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“For the Panama Canal a couple of years ago we did a balcony, since there is more to see and there were six ports of call in 12 days. Most of our cruises, we have stayed in a cabin with a window just to get the feel of a larger room and to check the weather before going out.”
Bill Hancock
“With one of the most ambitious seasons in recent history planned for the Canal System in 2006, it seemed only fitting to have the canals open ahead of schedule so that more people could come out to take advantage of this tremendous resource.”
Carmella Mantello
“My dad was a working man on the canals, one of the last people to take a boat through the top locks. Now we have nowhere to visit him. I am very upset.”
Chris Taylor
“If the canal chooses not to expand, trade will continue to flow and go elsewhere.”
Chris Koch
“My mom lived off the canal of a river, ... It looked like a bomb went off. I never thought it was going to be that bad. I stayed the night (in Texas), then Monday morning after the storm had gone more up north, we went back thinking it was okay. It took us a long time because of all the traffic that was leaving. Normally, it would take an hour, but it took six hours because of all the evacuees. It took a good 11 or 12 hours to get to Texas, and it usually only takes five.”
Crystal Davis
“He was lined up straight with the ship canal. All of a sudden, he went port (left) and hit the wall.”
Dale Mitchell
“He was lined up straight with the ship canal,”
“Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal.”
Zachary Karabell
“The waters in the industrial canal had risen very rapidly ... far above what was ever predicted or anticipated in the area.”
Dan Hitchings
“We're pretty confident that's going to get finished today. The sheet pile will close the canal to the lake.”
Walter Baumy