Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: energyplay who wrote (58095)	1/2/2005 2:41:33 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

ep, Wow, you are doing some impressive sleuthing on these issues. But let me take issue with some of what you've written. Indeed, western shore of Aceh has been uplifted, as has that part of Sumatra generally. The southern coast of Sumatra is beyond the disaster region. You'll note that Exxon's LNG facility on the eastern shore of Aceh province has not been closed. I.e. the docking facilities are intact. As far as debris is concerned, satellite photos seem to indicate that ocean currents have been scouring most areas and so there is very little risk from floating debris to any slow moving landing craft, Zodiacs or dhows. Re: So this big helicopter lift is about 1/2 a semi-truck load, or equivalent to 1.5 standard 40 foot ocean shipping containers. I think you've got it wrong on the 40' container. Here's from a reliable source: "Rating is the maximum gross mass (or weight), that is, the maximum permissible weight of a container plus its contents. The rating of a 20' dry cargo container is 24,000 kgs. (52,900 lbs.), and a 40', including the high cube container, is 30,480 kgs. (67,200 lbs.)." export911.com Thus the payload of a 40' container (less container weight) is about 55,000 pounds. The helo lift was claimed to be 25,000. Thus the helo is lifting approximately 0.5 what a container would hold. *** Re: "Diego Garcia is 2450 miles away from Jakarta" Jakarta is irrelevant. Diego Garcia is 1,000 miles south of India. It is approximately the same distance to Sri Lanka. Triage would indicate that supporting the relief effort on Sri Lanka would free up resources closer to Banda Aceh for that effort. The rest of what you say about pre-positioned craft is quite true. I'd understood in the past that there was extensive warehousing in Diego Garcia, but that does not appear to be the case.