April 28, 2006:
A Farewell to Grace - Mt. Pleasant side of the
Cooper River
Sparky captured the Thursday evening sunset and the Grace worksite.
These image just kept
coming back to me all day today and so here they are -
a prelude to the Friday morning action
Now its Friday
Gary Eaton has done it again and thanks. Gary caught this morning's action
along with photos of some of the players. Its 3am in Singapore, but I could not
wait to get Gary's photos up. Sparky followed with his view from the Cooper
River. Mickey also caught the action. Jonathon will get the video on
Monday and we should have it up then.
There is no better medicine for a bit of Charleston homesickness
than photos of the bridge (from Gary, Sparky and Oscar)!
Sparky started out about 7am - the port
and our daily checkup on P-3 and Michael (I think)
The worksite - The Mt Pleasant side of the channel displays only
the Grace cantilever and part of the on-ramp
another view of the worksite
Cousin Arthur taking it all in and Manny's crane about to be moved
Manny and his smile - what a crane operator and gentleman! And
Scott - clearly Manny and Scott are solving serious problems
with their smiles!
The dual boom crane - I suppose to help with the retrieval
The last ship to pass Grace before the detonation -from Sparky's perspective
Another view of the passing cargo ship
A piece of Sparky-art - the cargo ship framed by the grapple arm
Here is the initial ignition sequence from single video frames
T = 0 T = 0.033 sec
T = 0.067 sec T = 0.100 sec
T = 0.133 sec T = 0.167 sec
T = 0.200 sec T = 0.233 sec
T = 0.467 sec T = 0.800 sec
T = 1.133 sec T = 1.467 sec
T = 1.800 sec T = 2.133 sec
T = 2.467 sec T = 2.800 sec
T = 3.133 sec T = 3.467 sec
T = 3.800 sec T = 4.133 sec
T = 4.467 sec T = 4.800 sec
T = 7.767 sec T = 11.133 sec
T = 14.467 sec T = 17.800 sec
Sparky captured the intermediate fall from the Cooper River. Here are some
high resolution images. Look closely at the middle support column -
right side - a vertical line of fire
the vertical line is still there
Gone is the line of fire and replaced with a big splash
Gary was on the Mt. Pleasant side and shows a different perspective:
The last ship to pass by Grace before the detonation
Before ignition
boom
collapse
just smoke
and its all over - except new fishing opportunities for
Jackie and Michael and Richie and Steve and the rest of the team
As seen by Sparky
and Gary
The team from Demolition Dynamics: Oscar -
and Oscar directing traffic!
David - a small smile of success!
and Dan
