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2022-10-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Five sailors are sickened after water tanks aboard USS Nimitz were contaminated with JET FUEL: Emergency procedure to flush out water supply fails within days

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 the entire vessel - which is 47 years old - now reeks of the fuel

The smoking light is out. [ever pay attention to the sign on the gas pump that says 'Do not operate cell phone']

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-01 08:22|| 2022-10-01 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Complement
Ship's company: 3,532
Air wing: 2,480
'Five Sailors' is a statistical blip on a crew that larger. A 'blip' that should not happen, but still a blip.

Posted by magpie 2022-10-01 13:51|| 2022-10-01 13:51|| Front Page Top

#3 "Attention, all sufferers of every ill afflicting Soylentkind! Have you or a loved one set foot on board the USS Nimitz between 2022 and the present?"

Posted by Jeth Ghibelline5850 2022-10-01 19:37|| 2022-10-01 19:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Like that guy said, “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ~~ships~~ Navy today.”

Posted by SteveS 2022-10-01 20:08|| 2022-10-01 20:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Something wrong? Perhaps when Ability and Competence, that weird Meritocracy idea, is replaced by various forms of overt Nepotism then yeah, things go in the crapper. 'A fish rots from its head' and our political brass are starting to reek.

Posted by magpie 2022-10-01 20:24|| 2022-10-01 20:24|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ ..."I need to promote some BIPOC / Alt-gender candidates to meet the quota so find me the least objectionable ones. Chop chop!"

Posted by magpie 2022-10-01 20:27|| 2022-10-01 20:27|| Front Page Top

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