Is that ship still stuck?

Re:Is that ship still stuck? by throwaway0a5e on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:26PM (#26586957)

The 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.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by bbarnett on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:39PM (#26587058)

Hey, that's an incredible amount of force, it's too risky, not to mention it will impact the local ecosystem, and uh, stuff!

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by throwaway0a5e on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:43PM (#26587098)

Regardless, removing cargo and/or dredging around the ship is gonna be tons (literally) less work (literally).

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by bbarnett on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:16AM (#26590125)

A 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.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by engineer_22 on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:18AM (#26591756)

That 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?

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