Tragedy for Tristan da Cunha

[Andy Young2]

http://bl155w.blu155.mail.live.com/d...?wa=wsignin1.0

[martini]

I think this is what you meant

[m chappelow]

Alf Tupper came from that Island ,,or so they say .

[BogMonster]

How the fk does somebody manage to hit something the size of Tristan when there is a whole ocean to miss it in...

[ooglewoogle]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

How the fk does somebody manage to hit something the size of Tristan when there is a whole ocean to miss it in...

Indeed.

A goodly few endangered birds that will be in trouble....esp. northern rockhopped penguins.

Let's hope the situation can be salvaged without too much eco damage. It is a complete disgrace that oil tankers are allowed to sail anywhere near any coastline....for the what is usually the saving of small sums of money in fuel and speed.

[Richard Selman]

......."The vessel is a 75,300 tonne bulk carrier (length 225 m, beam 32m) en route from Santos in Brazil to Singapore carrying soya beans. "

[dowdy]

Originally Posted by m chappelow

Alf Tupper came from that Island ,,or so they say .

I remember him,could weld anything to anything,ran like the wind and lived on a bag of chips.