Great Poseiden's Balls! Do Any of These Things NOT Explode?

The Breaking "Yards" in Bangladesh

The tanker Polar Texas, currently being broken up by broken men in Bangledesh who often die for the privilege of their work, is the chief suspect in a small but significant spill in Puget Sound. The spill was just a few months ago. The case is under investigation - my ideal outcome: ConocoPhillips is prosecuted for destroying evidence by sending Exhibit A to Bangladesh and having it destroyed by hundreds of abused workers with mallets, torches and hacksaws.

Fingered by the chemical signature of the oil, the Polar Texas is notable for having been struck by lightning and exploding in 1979. Then, they fixed it.

The Viceroy originally listed the super-neat SeaLinks site, which allows you to watch real-time shipping traffic in a densely populated, environmentally-sensitive area near you. For fun, combine the transceiver's ship name and a Google search (remember to attach M/V and look in quotes, as in the "M/V 50 Cent," ) and you can often find an image, ownership, history, tonnage, and probable cargo of whatever happens to be threatening your beach at the moment.