One early afternoon this large ship pulls up beside us on the other side of the dock. Soon afterward we hear a overhead announcement that we are refilling and to please refrain from doing any "hot work" today. That explains the big letters painted in red that said "No Smoking." We are still using 2 of the 6 engines even though we are not moving, which means we still need to refill on fuel from time to time. Well, because we can't just pull anchor and go to the nearest Gas Station, the gas station needs to come to us.
I found out that we need to refill about every 3 months and each time using 220,000 gallons of diesel. We all feel the dent in our pocket book when we have to gas up our cars at home, well this fuel bill is roughly $26,000 each time. Wow! I will turn my light out more often and
appreciate the air
conditioning a little more.
The small price of running a floating hospital.
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