Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses
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Terrible, that's nightmare fuel.
I've never driven over that bridge, but I've sailed under it. It's huge.
I've never driven over that bridge, but I've sailed under it. It's huge.
For a summer my job was to work with data the WVDOT had collected on the condition of the bridges in WV.
Terrifying stuff.
Terrifying stuff.
i've driven over it and was surprised how long it was, 1.6 miles according to the google machine. the bay bridge is 4 miles, which is also surprising to me as i've driven over it a bunch.
only thing i've rammed on the chesapeake was one of those damn markers while crabbing. alcohol may or may not have been a factor.
Dudes had one heck of a tenure. Railway accidents, airport accidents, ships knocking knocking down bridges and EVs catching on fire or shutting down completely in big cities.Transportation Secretary is on the case.
Yeah, the scene in that movie is also nightmare fuel.
This will have major economic impacts, the entire port is shut down.
needs to stop buttfvcking transportation and keep it in the bedroom.
There are a lot of things that bother me about the initial situation.
1) Why are there no bumpers on those piers? In the pictures you see the power line towers have them, but the bridge does not.
2) I am really surprised they don't use tugs there. In Norfolk they use them until the container ships are in open water.
3) I have a feeling we are going to see/hear something about delayed maintenance.
1) Why are there no bumpers on those piers? In the pictures you see the power line towers have them, but the bridge does not.
2) I am really surprised they don't use tugs there. In Norfolk they use them until the container ships are in open water.
3) I have a feeling we are going to see/hear something about delayed maintenance.
Several years ago I was driving to Cincinnati from Chicago and like 50 miles of one interstate was closed (both directions) for bridge inspection due to substandard and non-spec concrete being used in the construction of its bridges. I actually think it was in Indiana and not Illinois.
I feel so much better...
www.cbsnews.com
FBI says "no specific or credible information" tying terrorism to Baltimore bridge collapse
Federal and state authorities, including the National Transportation Safety Board, are continuing their investigations into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
www.cbsnews.com
The good news is local emergency response got the mayday and was able to stop several cars from entering the bridge pre-collision.
Still several are unaccounted for, including several from a construction crew.
Heard a ship captain on the radio. He said those ships have a backup steering and guidance system. He believes the primary failed and perhaps the backup system. He said it can sometimes take miles to stop. He said something doesn't add up.
From the video I saw it looked like the lights went out, then back on, then back out. Don’t know if that was the primary system failing twice or the primary failing then the secondary failing separately though. Would be terrible design, but I wonder if both systems had a single point of failure downstream.
I’ve been wondering how they stopped traffic but didn’t alert the construction crews to evacuate.
Here's a video from a guy with a lot of experience in the industry that says it's perfectly normal for the tugs to leave once the ship is in the channel.
There's some other good information in there, as well as some comments from others in the industry.
Joe will soon tell about how he spent two summers as captain of a cargo ship and fully understands the situation.
He and Mark Twain were riverboat pilots together.
we won’t discuss what they called cornpop at the time…
I was on the right track but picked the wrong lie he would use.
You guys ever notice that every event like this or funeral or speaking engagement about something, Mush Brain always has a some kind of "connection" or fabrication. He even uses his son's death to fabricate a relationship during speeches. It is bizarre behavior. He has always been there or done that or crossed that bridge on a train. His house almost burned down and relates that to the Hawaii fire. He is a chronic fabricator.
Pretty nuts that the only fatalities were the 6 workers.
