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Related: About this forumNoah's Ark Breaks Loose in Storm, Slams into Boats Docked in Urk Harbor
A Bible-themed floating museum meant to be a replica of Noah's Ark went adrift from the port of Urk early Wednesday afternoon. The VerhalenArk, also called the "Ark of Noah" in English, crashed into several ships in the harbor along the shore of the IJsselmeer lake.
Several people and animals were aboard the vessel at the time it broke free of its moorings, De Stentor reported. Seven people were rescued off the museum, but the animals remained into the evening.
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Wind gusts of about 107 kilometers per hour were reported just north of Urk at the time of the accident. Gusts nearing 119 km/h were measured in the middle of the lake, according to Weerplaza.
The Ark ripped a post out of the ground and nearly floated away last month. "We did the maximum we could, but apparently it was not enough. This morning there was a big gust of wind and there it went," a port representative told the broadcaster. They planned to actively investigate what went wrong.
https://nltimes.nl/2018/01/03/video-noahs-ark-breaks-loose-storm-slams-boats-docked-urk-harbor
Several people and animals were aboard the vessel at the time it broke free of its moorings, De Stentor reported. Seven people were rescued off the museum, but the animals remained into the evening.
...
Wind gusts of about 107 kilometers per hour were reported just north of Urk at the time of the accident. Gusts nearing 119 km/h were measured in the middle of the lake, according to Weerplaza.
The Ark ripped a post out of the ground and nearly floated away last month. "We did the maximum we could, but apparently it was not enough. This morning there was a big gust of wind and there it went," a port representative told the broadcaster. They planned to actively investigate what went wrong.
https://nltimes.nl/2018/01/03/video-noahs-ark-breaks-loose-storm-slams-boats-docked-urk-harbor
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Noah's Ark Breaks Loose in Storm, Slams into Boats Docked in Urk Harbor (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2018
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shenmue
(38,538 posts)1. WTF
louis-t
(23,817 posts)2. Just like the movie with Steve Carrell!
Evan Almighty.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)3. Guess the Ark had a mind of its own, though a flood was coming, time
to pickup some passengers.
procon
(15,805 posts)4. Out on the open ocean in that death trap when a big storm hit?
Fish food!
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)5. Get real......
WTF an ARK? Crazy
Turbineguy
(38,587 posts)6. The irony is the location of that thing.
The Ijselmeer has arguably the most closely and carefully controlled water level on the planet.