Driving back to Minnesota with the family after Thanksgiving, Passenger attempted to amuse Driver with area factoids from Wiki and its links...

There are hints that a newly invigorated container removal effort at the MV Rena , still grounded off New Zealand, may not have much longer ...

How often does one get to meet one's movie hero? Not often. I did interview Harrison Ford once about his helicopter training when I wa...

The removal of Heavy Fuel Oil , diesel, and lubricating oil from the Rena is complete enough that the next phase, container removal , has b...

Disaster-wise, I'm tracking several developments (evidence of spontaneous fission at Fukushima-Daichi; what went wrong with Fobos-Grunt ...

Quick DW sitrep : The Rena will never float again, or not in one piece, but at least it's holding together at its location on Astrolabe ...

The Containership Vessel Rena hasn't broken in half yet, but the hull is seriously fractured, given the flexing of the ship. Here's ...