Wednesday, July 9

Random obsession update

I can't imagine how excited these Italian people on the coast are to get that huge ship out of their harbor. It's been there for two and a half years, and it's an eyesore. How clean, and amazing, and uncluttered a view they will all have again!
You remember my obsession with this, right? I've done repeated and regular checks on the ship's condition since they righted it last year, and have been waiting for this ever since it was pulled up off the bay's floor. Is it too much to hope that there will be a live webcam? Because I can really spend my entire Monday watching it.

COSTA CONCORDIA REFLOATING TO START MONDAY
BY HANNAH SAMPSON
HSAMPSON@MIAMIHERALD.COM
The process of refloating the Costa Concordia shipwreck is scheduled to begin on Monday, according to the consortium working on the removal project.

Final authorization is still pending from an oversight body, and the date could change if weather conditions are bad.
Once the vessel has been refloated in the waters off the Italian island of Giglio, it will be towed to Genoa and dismantled for recycling. The ship struck rock off the Tuscan coast in January of 2012, killing 32 people.
Costa is owned by Doral-based Carnival Corp.

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