Barge parked at spit?

Rico · Since 13 Mar 2005 1219 Posts Vancouver Photographer

Gasoline barge runs aground near Hood River confluence
07:38 AM PDT on Thursday, July 9, 2009
By Kgw.com Staff
HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- A barge carrying 1 million gallons of gas has run aground near the mouth of the Hood River, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

None of the gas had spilled, the Coast Guard said.

The Tidewater tug Chief reportedly grounded just before 4 a.m.

Coast Guard officials in Portland dispatched an inspection team to check for possible pollution and to determine how the tug boat grounded.

Other boats were en route to assist in removing the barge.

No gas sheens or other evidence of pollution were evident from the barge, the Coast Guard said.

Mark · Thu Jul 09, 09 7:17 am

SLIDER!!

Nak · Thu Jul 09, 09 7:20 am

Here's another shot. Looks normal till you notice it's in the same spot every time you look...

Nak · Thu Jul 09, 09 7:28 am

More shots:

forrest · Thu Jul 09, 09 7:49 am

Holy shit balls!

dangerD · Since 27 Jun 2005 223 Posts Bingen Heights Stoked

It looks like the sandbar is growing as fast as the sport!
Its outside the red buoy, into the channel... wow

forrest · Thu Jul 09, 09 7:54 am

dangerD · Since 27 Jun 2005 223 Posts Bingen Heights Stoked

Naw check out the gorge.net cam.. He's headed east, stays left of the red, ready to shoot the bridge but runs aground...
The obvious is hes too far right, but for the driver's sake, Im thinkin the water has dropped and that sticky finger of sand has extended into the channel

EdG · Since 19 Dec 2005 425 Posts Just a Kook that's Obsessed

They wanted to hit the Funbox and now their just confused Laughing

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

if we could get them to turn it sideways we'd have a new flat water area Very Happy

forrest · Thu Jul 09, 09 8:21 am

For some reason I thought the Gorge.net cam was having a problem and just showing an old image! Wow, that sand is moving fast eh!

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Does that mean the Slider Project now owns the barge? I remember setting it out there, don't you? Quick go and slap a few stickers on it. Maybe even sell a couple of the sides to advertisers and paint them. Imagine how much people would pay for that much space.

Nak · Thu Jul 09, 09 9:15 am

I don't know... Looks like he passed the buoy and then cut too far to the right. I think he's out of the channel. I wonder if there was another ship passing westbound at the time?

hilton · Since 15 Aug 2008 806 Posts Opinionated

I ran aground with my SUP last week in that same spot. Fortunately, I was able to step off and walk, but I remember the water was only about 6" deep. I was surprised to find that much sand that far out, and East of the cold outflow from the Hood River.

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

Right Red Return

JMatic · Since 12 Aug 2008 252 Posts Boise, In Dat Ho Obsessed

Looks way cooler now that the wind's up and Kites are on the water.....look twice, it looks like someone flying a blue Helix is boosting over the mast, now that's LEGIT>[/img]

4Stringer/KipWinger · Since 27 Apr 2005 541 Posts Hood River Addicted

(from Oregonian story) "...aground about 50-feet from where the sandy fan of the Hood River delta reaches into the wide Columbia River, though the barges appeared to be within the Columbia's marked shipping channel.

Coast Guard inspectors who were in the river in a small boat this morning reported that the buoys marking the channel were in their appropriate location.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/barge_hauling_1_million_gallon.html