One ship, and trade is wildly disrupted. Ships that were transiting the canal when Ever Given ran aground can't just back their way out or turn around, and shipping has started diverting around the Cape of Good Hope. This adds time and expenses, of course, and means denser shipping along Africa's east coast and that's causing concern about increased pirate actions in those waters. Shipping companies have contacted the US Navy's Fifth Fleet about providing protection.
Clearly, this points out the need for the resumption of letters of marque and reprisal, and that's the sort of thing that I should write a Spycraft mission or four around.
Probable tornado in Larue County Thursday night. We had a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado watch here that night, but nothing too exciting happened. Wind and rain hit about the time I went to bed, and those sounds just put me right to sleep.
MLB season starts in a few days. I'm probably going to sign back up for MLB.tv, since they've gone back to a civilized pricing structure.
There are lessons here on the fragility of things. One ship, and trade is wildly disrupted. Ships that were transiting the canal when Ever Given ran aground can't just back their way out or turn around, and shipping has started diverting around the Cape of Good Hope. This adds time and expenses, of course, and means denser shipping along Africa's east coast and that's causing concern about increased pirate actions in those waters. Shipping companies have contacted the US Navy's Fifth Fleet about providing protection.
Clearly, this points out the need for the resumption of letters of marque and reprisal, and that's the sort of thing that I should write a Spycraft mission or four around.
Probable tornado in Larue County Thursday night. We had a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado watch here that night, but nothing too exciting happened. Wind and rain hit about the time I went to bed, and those sounds just put me right to sleep.
MLB season starts in a few days. I'm probably going to sign back up for MLB.tv, since they've gone back to a civilized pricing structure.