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I used to take that bridge daily and man it’s tall as gently caress. It feels like you are driving into the sky as you get onto the truss part. I can’t imagine how horrifying that must have been for the people on it. gently caress.
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that meme of a weedy doge but it's american bridges
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Large cargo ships loving things up is funnier when they're sideways in major trade routes rather than when they're collapsing bridges and killing people. They should do more of that.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I hate "hill" bridges. There's one in my home city that's filled me with dread since I was a child. It's the idea of reaching the crest of the bridge to find nothing there on the other side. For decades I've had an ocassional reoccuring nightmare that I've crested a bridge like that but it's hundreds of meters in the air. Then as I'm beginning the descent I find the brakes don't work. I've been driving for 25 years and I still get the willies when I'm crossing bridges like that.
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Random Stranger posted:Large cargo ships loving things up is funnier when they're sideways in major trade routes rather than when they're collapsing bridges and killing people. They should do more of that. We had one of those too not long after the Suez Canal one in the bay just south of Baltimore, I went to gawk at it from a local park. I don’t think I’ll be doing that this time.
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if he had gone a lil faster maybe the bridge would have ended up balancing on the container stack like a neat magic trick.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Just fyi if this is a joke about my intelligence I don't get it for obvious reasons. Nope just being dumb about your username and then made a rhyme
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Kind of impressive it missed that electric tower.
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this should probably be required reading for the engineers building the replacement bridge:
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There's some guy in Baltimore who was looking for any excuse to call off of work today, and this is all his fault.
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Francis Scott Key Bridge: The British Empire Strikes Back
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Wall Balls posted:here's the longer version if you wanna see it in real time My armchair analysis: The ship knew some minutes ahead of time that they were experiencing power issues, and warned the authorities. The bridge got closed for traffic, initially left-to-right, and, just in the nick of time, right-to-left. The "only" vehicles on the bridge at the time of collapse were emergency vehicles. This could've gone a lot worse if it had happened during rush hour.
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I completely honestly never considered the implications of a container ship losing power mid-movement. new fear unlocked...
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bolind posted:My armchair analysis: If this was true, that would be a hell of an “oh poo poo” moment for the crew as they got closer and closer.
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bolind posted:My armchair analysis: There was an entire work crew still on the bridge doing regular maintenance. In my experience driving past work crews on the key bridge this is usually painting and rust removal. It seems unlikely there was a closure since the crew wasn’t evacuated. Just “lucky” it was late at night.
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Silly Burrito posted:If this was true, that would be a hell of an “oh poo poo” moment for the crew as they got closer and closer. “So we’re all agreed, let’s keep the story straight - it was like this when we got here.”
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bolind posted:My armchair analysis: The bridge vehicle strobes are amber, more consistent with some kind of maintenance crew than cop cars. Also the cops would have been blocking the bridge from the nearest exits / turnoffs at both ends. Maybe the maintenance guys weren't on the frequency and the cops didn't get a call out to them.
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Platystemon posted:The Great Pyramid outweighs that ship by a factor of fifty. For numbers the Pyramid of Giza is estimated to weigh 5.7 million tons, a loaded cargo ship seems to be about 220,000 tons from a quick google. So yeah It would definitely leave a mark but probably be pretty fine other than that. As has been said not sure other than the various pyramids that could do that. Three gorges drat maybe? looking it up it seems to be 115 meters thick of solid concrete and seems to weigh 72 million tons, although obviously not in solid shape, and with just a whole bunch of water putting pressure on it as well.
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so you're saying they should have built the bridge out of pyramids?
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LordArgh posted:so you're saying they should have built the bridge out of pyramids? And risk mummies talking over Baltimore???? Yes.
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If you're not familiar with the area, Baltimore is one of the biggest ports on the east coast. It's got a container port, a roll on/roll off vehicle port, multiple facilities for coal and bulk aggregate loading served by two separate railways, various ports for mineral and other industries... All of this except for the sparrows point complex are behind the bridge. The ship was leaving the container port at Dundalk (Seagurt marine terminal) when it hit. All of those port facilities will be shut until they can clear the channel. This is going to gently caress up shipping on the entire east coast.
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dr_rat posted:And risk mummies talking over Baltimore???? The rats will take care of the mummies no problem I’m unconcerned. From an acquaintance who works in the harbor- “Its local Baltimore port hired people who pilot the ships until they get to the Bay Bridge(further south of Baltimore in the bay) - the cargo companies are not allowed to self pilot in our harbors. The pilots that move these cargo ships through the harbor are extensively experienced in navigating through those specific waters and have been cleared through the federal TWIC issuance process. From what I can gather, the ship hit a rock wall coming out of port and sustained a hull breach. Subsequently they had a total power loss. They did try to send an emergency alert indicating a hit was imminent so they could get people off the bridge and stop people from getting on, it just all happened so fast. It looked like a direct hit because the ship tried to execute a turn when power was lost and it cut their ability to continue the turn or perform further evasive maneuvers.”
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rear end hole conspiracy theories all over comments sections already
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This is why we need to bring back sails
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frumpykvetchbot posted:Maybe the maintenance guys weren't on the frequency and the cops didn't get a call out to them. This was a huge problem when my town was evacuated two wildfires ago. Amateur radio operators wound up relaying messages to coordinate police, fire, ambulance, and hotshot crews. Since then, they (finally) all got on equipment that can interoperate.
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You'd think nautical people would at least use the correct term, allision.
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It's no 9/11
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If only they had dredged the grain pier....
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Log082 posted:If you're not familiar with the area, Baltimore is one of the biggest ports on the east coast. It's got a container port, a roll on/roll off vehicle port, multiple facilities for coal and bulk aggregate loading served by two separate railways, various ports for mineral and other industries... Yeah we all saw season 2 of The Wire
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Baltimore's economy is hosed And then this happens?
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Hope everyone that fell in is ok.
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smoobles posted:Baltimore's economy is hosed 
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AtomikKrab posted:My mother sleeps in the upstairs bedroom, she just called me to say the sound of it woke her up and she felt it rattle the house slightly, she thought it was a low flying plane and went back to bed. What's it like to live in a shipping container?
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Spandex Bonerlord posted:What's it like to live in a shipping container? Multiple shipping containers, I am not that poor to be down to just one.
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Why is nobody talking about the real victim, the economy
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There's a bunch of ships anchored off Annapolis, bound for Baltimore. Guess those aren't going anywhere for a while.
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TheBuilder posted:If only they had dredged the grain pier.... I wonder if his truck was still parked under the bridge.
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They'll find another port. Your sex arse might be a bit late.
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This is really bad for Biden.
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goatface posted:They'll find another port. Your sex arse might be a bit late. I think we need to all sit down and think about the poor Sri Lankans that have to go without high quality Baltimore made sex arses.
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