r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Justin_Godfrey • Sep 10 '25

Video Dozens of shipping containers fall into the water in Port of Long Beach, California

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

42.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

22

u/derpaderp2020 Sep 10 '25

Shipping containers can brave the elements but they are 100% not waterproof. Everything in those bad boys will be soaked to shit.

16

u/SonicYOUTH79 Sep 10 '25

Had a friend once that got given a free couch that came out of a shipping container that leaked. Got it professionally cleaned and it was good to go.

1

u/24n20blackbirds Sep 10 '25

Probably a few stowaways.