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You continue to amaze me... I wish I had your visions... All I have is a gift of finding and keeping friends. A few are "real" friends... I can't complain at that. I believe you should include every coastal state in this ambitious endeavor. If one picks up your project and runs with it then maybe another will follow. The 143's are not the only vessels out there that could be put to good use and ya never know!!! God Bless/Ron 10/11-2006 |
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| Fantastic! You've done a real great job here. A lot of work and thought. I do hope it pays off! Richard 10/11/2006 |
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| GREAT pics, and the suggestion is also GREAT- I hope they go for it and implement it. Hector 10/11/2006 |
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| Very nice presentation! Good luck with it. Ralph 10/11/2006 |
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| Looks like a good plan to me. If it's sensible, economical, and innovative the government won't be able to understand it. DVO 10/11/2006 |
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Great idea. We could probably use
several in the SF Bay area when the next big one comes. What emergency generators, pumps for fire
fighting ashore, desalinization units, communication equipment etc. would be
very useful during
disasters. If the ships were operational to go where needed might
be asking too much, but think of the possibilities. Jim S.
10/11/2006
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Great idea. Let me know what I can do to promote
this. Charles A. 10/11/2006
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| Keep up the great work Rod G. 10/11/2006 |
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| I think the homeless part is a bust. Just think of the potential lawsuits (in the minds of any official receiving this idea) of someone falling overboard and drowning, tripping over a hatch combing, down a hatch, or falling over, around, into, or over anything steel, of which there is an abundance of on a ship. On the other hand....... Guantanamo, back in 1969, was using a tanker as a distilling unit for fresh water for the base.Kawishiwi and her sisters would make good distilling units for fresh water in those places where it is needed. Tom 10/12/2006 |
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Wow,
Vern; I can only imagine how many hours it took to put this
together. I think it is a great idea to merge two good ideas
(housing the homeless & storage for disaster relief) in one
preassembled and ready to deliver platform. It will be
interesting to see if this gets any traction. Have you considered
sending this to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
as well
as the equivalent version in states that have navigable waterfront
access to metropolitan areas (probably not a big seller in Montana or
New Mexico).
The only problem I see is trying to keep these things from becoming
floating drug emporiums - ask offices of Kawishiw how
hard this
was in the 1970's. Lary
10/12/2006
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| Thank you, now I have more things to look at. ( it is always nice to try, hope you succeed) Cooper 10/12/2006 |
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| You are brilliant. I hope you can find one of those important people who will study your wishes. It sounds great to me - but what do I know!!! Marlynn 10/12/2006 |
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Hi,
well I
leaned
more today reading all about oilers. thanks lavern. very interesting.
Diane
10/13/2006 |
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| Your idea
is great but thinking of using
1950's ships with ASPESTOS all around would be a big mistake. Jose 10/16/2006 My reply is, Even the ships that are scraped or sunk must have all hazardous materials removed. This is no different. |
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Could you spare a few of
those brochures
you sent out? Maybe I could help to get the word out to selected
"officials" in this area. Sounds like a terrific project, and I'd like
to help. what's the deal with that picture "Shelter for Homeless
Vets"?? What's with all the ugly skulls? (I'd sure hate to come off a
jag and wake up to THAT----freak me OUT!) Jim
10/17/2006
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I
relayed this message along to our Senator. It would be nice to be
able to
walk her decks again. Jim
10/24/2006 |
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It’s not
going very well for us.
MARAD has sold two ships promised to our Mobile Ship Museum, out from
under us - FOR SCRAPPING, what a shame. We are trying to recover
from this. David - Mobile Ship Museum 10/25/2006
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| I
pledged to honor the
aspirations and hard work of the people of I have considered your comments carefully and will take them into account as we continue to confront the critical challenges ahead. Maria Cantwell United States Senator 10/26/2006 Read: Her EMAIL |
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| I
want to help save the ships. How can I help? I'm new at something like
this. Who do I contact to voice my opinion? What channels do I go
through?. Daron
10/31/2006 |