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From: Christine Lareau
Location: Indiana
email: catladyriter @yahoo.com
Remote Name: 216.170.157.158
Date: 12.31.05
Time: 06:07:19 AM
I'm assuming that at-anchor balloons are used as a signal to indicate that the ship is not going to be moving for a while. Under what circumstances are they used? I was looking at a pic of the Mesabi Miner swinging on the hook while waiting to get into a port to unload. Even enlarging the image,I couldn't make out anything that looked like a balloon anywhere above it.