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I think there are many cruise ships that use that port too. They are ****ed.
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Maybe the ship lost power. (Checks thread.) Yeah, that might be it. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gov. Wes Moore confirms that the ship's crew issued a mayday and communicated they were experiencing a power issue, enabling transportation officials to halt traffic over the bridge. "These people are heroes. They saved lives last night," Moore said.</p>— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) <a href="https://twitter.com/justin_fenton/status/1772629105881632880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Hay guyz - it's all ball bearings anymore, and ball bearings make power.
Duh. |
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The. Thread. :facepalm: |
The Baltimore Mayor looks like he is 14.,
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I just heard that the ship didn't have power. Terrorists probably detonated a small EMP on board. |
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I wouldn't be shocked to find out the ship has had problems with it often in the not-so-distant past and decided to say **** it and bring it in anyway. The odds of the power going out at that point after a long voyage without any warning signs is astronomical. (Hook, line, and sinker Bear. You got me LMAO) |
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Will be close to 2 years, once they get the right plan in place Yes, economically it will ***K the Balt. Port. |
The regular ship pilot Captain and crew relinquish control of the ship to the Harbor Patrol crew and Pilot to navigate large container ships through the Harbor. This Harbor is considered a calm harbor so Tugs are not required to help the navigation.
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So they knew this was going to happen so they slowed traffic but couldn’t eliminate it or get the workers off the bridge in time? Brutal.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yep these definitelly look like some kind of small explosive charges...🤷*♂️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeyBridgecollapse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeyBridgecollapse</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZubCcuUTLM">pic.twitter.com/ZubCcuUTLM</a></p>— Q - 17thAutistic Division - Q+ (@AutistDivision) <a href="https://twitter.com/AutistDivision/status/1772637393184559535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Downvote me some more, you DC ****s.
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They showed 3D imaging of how close the boats got to everything underwater and I was riddled with anxiety just watching it on tv |
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When I did my freighter trip, the first thing we did was leave San Francisco Bay. It was dark and the water was choppy, and when the harbor pilot left the ship they pulled the pilot boat right next to the hull and then put a gangplank across to a tiny door in the hull of the freighter, and the pilot crossed over. Apparently the system works, but it seemed like a lot of stuff could go wrong in that system. It seems like the transfer would have happened after we crossed under the Golden Gate Bridge into the ocean, but I seem to remember that the pilot got off between the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. Maybe at that point they can set a straight course to go under the Golden Gate? Or maybe that area is wide enough where the regular captain could easily get it under the bridge. But it seems like the pilot would stay on until the freighter is out of any areas of congestion and stuff you can hit, like bridge pilings. |
I just drove over that bridge the other day.
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Those barges and ships are just so so so heavy. I imagine it would take down almost any bridge if they run into it. I never really even thought about it but you basically are at their peril anytime you drive over one.
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Wow Jennifer Homendy NTSB Chair got to the accident scene at 6 am she said proudly. This happened at 1:30 am. In her presser, she looked disheveled and unprepared. DC isn't far, why does this administration always start their press conferences with me me me?
Just give us the pertinent facts as are known at that time. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jesus Campos, a construction worker who knows the crew, said the men were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They are in their 30s and 40s and have spouses and children.<br><br>“They are hard-working, humble men,” he said.<br><br>More updates to come for <a href="https://twitter.com/BaltimoreBanner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BaltimoreBanner</a>. <a href="https://t.co/dhMoFTiU7I">pic.twitter.com/dhMoFTiU7I</a></p>— clara longo de freitas (@claralfreitas) <a href="https://twitter.com/claralfreitas/status/1772679257010925915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I don't understand how they could get the cars off but not these workers. |
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Does it take a god damn pig farmer to come up with the idea of an emergency anchor system. Mash a ****ing button and drop 4 anchors the size of a house! Geez!
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I haven't seen a collapse that quick in Maryland since the Chiefs went into Baltimore and laid an ass whooping on the Ravens
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Well, unless literal nazis ask him to tag along... |
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Can you imagine what it musta been like driving on that bridge when that happened?
I mean, ****. I think my first thought woulda been, "ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME???" |
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But it's still an educated guess. |
I can see the Captains resume for his next job application.
Describe why you left your last job: I got fired for destroying the Baltimore bridge. But it wasn't my fault. Jeremy thought he was playing a joke on me and turned off the ignition switch and hid the keys. |
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good reason why Norfolk has the bridge-tunnels. Suspect Norfolk will be taking on a lot of the Eastern seaboard commerce from Baltimore for a while.
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Never been on that bridge. But I spent a great deal of time recently in the southeast and have traveled over the Talmadge bridge that spans the Savannah River in Savannah and the Cooper River bridge in Charleston.
Amazing seeing the size of those ships navigating a channel so narrow and passing side by side with another of the same breadth. There is a proposal to raise the Talmadge bridge another 20 feet to nearly 200 feet, so that the largest container ships can pass underneath. They’ll replace the cables and and raise the bridge that way. I’ve taken a tour on a ship through the Savannah River and you can see the graffiti on the underside of the bridge where merchant marine folks had climbed to the top of the container as they passed the bridge and wrote messages underneath. |
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it took 13 months to rebuild I35 in MPLS. Just for comparison.
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I haven't read the thread but my guess is the ship lost power
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Does there have to be a new bridge? How about going with a fun and retro ferry system?
https://i0.wp.com/www.revolutionaryw...93%2C601&ssl=1 |
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the only DC related thing I will say "Biden says the US will fully pay for the reconstruction"
No shit sherlock. Watching more video on the news. Incredible. This could have been so much worse. But those poor road workers. Had no idea what was coming. |
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Man, if there's anything positive to take from this, at least it didn't happen during rush hour, and at least they had enough time to stop traffic and prevent more loss of life.
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Definitely lost power
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The amount of energy being delivered by that much tonnage is immense. |
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