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re: Ya might try reading the entire post.......
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
Not everything is a conspiracy
They can’t cope with how violently chaotic life is.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:33 am to Wishing Well
This was an accident, pure and simple.
Power goes out twice. Power going out once is bad enough. After it comes back on after the first outage, black smoke starts pouring out (indicative of trying to reverse the shite out of the engines), then power goes out again (fricking their attempt to reverse out of their uncontrolled drift).
The initial angle of the ship from the beginning of the video indicates it's likely approaching the bridge from the east (coming out of the Curtis Bay area). Power outages from that angle of approach would put it more in line with the southern support structure.
Ships that size don't stop, nor turn, on a dime. With that much mass spread over such a large area, it likely takes a mile or so just to stop it under normal conditions even if it's going only 3 or 4 knots.
Power goes out twice. Power going out once is bad enough. After it comes back on after the first outage, black smoke starts pouring out (indicative of trying to reverse the shite out of the engines), then power goes out again (fricking their attempt to reverse out of their uncontrolled drift).
The initial angle of the ship from the beginning of the video indicates it's likely approaching the bridge from the east (coming out of the Curtis Bay area). Power outages from that angle of approach would put it more in line with the southern support structure.
Ships that size don't stop, nor turn, on a dime. With that much mass spread over such a large area, it likely takes a mile or so just to stop it under normal conditions even if it's going only 3 or 4 knots.
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 7:34 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:38 am to Bard
People need to understand, there's no fast way to stop a ship of that size. Conventional thinking doesn't apply. Reversing the engines actually is counterproductive. Turning is the fastest way to slow down. Reducing engine speed and executing a series of turns slows down a ship of that size faster than full reverse. Full reverse causes cavitation and basically does nothing.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:40 am to LaMigra
quote:Oh dark thirty zipping along you're not expecting the bridge to not be there - some could have driven off into the abyss. Pretty sure that happened when the causeway got hit many coon's ages ago.
The good thing is that when it happened I could have sworn that there were no vehicles crossing the bridge at that instant! I could be wrong!
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:43 am to Wishing Well
If something can go wrong, it will go wrong
Murphy Law.
The problem is when you have a lack of attention to detail, these things are more likely to happen.
Murphy Law.
The problem is when you have a lack of attention to detail, these things are more likely to happen.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:54 am to Wishing Well
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:56 am to Wishing Well
What a clusterfrick of epic proportions.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:58 am to Wishing Well
I remember the barge running into the river walk many years ago.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:02 am to SoggyBottomBaw
quote:
SoggyBottomBaw
will be posting grainy video years from now claiming it was a missile
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:03 am to TDTOM
Thankfully looks like traffic was light.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:05 am to cajunangelle
quote:
How do people happen to be filming this?
There's always a security camera running
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:05 am to Wishing Well
The Bright Field says hold my beer
while I plow into the Riverwalk.
while I plow into the Riverwalk.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:06 am to KiwiHead
quote:There's this thought and then there's another thought from the other thread that it is extremely difficult to urn such a large vessel once it's under way.
I have friends that are River Pilots who all have said that when the power goes out you have about 2 minutes in an inland water way to get things started up again before bad things start happening.
These two thoughts seem to cancel each other out, prima facia.
Also, at this point at least, there is no report of a May Day -or any other- communication from the vessel.
Again, there is about zero info being released/reported.
The Search and Rescue/Recovery operation has been confirmed to be the priority and that the Coast Guard currently has jurisdiction over the ship and crew.
I would be surprised if we get a lot detailed info before tomorrow - not saying it wasn't an accident, just saying we don't have any info.
These numbers from expert interviewed by local Baltimore TV live:
US Commodities most affected by import/export at Baltimore Ports: Sugar*/Gypsum*/Coal**/AutoParts***
* #1 Port Importer
** #1 Port Exporter
***#2 Port Importer
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:07 am to Ricardo
What about dropping anchors?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:09 am to Wishing Well
Daylight view of the tragedy X Video Clip
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:11 am to Wishing Well
I wonder if DEI has something to do with this? Lowering of standards can result in clusterf*cks such as this
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:12 am to SoggyBottomBaw
Twitter comments are saying bridges over waterways are made to take up to a cruise ship hit. Of course depending on the way the bow hits and this or that.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:14 am to SlidellCajun
quote:
What about dropping anchors?
That much mass? Likely it would be negligible. We're talking about something weighing well over 100k TONS moving with a head of steam and possibly with the currents still moving outward as it was near the peak of low tide.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:14 am to cajunangelle
Implying that either that cargo container was intended to do this or that the bridge was built in a substandard way.
Did they hire the firm that did that did the pedestrian bridge in Miami to do work on this?
Did they hire the firm that did that did the pedestrian bridge in Miami to do work on this?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:15 am to Damone
quote:
What does Q say happened then?
oh hey cwill
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