re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it

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Coincidentally, Frank met his end under the Key Bridge.

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RIP

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They should have been mandated after the Sunshine Skyway Collapse but we're not a society prone to doing anything that's smart. "Waste of time and money" I'm sure. They could have done that instead of spending billions of dollars and a decade on a replacement bridge

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the bow area of the hull is so cut away on container ships with a very large overhang. That bridge pier base wouldn’t have to be huge and the sunshine skyway ones may not even be big enough.

Some might remember this one in 1976, I happen to board this ship a year later. You could still see the scrape marks on the bow of the ship. Talking with the captain and crew members, they did everything possible, to avoid. I had crossed the river a few weeks before this accident.


Ferry and Ship collision on the Mississippi River.

Someone’s insurer may be going bankrupt.

I said that in the poli board thread. A few of them may go bankrupt.

Port of Baltimore is a huge port. This will have dire ramifications on a lot of supply chains (like exporting military equipment to europe)

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Coincidentally, Frank met his end under the Key Bridge

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Is it sad that this is the first thing that I thought of?