Did an HP Hood milk crate float across the Atlantic?

Milk crates are still made of material lighter than water, even if they are not solid like a boat. Ditto for those old style recycling bins which frequently contained drain holes.

After the Merrimack River flooded horribly in 2006, milk crates and recycling bins and all manner of mess ended up on Plum Island, where the river meets the Atlantic.

These have important features: bins are marked with the origin community (milk crates to a lesser extent are linked to dairies).

In fact, researchers were able to estimate the extent of the flooding by noting the markings on these items, that arrived via tributaries as far as 80 miles away!

It is entirely possible that this crate got into the ocean as a result of a flooding event in New England - like the tidal flooding in 2018 or the grand slucing of Vermont in 2011 after Irene - and then made its way to merry old England!.

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Thank you for noticing :-) (Been feeling unnoticed lately)

Nah, to be frank, I've recently learned that Microsoft Powerpoint can be used for many more things than boring HR presentations about life insurance.

Amazingly enough is it can do stuff like maps, layouts, and easy graphics. Its just easier and far faster than fighting with GIMP or paying for Illustrator. Just export as a PNG.

Combined with my recent increase of my mad GIMP skills... ta da. Took me about 25 minutes to make that. The crate was most of it, I had the map and arrows done in 10.

I also have been using PowerPoint for basic graphics and effects for some video stuff I've been playing around with.

Yes I hear groans from pros out there, but I think for zero dollars it does a OK job. I mean I was able to figure out how to do this when I combined all three (GIMP, Powerpoint, and my video editing software).

Its not quite yet (and I know, wrong sequence) but pretty good for someone who has absolutely no clue to what they am doing. Also me: Single, Childless, Lives alone, works from home.

But yeah Powerpoint actually does graphics and rendering. Its basic, but for text and graphics its not bad. and can do HD resolutions. I mean how much bigger do you want? :-)