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                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I remember back in 2006 a container full of doritos fell of a ship and over around Frisco pier I think it was...the beach was covered in bags of doritos......]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I remember back in 2006 a container full of doritos fell of a ship and over around Frisco pier I think it was...the beach was covered in bags of doritos......]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sounds like good search and destroy practice for the Navy]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sounds like good search and destroy practice for the Navy]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>Wes Livingston</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[At 17 miles off of Oregon Inlet, not in the gulf stream for sure but in the Labradors probably headed down the beach especially with the high NW winds.  I sure hope they sink but from what I...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[At 17 miles off of Oregon Inlet, not in the gulf stream for sure but in the Labradors probably headed down the beach especially with the high NW winds.  I sure hope they sink but from what I have read they do not sink until they get a hole in them or the doors blow open.<br />
I am very concerned and do not know what will be done to reduce the navigation hazards.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My father was delivering a 110 foot motor yacht in 1978 from Miami to Puerto Rico. They hit one at 3 am and sank the boat in 40 minuets. Fortunately had a Boston Whaler to drop in the water....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My father was delivering a 110 foot motor yacht in 1978 from Miami to Puerto Rico. They hit one at 3 am and sank the boat in 40 minuets. Fortunately had a Boston Whaler to drop in the water. He said it was the worst screeching metal to metal sound you ever heard. Happened on the Atlantic side of the Bahamas.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>John Edmisten</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Just curious. Is there a concerted effort to retrieve them at any point. Are they allowed to just eventually sink?  If they wash up on the neck who cleans them up?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just curious. Is there a concerted effort to retrieve them at any point. Are they allowed to just eventually sink?  If they wash up on the neck who cleans them up?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>Kenneth</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 22:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Free loot!Grab the floaters while you can!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Free loot!Grab the floaters while you can!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>warren barton</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 15:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[WOW!!!!  So, are they close enough to get caught in the Labrador Current or will they be influenced by the Gulf Stream?  Also, if I found one washed up say on Lea Island could I open it and ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[WOW!!!!  So, are they close enough to get caught in the Labrador Current or will they be influenced by the Gulf Stream?  Also, if I found one washed up say on Lea Island could I open it and take what I wanted? :)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>scott collins</dc:creator>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[A lot of times they float right at the surface, very hard to see.  You don&#039;t want to hit one of those bad boys.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A lot of times they float right at the surface, very hard to see.  You don't want to hit one of those bad boys.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://saltwatercentral.com/community/he-arolinas-ews185/">The Carolina&#039;s - News</category>                        <dc:creator>Steve Rossini</dc:creator>
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                        <title>70 stray cargo containers pose threat to mariners off North Carolina</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[70 stray cargo containers pose threat to mariners off North Carolina

PORTSMOUTH, Va.— The Coast Guard is warning mariners of navigation hazards after about 70 cargo containers fell off of...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[70 stray cargo containers pose threat to mariners off North Carolina<br />
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PORTSMOUTH, Va.— The Coast Guard is warning mariners of navigation hazards after about 70 cargo containers fell off of a cargo ship Saturday night, about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.<br />
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The cargo ship Maersk Shanghai contacted watchstanders at Sector North Carolina’s command center via VHF-FM marine radio channel 16, notifying them that they lost approximately 70 to 73 cargo containers due to high winds and heavy seas.<br />
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The Coast Guard urges all mariners to transit this area with caution.<br />
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-USCG-]]></content:encoded>
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