A couple weeks ago we had hurricane force winds (76 mph) here in the midwest causing severe damage and power outages. We were out for 4.5 days ourselves due to downed trees. When you are at sea or in port when this happens, there is nothing to block the gale force winds that can occur. This is what happened with the RV Petrel, the ship that found the wreck of STRONG in February of 2019. The link to this article, Leith Port Accident will tell the story.
The ship is in port between missions. She is now owned by the US Navy and operations are run by another engineering group. The winds knocked her on her side. Many people were on board and there are multiple injuries, to what extent I do not know. It will be a miracle if no one dies from this. Some of the equipment that was not tied down could be the cause of some of the casualties, a very dangerous situation. My friend and former crew member of Petrel, Paul Mayer sent me the article this morning. None of the former crew or staff were on board at the time.
Greg and I are headed to Edinburgh where Leith Port is located in mid-April. I had hoped to get up there to see the ship and perhaps take some pictures. This however, is not the scenario I would have wanted, something such as this to keep the ship in port. I wish for a speedy recovery for anyone injured and that the ship is made right soon.
I will post updates and possibly pictures if we can get access to the docks.
-Tammi
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