tractor man posted:

i heard the bridge fell because of wokeism? anyone else heard this?

Peanut Butler posted:

moth man does not destroy bridges. he observes them being destroyed for his own inscrutable reasons that we are not meant to understand

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

I guess one of the containers that fell off the ship was full of fur pelts because they are washing up everywhere this morning. There’s about to be some thrift stores and pawn shops full of some nasty rear end fur.

Draven posted:

Mothman did nothing wrong

quote:

The Francis Scott Key Bridge opened in March 1977 and is named for the author of the Star Spangled Banner. The bridge is the outermost of three toll crossings of Baltimore's Harbor. Upon completion, the bridge structure and its approaches became the final links in Interstate 695 (the Baltimore Beltway).

By the early 1960s, the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (Interstate 895), the first crossing of Baltimore's Harbor, had reached its traffic capacity, and motorists encountered heavy congestion and delays almost daily during rush hours. The State Roads Commission, predecessor of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), concluded there was a need for a second harbor crossing and began planning a single-tube tunnel under the Patapsco River, downstream from the Harbor Tunnel. The proposed site was between Hawkins Point and Sollers Point. Plans also were underway for a drawbridge over Curtis Creek to connect Hawkins Point to Sollers Point.

Contractors took borings of the harbor bottom in the spring of 1969. Bids for construction of the proposed tunnel were opened on July 30, 1970, but price proposals were substantially higher than the engineering estimates. Officials drafted alternative plans, including the concept of a four-lane bridge.

The bridge, at an estimated cost of $110 million, represented the best alternative because it allowed for more traffic lanes and carried lower operating and maintenance costs than a tunnel. In addition, a bridge would provide a route across the Baltimore Harbor for vehicles transporting hazardous materials (these materials are prohibited from both the Baltimore Harbor and Fort McHenry [Interstate 95] tunnels).

Construction on the Francis Scott Key Bridge began in 1972, and the bridge opened to traffic on March 23, 1977. Including its connecting approaches, the bridge project is 10.9 miles in length. Other structures along the thruway include a .64-mile dual-span drawbridge over Curtis Creek and two .74-mile parallel bridge structures that carry traffic over Bear Creek, near Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant.

Peanut Butler posted:

moth man does not destroy bridges. he observes them being destroyed for his own inscrutable reasons that we are not meant to understand

wesleywillis posted:

Instead of whales, they have to deliver sex arses to the future.

waffle iron posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhupqgP0JQ

This video is a short summary of the building of the bridge and where the funding might come from to replace it.

FogHelmut posted:

biznatchio posted:

I wonder who won the pool.

biznatchio posted:

I wonder who won the pool.

tractor man posted:

i heard the bridge fell because of wokeism? anyone else heard this?

frumpykvetchbot posted:

the bridge pillars was made from the flimsiest pronouns you can imagine.

wesleywillis posted:

At some point in the process of rebuilding that bridge, we're going to find out that the dude who the bridge was named after, was a sex pest, racist, anti-gay or some other poo poo like that and then the new bridge will be named after a woman, someone not white/heterosexual and then it will be "THEY DESTROYED CANCELLED THAT BRIDGE DUE TO WOKENESS AND NOW ITS NAMED AFTER A NON-WHITE/HETERO/MALE PERSON CAUSE WOKENESS THERE EVEN CANCELLING ARE BRIDGES NOW FIGHT THE WOKE-UPATION** OF 'MERICA!!!"

pronounced "woke-you-pay-shin"

Hazo posted:

e: awful app double posted when it crashed like a cargo ship into a bridge pylon

tractor man posted:

i heard the bridge fell because of wokeism? anyone else heard this?

Sentient Data posted:

The important thing is that it taught me that the word allision exists and that's cool

NYTimes posted:

“It’s difficult to overstate the impact of this collision,” Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said

Athas posted:

Uh, no, overstating the impact is easy, watch:

The collapse of this bridge is as bad as the collapse of two bridges of equal importance.

wesleywillis posted:

At some point in the process of rebuilding that bridge, we're going to find out that the dude who the bridge was named after, was a sex pest, racist, anti-gay or some other poo poo like that and then the new bridge will be named after a woman, someone not white/heterosexual and then it will be "THEY DESTROYED CANCELLED THAT BRIDGE DUE TO WOKENESS AND NOW ITS NAMED AFTER A NON-WHITE/HETERO/MALE PERSON CAUSE WOKENESS THERE EVEN CANCELLING ARE BRIDGES NOW FIGHT THE WOKE-UPATION** OF 'MERICA!!!"

pronounced "woke-you-pay-shin"

quote:

Multiple intel sources: Baltimore bridge collapse was an “absolutely brilliant strategic attack” on US critical infrastructure - most likely cyber - & our intel agencies know it. In information warfare terms, they just divided the US along the Mason Dixon line exactly like the Civil War.

Second busiest strategic roadway in the nation for hazardous material now down for 4-5 years - which is how long they say it will take to recover. Bridge was built specifically to move hazardous material - fuel, diesel, propane gas, nitrogen, highly flammable materials, chemicals and oversized cargo that cannot fit in the tunnels - that supply chain now crippled.

Make no mistake: this was an extraordinary attack in terms of planning, timing & execution.

The two critical components on that bridge are the two load-bearing pylons on each end, closest to the shore. They are bigger, thicker and deeper than anything else. These are the anchor points and they knew that hitting either one one of them would be a fatal wound to the integrity of the bridge.

Half a mile of bridge went in the river - likely you will have to build a new one. Also caused so much damage to the structural integrity of the bottom concrete part that you cannot see & won’t know until they take the wreckage apart. Structural destruction likely absolute.

Attack perfectly targeted.

“They have figured out how to bring us down. As long as you stay away from the teeth of the US military, you can pick the US apart. We are arrogant and ignorant - lethal combination. Obama said they would fundamentally change America and they did. We are in a free-fall ride on a roller coaster right now - no brakes - just picking up speed.”

The footage shows the cargo ship never got in the approach lane in the channel. You have to be in the channel before you get into that turn. Location was precise/deliberate: chose a bend in the river where you have to slow down and commit yourself - once you are committed in that area there is not enough room to maneuver.

Should have had a harbor pilot to pilot the boat. You are not supposed to traverse any obstacles without the harbor pilot.

They chose a full moon so they would have maximum tidal shift - rise and fall. Brisk flow in that river on a normal day & have had a lot of rain recently so water was already moving along at a good pace.

Hit it with enough kinetic energy to knock the load-bearing pylon out from under the highway - which fatally weakens the span and then 50 percent of the bridge fell into the water.

All these factors when you look at it - this is how you teach people how to do this type of attack and there are so few people left in the system who know this. We have a Junior varsity team on the field.

Tremendous navigational obstruction. Huge logistical nightmare to clean this up. Number of dead is tragic but not the whole measure of the attack.

That kind-of bridge constantly under repair - always at night because there is so much traffic and they cannot obstruct that during the day. So concern is for repair guys who were on foot (out of their vehicles) working who may now be in the water - 48 degrees at most at this time of year.

When you choke off Baltimore you have cut the main north-south hazardous corridor (I95) in half. Now has to go around the city - or go somewhere else.

To move some of that cargo through the tunnel you may be able to get a permit but those are slow to get and require an escort system that is expensive and has to be done at night.

For every $100 dollars that goes into the city, $12 comes from shipping. Believe this will cripple the city of Baltimore at a time when they do not have the resources to recover.

Hazo posted:

Elon is push-notifying posts like this, from insane right-wing q conspiracy loons

Hazo posted:

Elon is push-notifying posts like this, from insane right-wing q conspiracy loons