April 12 2006: Dropping P-11 -> P-13
Sparky was out on the water early this morning. I'll have the photos
up shortly.
Off to work at 7:20
and the Chris-o-vator is already at work fetching and toting stuff
around the Grace. Here the stuff is a couple of members of the
Demolition Dynamics team. Note the charges in place as highlighted
by the kevlar wrappers.
Sometimes in the shipping channel, things get a bit tight.
at the sametime - retrieval of Pearman sections and the Jackup barge
ready to resume positioning Mickey's guys for drilling C-2
Its 8:10 and more close quarters
A nice view of the East Pearman and Grace Structures
Today's target - the truss spanning P-11 to P-13 with the Yorktown in the
background
and our ace photographer, Sparky - set up on the barge
The ignition sequence (from individual video frames)
Time = 0.0 sec 0.033 sec
Note ignition
starting from the left - Mt. Pleasant side)
Time = 0.067 sec 0.100 sec
Time = 0.133 sec 0.167 sec
Time = 0.200 sec 0.233 sec
Time = 0.267 sec 0.300 sec
Time = 0.333 sec 0.367 sec
Time = 0.400 sec 0.433 sec
Time = 0.467 sec 0.500 sec
From high resolution images
09:59:37.0 according to the EXIF data in Sparky's photos
09:59:37.5
09:59:38.0
09:59:39.0
09:59:39.5
09:59:40.0
09:59:41.0
09:59:41.5
09:59:42.0
09:59:43.0
09:59:46.0
09:59:48.0
09:59:51.0
09:59:54.0
09:59:56.0
10:00:05.0
10:00:06.0
10:00:06.5
10:00:09.0
10:00:58.0
After the blast - a view the the results - sort of a tangle around P-12
The half submerged Grace truss between P-11 and P-12
Stan - just taking it all in
Looking from where P-11 used to be
Another view of the section that used to span P-11 to P-12
I don't know how this happened - but here is Nugget, iron worker,
like Lewis - aiming a crew boat. And Sonny with a big grin!
And nothing is complete without a view of P-3 - ready for continued
unbuiding by Michael. (Happy Easter Tina, Stephanie, Samantha and
Joshua - enjoy your family weekend!)
From the Mt Pleasant side - Nice view