A small miscalculation led to a huge construction blunder at the Port of Seattle that could end up costing more than $1.2 million. It’s a buoyant reminder to measure twice and cut once.
“Bubbleologist” Sam Heath says he isn’t sure of the precise volume of his creation, but that it stretched 20 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet at its biggest.
It could have been accidental fishicide by someone trying to feed Benson. Uncooked nuts, which are toxic to fish, were found on the bank nearby.
Researchers hope to learn more about the huge vortex of floating plastic and other waste, which some estimate to be twice the size of Texas.
The driver of a Mister Softee truck apparently let his rolling business sit out for too long, in front of the same house, and the “heat” got to it.
Sounds like the “close enough for government work” mentality is something else that has sneaked into Britain.
Money’s fine. But the streets might be safer if more accident attorneys were just as concerned — if not more worried — about the prospect of encountering such clients on the road themselves. Or about the possibility that their own families could cross paths with them.
A history buff, science fiction fan and occasional guitar player, John Moore has worked as a reporter or copy editor at the Rocky Mountain News; the Omaha World-Herald; and the Wichita Falls, Texas, Times Record News. He is one of the site’s editors and covers general news and stories of the bizarre.