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*SSE 4 2SS* · 06-04-2011, 06:15 PM

The weather has turned to straight up doo doo out here. Appropriate since Doug crapped in here anyway...

We are currently experiencing Gale Force winds and the sea have continued to build throughout the day....

I took a few pictures to show the force of the weather... Bare in mind that these are takne from approximately 50 - 60 feet above the water line... There are 15-20 foot seas with occasional 25 and 30 footers rolling through... This is expected to continue to build through the night...

Anyone wanna go for a boat ride...

There are two boats below and as you can tell, the seas are rough... These are about 40 foot boats. The closest one is tied off to the rig and is approximately 110 yards off the rig... Despite this, and our height above the water, they occasionally disappear completely out of sight... For them to try to head in right now would be rough as it would be side seas for them the entire trip in... By tying off to the rig, they maintain some degree of stability and if gets too bad, they always have us to help them...

There have been offshore rigs worldwide that have helped in various ways to mariners in trouble... Safety Reps, (the rig medic) have launched in fast rescue craft, (Semi Rigid inflatable craft with a pump drive) and gone out to meet fishing boats with injured or severly sick persons, to bring them back to the rig for delivering them to a helicopter... One of these was offshore Australia... A guy was injured by some form of marine animal, and it was about a three hour boat ride out to meet the vessel he was on, and then the same ride back to the rig... The FRC was much faster than the boat the injured person was on... and no, other than a handheld GPS and a Compass, there is no navigation equipment on the FRC's.

We've had large work boats pull along side to transfer a sick or injured person via a crane man-lift basket to the rig for handoff to a helicopter... and we've taken on people and treated them on the rig as best as possible until weather and flight conditions or the seas allow for some form of transportation to a shore based facility... I'm still a certified Paramedic and was actually hired on by this company as a Safety Rep... but I transferred into Subsea as soon as I could, No Regrets...

Everyone helps everyone out here... We can't call 911... Well we can, but no help would arrive...

06-04-2011, 06:15 PM	#1084
SSE 4 2SS Boosted Moderator Drives: Bone Stock LS3 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Marion Tx Posts: 15,799	The weather has turned to straight up doo doo out here. Appropriate since Doug crapped in here anyway... We are currently experiencing Gale Force winds and the sea have continued to build throughout the day.... I took a few pictures to show the force of the weather... Bare in mind that these are takne from approximately 50 - 60 feet above the water line... There are 15-20 foot seas with occasional 25 and 30 footers rolling through... This is expected to continue to build through the night... Anyone wanna go for a boat ride... There are two boats below and as you can tell, the seas are rough... These are about 40 foot boats. The closest one is tied off to the rig and is approximately 110 yards off the rig... Despite this, and our height above the water, they occasionally disappear completely out of sight... For them to try to head in right now would be rough as it would be side seas for them the entire trip in... By tying off to the rig, they maintain some degree of stability and if gets too bad, they always have us to help them... There have been offshore rigs worldwide that have helped in various ways to mariners in trouble... Safety Reps, (the rig medic) have launched in fast rescue craft, (Semi Rigid inflatable craft with a pump drive) and gone out to meet fishing boats with injured or severly sick persons, to bring them back to the rig for delivering them to a helicopter... One of these was offshore Australia... A guy was injured by some form of marine animal, and it was about a three hour boat ride out to meet the vessel he was on, and then the same ride back to the rig... The FRC was much faster than the boat the injured person was on... and no, other than a handheld GPS and a Compass, there is no navigation equipment on the FRC's. We've had large work boats pull along side to transfer a sick or injured person via a crane man-lift basket to the rig for handoff to a helicopter... and we've taken on people and treated them on the rig as best as possible until weather and flight conditions or the seas allow for some form of transportation to a shore based facility... I'm still a certified Paramedic and was actually hired on by this company as a Safety Rep... but I transferred into Subsea as soon as I could, No Regrets... Everyone helps everyone out here... We can't call 911... Well we can, but no help would arrive... Attached Images __________________ If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough...