Something to read on sediment!!!

[Mad Machinist]

This is a bit of a long read, but worth it. For fun count how many times the lack of sediment or it's variations are used.

The Gulf of Mexico is devouring Southeastern Louisiana - Salon.com

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

 

[russau]

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headed to a port in Nome Alaska soon! I heard from a reliable source that Todd Hoffman is at the wheel and is using the water pump to power that ship to Nome! heres a picture of him at full throttle as this picture was taken he (as you can see) hit a sand bar in low tide! now his water pump is FULL of sand/gravel!

 

[goldenIrishman]

Typical Hoffman operation for sure! Think we should tell him that he's supposed to run it through a sluice as he dumps it? LOL At least he's not rowing it with an excavator! ( I may have stopped watching The Hoffman Comedy Hour but I can still enjoy a good Hoffman joke.)

I saw a show some months ago on how the Dutch are expanding their main harbor using those dredge ships. I've also seen them used in Dubai to build islands. One of the dredge pickups was about the size of a V.W. van (not sure if it was with or without the hippies) and I couldn't help but think of how nice one of those ships would be off Nome if outfitted with some killer sluices. They said that they can reach down about 300 feet to suck stuff up off the bottom/ That would open up a LOT of areas for sure!

 

[russau]

Id like to be a deckhand or the cook on that ship you refered to!

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

 

[kazcoro]

That UAE project seems so unstable. Waiting for the first hurricane to wash it out to sea.

 

[triple d]

Looks like Hoffman is on the ship. And needed to take a crap. He"s so full of it.