Large pipe washes ashore on Wash. coast
SEAVIEW, Wash. (AP) - A large pipe washed ashore Tuesday on the Washington coast near the mouth of the Columbia River at Cape Disappointment State Park.
It's 19 feet long and 3 feet in diameter.
State officials are trying to determine whether its debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, but there are no markings that would help.
The state Marine Debris Task Force says the state Fish and Wildlife Department is checking for any invasive species in the seaweed clinging to the cylinder.
It's 19 feet long and 3 feet in diameter.
State officials are trying to determine whether its debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, but there are no markings that would help.
The state Marine Debris Task Force says the state Fish and Wildlife Department is checking for any invasive species in the seaweed clinging to the cylinder.
Maybe the remains of Godzilla's life raft.
Looks like a pipe dream to me...
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 @Biggg Donnn ???
 @Glassman How does that HTML translate...??
 @Glassman OK, Dude, found out what it means, pops up briefly during loading -- "your page did not load correctly" - it's a bug in Chrome and some other browsers
 @Biggg Donnn Not worth the effort.
I wouldn't get close unless I had a dosimeter or Geiger unit.  Seems like everyone has forgotten about Fukushima.
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 @Hueski The tsunami washed everything out to sea long before the reactor had troubles.
wow sealed at both ends and may have been floating around for who knows how long
why are we wasting money to figure out where it's from? Eliminate any invasive species and sell it to a scrap yard to cover the cost.
That what she said!
could be a weed pipe? now that marijuana is legal.Â
Was the Tsunami Federal Strike Force deployed to secure the area and take prisoners?
Boy I'd hate to be out in my boat in the fog and hit that thing. OUCH!
Put the word out to the Meth Community. Watch them scrap it, take it to the dealer. Solves the removal problem of removal, catches the methhead, and now you have the scrap dealer they work with. Win-Win
 @TheBaldone I think you're on to something here!
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Since when do metal pipes float?
 @fumblefacedolt Same concept that allows a steel ship to float or a cement barge to float.
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Well.. only if you aren't referring to the new 520 bridge!
@fumblefacedolt Don't you ever watch David Letterman's SInk or Float segments? You would be amazed what actually floats sometimes.
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When they are hollow, water-tight and the weight of the water it displaces is greater than the pipe weight.
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 @Poisonous Giraffe  @fumblefacedolt Seattle's floating
bridges are other examples where items float that one thinks will not
float. In the case of the bridges it is captive air that maintains the
buoyancy of the cement and steel structure.Â
@Poisonous Giraffe  Yep. Its called buoyancy (also known as Archimedes principle).
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Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.   --  Archimedes
 @Snohomish_G8r That is now just like a fairy tale--Once upon
a time. I for one remember that time.
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@Snohomish_G8r  As do I.
@scared_citizen Ah, science. I remember when they used to actually teach that in schools.