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An anchor chain on the 300-foot mega-yacht, the MV Tatoosh, owned by billionaire Paul Allen, has destroyed almost 14,000 sq.ft of reef in the West Bay replenishment zone, the Department of Environment confirmed following a survey of the area. DoE officials said more than 80% of the coral in the area has been damaged by the luxury boat's chain. Local divers conducted an in-water survey of the coral reef damage last week and the DoE expects to publish the detail findings next week.
Early findings already indicate extensive damage and investigations into the circumstances of the incident are ongoing, with the assistance of staff aboard the Microsoft billionaire's superyacht, which was anchored close to the Doc Poulson wreck and The Knife dive site, officials said.
"In addition to assessing the damage and determining the cause of this incident, we are also paying close attention to lessons learned so that we can more effectively prevent these accidents while still hosting visiting yachts," a spokesperson for the DoE said.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Friday January 29 2016, @12:20AM
I am referring to tech, yes. He's a technology person. I like to think technology people are a cut above, smarter than the average bear. But I know that's not true. One could argue that there are always a few extremes, a few outliers such as Reiser, and the majority of IT people are superior. But that's not so either. Housing prices skyrocketed in Silly Valley because IT people ran the prices up, same as any other group of idiots would do when suddenly blessed with wealth.
Another example of a group that seems superior is medical professionals. Yet so many doctors are awful at managing their own finances, and somehow manage to remain broke despite making 6 figure incomes.
Seems Paul Allen doesn't know what to do with his wealth any more than most any other overly wealthy recipient of good fortune. I mean, really, running around in a luxury yacht? What's so fun about that? Why not spend all your time on hedonistic pursuits? Only purpose I can see for a yacht is to show off how filthy rich he is. Bill Gates is at least trying with this foundation he has started to find cures for diseases, late though he was to that party.
If I was a billionaire, you'd see something very different. I think our houses and cities are very badly designed, and about the first thing I'd do is try to set up a new town with a charter designed to address these shortcomings. In particular, the worship of the automobile has so warped our cities that all other modes of transport are strongly discouraged. I also believe copyright as we know it should be abolished. It stands in the way of the public library going all digital. I'd also take a whack at the medical industry in the US. One thing I have in mind is to work on issues that would help with Climate Change, thus the town I mentioned.