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The Evergreen is a cargo ship that got itself stuck in the Suez Canal. It’s effectively blocked all traffic because its almost completely perpendicular to the canal.

i changed my mind, this is just too horrifying not to share

@scumrunner do you have any cursed facts about hawsers to share ?

Ohhohohoho DO I EVER. Meet the “snapback zone,” not an area with cool hats, but instead the unintuitive range at which a hawser can kill you if it breaks under tension.

I don’t think you guys understand how much force this is, a tow rope used to move a 20 foot boat snaps under tension with enough force to dent metal, shatter glass and seriously injure anyone in its way. A Hawser on the other hand… Well I’ve seen a concrete pier with a chuck the size of a sedan ripped out of it by a line failure, and anecdotally, I’ve heard of a 2 ton heavy cargo forklift being skidded sideways, then knocked over. These lines snap with enough force to noticably dent the hull armor of navy ships.

Apparently a good way to prevent these types of accidents is with a snap-back arrestor.

No big deal just Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer looking like a married couple.