they re not coming tonight because, you know, it s night here. so i m hoping they can get me out tomorrow because we can t get to baton rouge. we can t get to houston. i can t get to jasper. you know, i m just surrounded. north, south, east and west. i have nowhere to run to. it s all flooded out and the roads the situation is bad so you can t go anywhere, right? yes. how have you been taking care of yourself? well, i just been monitoring my diet and my water intake, you know, and just resting. that s it. you know, trying to cynthia, you re awfully calm. i m not sure many people would be as calm as you are in this situation. how are you able to stay so cool? i work dialysis, so i pretty much know what to do, so, you know, and my kids are nervous enough for me so i got i can t let them see i m, you know, so i m just trying to hang in there and do what i know to do. you know you have a limited time in the circumstances that
were not only polluted, a whole bunch of wildlife not only died but a lot of people, tens of thousands of canadians, lost their water source. the nearest town of any significant size to the spill luckily had some rainwater stored that it was able to use for emergency water on an emergency short-term basis until they could mcguyver together a hose to bring in water from another town that had been lucky enough to not have its string g ing water intake fouled by this crude oil in the river. it was a big deal. they started a cleanup operation. a lot of this was on native land in canada, in addition to the official cleanup led by the government a lot of local people came out to see the sight for themselves and to try to help with with the cleanup. this one guy i came across this in the contemporaneous news coverage. he s a member of the key nation. th cree nation. he was out there at the site of
the ship is not designed to do that. and we do have some of the vessel that is you are talking about self-righting and come back up. but in this situation, we are not using those type of ships and certainly a container vessel is not built to do this. it did take on water when it was last heard from? they remedied that situation an you explained to me some of the water intake through the hatches and talking 20 to 30-foot seas at the time the ship was last heard from. 100-mile-per-hour winds and the vessel out of control pounded from every side in the most dangerous way being hit broadside by a wave and could easily capsize a vessel of this size despite the cargo and the weight. is that correct? that is correct. the vessel in a very, very vulnerable position as it just sat, disabled without propulsion and listing. so even though it s 737 feet long, it was in a very vulnerable position at that point. our thoughts and prayers are
invulnerable against a storm like this but these ships can go fast. these ships are carrying massive weight cargo. this ship is as big as the titanic. but they lost control. they losteerage. they had engine failures for whatever reason. that s not clear as of yet. water intake. if they lost their steerage and can t steer into the sea and control the ship they are at the mercy of the weather. one message received by the coast guard we re taking on water we think we re under control but then nothing else. that suggests something happened and happened fast. how quickly could that happen? in nanosecond. it changes the center of gravity of the ship and it keeps going and that can be catastrophic. this has happened before. how likely is it that a capsized
is that correct? right. the ship is not designed to do that. and we do have some of the vessel that is you are talking about self-righting and come back up. but in this situation, we are not using those type of ships and certainly a container vessel is not built to do this. it did take on water when it was last heard from? they remedied that situation an you explained to me some of the water intake through the hatches and talking 20 to 30-foot seas at the time the ship was last heard from. 100-mile-per-hour winds and the vessel out of control pounded from every side in the most dangerous way being hit broadside by a wave and could easily capsize a vessel of this size despite the cargo and the weight. is that correct? that is correct. the vessel in a very, very vulnerable position as it just sat, disabled without propulsion and listing. so even though it s 737 feet long, it was in a very vulnerable position at that