Post by Scott on Apr 26, 2007 20:11:29 GMT -8
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I know this was mentioned in the BC Ferries news release thread on this forum, but I figured I'd bring it up here to see if anyone has anything to add. For those who don't know, a dolphin was set on fire - likely by a cigarette - that shut down ferry service and part of the highway that goes by the terminal for a few hours. It appears damage was minimal.
Does this happen very often? These dolphins are usually coated with oil of some kind so you would think it maybe should happen more often. It hasn't exactly been dry lately on the coast, so that wasn't a factor. Maybe the butt landed in exactly the right place to set the oil and structure on fire. Are newer dolphins constructed out of different materials? I think I recall in one of the Northern Adventure discussions that some of the newer docking structures at Port Hardy are made of metal which caused more damage to the ferry when she made a rough landing.
I know this was mentioned in the BC Ferries news release thread on this forum, but I figured I'd bring it up here to see if anyone has anything to add. For those who don't know, a dolphin was set on fire - likely by a cigarette - that shut down ferry service and part of the highway that goes by the terminal for a few hours. It appears damage was minimal.
Does this happen very often? These dolphins are usually coated with oil of some kind so you would think it maybe should happen more often. It hasn't exactly been dry lately on the coast, so that wasn't a factor. Maybe the butt landed in exactly the right place to set the oil and structure on fire. Are newer dolphins constructed out of different materials? I think I recall in one of the Northern Adventure discussions that some of the newer docking structures at Port Hardy are made of metal which caused more damage to the ferry when she made a rough landing.
