Large floating log poses hazard near Ballard Locks, Seattle WA
TrafficA large floating log about 20 feet long is tied to a blue boat in the freshwater area near Ballard Locks. It blocks the waterway and creates a danger for boats. The person reporting is trying to move it and has notified the Coast Guard.
Audio|Source: Ballard Marine - Ch 13, 14 and 16
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Transcript:
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I don't know who I would call on this, but just on the freshwater side, if you look down, I'm not, if you look down, there's a huge deadhead sticking in the water.
00:09
Like, I'm tied to it with my blue boat.
00:11
Good copy. And I just wanted to make you guys aware it's probably like 20 feet long, and it is a huge threat to boats in the...
00:21
Canal, over.
00:22
Yay, Captain.
00:23
Thanks for giving us a call.
00:24
Unfortunately, we do not have the resources with our crew right now to do all that.
00:31
So we gave the Coast Guard a call concerning the deadhead.
00:37
So someone had been notified.
00:39
Okay, thank you very much.
00:40
I'm gonna continue to try to get it out of the way best I can with what I got until they just do my due diligence.
00:48
Anyway, over now, thank you.
00:49
Yeah, maybe if you could push it out to one of those piers, kind of like away from the waterway area, then that would be nice if you have the resources to do so.
00:57
Sam for working on it.
00:59
Thank you. Over and up.
01:00
Thank you very much.
01:01
Have a good evening.
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Location mentioned:
Ballard (Hiram M. Chittenden) Locks, 3015 NW 54th St, Seattle, WA 98107
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