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37°48'45.9"S, 144°54'49.8"E

“Swanson Dock is an international shipping facility on the north bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. It and several other docks make up the Port of Melbourne, one of Australia’s largest ports for containerized and general cargo. Swanson Dock East has a berth length of 2,900 feet (884 m), six container cranes and 99 acres (40 hectares) of container storage, while Swanson Dock West has 3,097 feet (944 m) of wharves, seven cranes and 84 acres (34 hectares) of storage space.”

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Bill_I_Am

Yes, thanks!

Bommom

In a nutshell, they told about the technology that enables complex modeling, etc. They then went on to say that maybe they've gone too far in that people fail to grasp the risks by assuming perfect forecasts. People need to understand they still need to heed warnings.

Bill_I_Am

too long, didn't read :-)

Bommom

Here's another interesting article that is pushing two years old and explains forecasting advancements. The last sentence sorta explains the ship's problem. "The big challenge is not in the skill of the forecast, but rather the lack of using all the skill we have in the forecast for communication."

https://www.mcall.com/business/tech/mc-weather-forecasts-improvement-20170602-story.html

Returner

Weather reports received onboard were limited -- commercial ships subscribe(?) to weather services but not to all of them. The ones this ship relied on were not necessarily accurate in this event. Apparently, one weather report was perhaps duplicated onboard and not updated? I'm doing this from (limited) memory of the article, which I didn't complete, but the storm was never where the captain and crew thought it was or would be.

Bommom

tl;dr?

Bill_I_Am

Gayle, I'll just say tl;dr and thank you. :-)

Since we recently learned that weather forecasts are exponentially better than they used to be, why is the maritime industry not benefitting from them?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/polar-vortex-weather-forecasting-good-now/581605/

Bommom

You're right, Returner. Extremely sad, plus we know how it ends.

Returner

Too many things going wrong and not enough of anything going right. I actually couldn't finish reading the article.

Bommom

Just yesterday I read a long article about the sinking of a container ship, El Faro, during a hurricane. The article said, "It has been reported that a major merchant ship goes down somewhere in the world every two or three days..." Now I look at container ships in a new light. Thanks, Bill.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/inside-el-faro-the-worst-us-maritime-disaster-in-decades

Returner

Thanks, Pat...and Bill!

patw

One of the better conversations on Jigidi. LOLOLOL

Bill_I_Am

Slacker!

Returner

No, I just counted cars (red ones).

Bill_I_Am

Don't the red trucks count? Or are they lorries in Oz?

Bill_I_Am

Why would you even want to resist, Ellyn? Sheesh! :-)

Returner

I counted all the red cars in this puzzle. There aren't any.

ellyndeane

Sometimes I can say NO to your 'land' pictures.....this one pulled me in. Darn it.

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