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Rant: Old school dredge hands could spot a sandbar shift from the deck vibe

Back then, you felt the job in your bones from engine rumble and water flow. Now kids fresh out of school rely on blinking lights and software alarms. I watched a new guy almost shear a cutter head because his screen showed clear depth. We traded grit for glitchy tablets that freeze up in the rain. Keep some of that old sense alive, or we'll all be stuck in the mud.
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briank20
briank202d ago
On the Mississippi run, I used to doubt the deck vibe talk. But @ruby_thomas is right, you need that gut feel when screens go dark.
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ruby_thomas
You know, I used to think all that old deck vibe stuff was just superstition. But last season our new mapping software failed during a tight channel cut, and the skipper who felt the current change saved a full day's work. Sometimes you need both.
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