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It was a big ship, travelling at a decent speed, so I put some figures together for you to explain the delay, which will undoubtedly come in very useful in your next pub quiz. 
The momentum with which the Ever Whatsit hit the bank is the equivalent of:-
a fully laden Boeing 747 travelling at 12,285 km/h 
a Lockheed Martin F-35B in standard flight mode at 458,333 km/h 
a fully loaded Ford Transit van travelling at 1,774,194 km/h. 
For those with imperial tendencies, that's 7,634, 284,795 and 1,102,433 mph.
A fruit fly could achieve similar momentum by flying at close to the speed of light, but this would be entirely due to relativistic effects.
Aren't you happier now that you have that useful explanation at your fingertips? 
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I honestly have not given the situation more than 10 minutes combined thought since it happened.
I really, really don't care....but, I am glad you do. 
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Hah! Just wait till they get it free - then they'll send it over to block the Panama canal - then you'll care, right enough!
... or not, as the case may be. 
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Chris C-B wrote: then you'll care, right enough!
Somehow, I don't think this will happen again - at least on purpose. The U.S. Navy is involved now to free this ship, and I think there will be a meeting of the minds over this for sure, to ensure it does not happen again.
I'm not worried enough to bother with a care.
modified 28-Mar-21 18:20pm.
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A suggestion from the internet[^]
Leave it to the Internet to keep me amused about a global economic foobar that is costing $9 billion a day.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Chris C-B wrote: The momentum with which the Ever Whatsit hit the bank is the equivalent of:-
[Insert yo momma joke here]
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And here I am wondering why QA posts don't update in any real time when there's content added to them. On the weekend.
Chris C-B wrote: relativistic effects
Time-Life Books circa 1968 "Giant Molecules" and the explanation sub-topically "The Relativity Express" explains it all!
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I am curious about the speed energy in term of blue whales or African elephants!  
modified 28-Mar-21 19:54pm.
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Naah not an issue they hit the edge and go splat - no blockage.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Am I the only one wondering what the equivalent speed would be to achieve that momentum for an unladen swallow?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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African or European?
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Eh, I don't know that! aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I'm just waiting for the required 15 minutes before I can head home - and I'll be back in around 12 weeks for the second dose.
No problems so far, except for the bloodlust and the howling at the moon. I'm pretty sure I had the fangs and fur before, didn't I?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I don't know which jab you had, but I had my second Pfizer a couple of weeks ago. I had no side effects from the first jab, but after the second one I kept feeling cold, even in a room at 21-23°C. It is just wearing off now.
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I slept for 7 days straight after my first Pfizer shot on 3/14 (had to take 2 days off from work). Then, like a light switch, I was fine; not tired anymore. weird. Only side effect.
I get my 2nd vaccine shot next Saturday.
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Slacker007 wrote: I slept for 7 days straight after my first Pfizer shot
<program theory="conspiracy">You have now been programmed to believe anything and everything the MSM feed you.</program>
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: ... believe anything and everything the MSM feed ...
Could be worse: could be MSN ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The two of us both had both Pfizer shots. Negligible side effects. Just a somewhat sore shoulder the second day, which meant I couldn't sleep on that side for one night.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Same here with my wife & I. My daughters didn't even have pain at the site of the injection.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Mine gave me fairly bad flu symptoms the evening I got it, lasting until about 3pm the following day.
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OriginalGriff wrote: the bloodlust and the howling at the moon
Are the neighbours complaining about missing chickens? Sheep? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Just wait until that chip they injected gets its first Windows update; that'll knock you out. 
[I was fine for 36 hours after my Pfizer jab; then spent 24 hours feeling like I had flu; then was fine again.]
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Now I know what to expect ... and it's comforting somehow, but when - no idea yet ...
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Had my second (Astra) shot, just over a week ago. After the first, I had one night of shivering and a couple of days feeling tired. I had virtually no reaction after the 2nd jab. Just a bit tired on the day - which could just be down to stress, as I'm sh!t scared of needles. 
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