# Have you looked at the traffic jam in Suez?

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**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584 "2021-03-24T14:55:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/11 "2021-03-25T02:16:36Z")

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Duplicate thread. Closing this one at the request of the OP

Other thread is here

> [@Breaking News: Suez Canal blocked by a mega-sized container vessel \[Cleared\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel/938516):
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> This happened this morning, and holy cow, this thing is WEDGED. I was thinking of cracking a joke about how the captain couldn’t be bothered to get directions, but having the Suez blocked is pretty significant. And, of course, my paranoia is whispering to me (it’s not a clinical paranoia, just my brain being able to conceive of evil scenarios) that this is not a case of sometimes shit happens, it’s a case of someone deliberately blocking the canal and the ship is actually a really HUGE float…

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