gnarly vid,
to see that ship lose power, again+again:
Video shows what happened right before ship hit bridge
oh boy...
to see that ship lose power, again+again:
Video shows what happened right before ship hit bridge
oh boy...
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Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
- Thread starter GromsDad
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Amazing only 6 people missing.
So lucky the bridge wasn't collapsed with rush hour traffic... that would have been a major catastrophic death toll.
So lucky the bridge wasn't collapsed with rush hour traffic... that would have been a major catastrophic death toll.
The ship managed to radio ahead so they blocked the road.Amazing only 6 people missing.
So lucky the bridge wasn't collapsed with rush hour traffic... that would have been a major catastrophic death toll.
"Good Morning SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS. Do the needful. We are the fucking!"
That bridge reflected racism and white supremacy and had to come down.
I get the feeling the majority of public works projects these days are related to median strip landscaping and sidewalk beautification. And when they do anything of any magnitude, it goes at a glacial pace. It works well, that way they can spend a bunch of money doing jackshit and then get a larger budget for the following year.
The Hindus are butthurt about stuff like this, "But Americans were piloting the ship at the time!" How do you pilot a ship that has no power?
to get on the radio & warn everyone; drop anchor; pray.
My wife was back in Baltimore seeing her family this past weekend, drove over the bridge.
Port of Baltimore is shut down indefinitely.
Silver lining: perhaps the fallen bridge will make good fish habitat like it did when Galloping Gerdie fell in 1940 between Gig Harbor and Tacoma. We drive that bridge all the time, and fish for lingcod in the wreckage.
Port of Baltimore is shut down indefinitely.
Silver lining: perhaps the fallen bridge will make good fish habitat like it did when Galloping Gerdie fell in 1940 between Gig Harbor and Tacoma. We drive that bridge all the time, and fish for lingcod in the wreckage.
They have to remove all parts of the bridge in the water. It's a major shipping lane.
There was nothing wrong with the bridge itself. To build a stand alone bridge capable of withstanding that sort of impact is virtually impossible without engineering it to be a castle on the water. No one would pay to do that.
However, it is cost effective to protect the critical supports near the ship channel with barriers, such as concrete islands, barriers, dredged spoil alongside the channel, etc., to cause the ship to run aground before it can strike the central bridge supports.
When the Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay was rebuilt after it was taken out by a barge in 1980, they dredged the shipping channel and dumped the spoil in front of the supports, and also build round concrete islands in front of the supports. Any ship veering from the channel would either run aground, or be stopped by the concrete barriers.
This is something that really needs to be considered, as it is cost effective, and there are many bridges in our ports just as vulnerable as the Key bridge.
Breh they have to remove the parts in the shipping channel. The parts not in the shipping channel should be reserved as habitat for under-served members of the tautog, sheepshead, porgy, and striped bass community.
Check your bitcoinboi mammal privilege.
Thanks you.
