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.

A Twitter video showing the multiple power losses on the cargo ship

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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)

That's rough to watch. Not much you can do their. Incredibly bad timing

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Clearly It was losing power prior to the impact

Wonder why they didn’t drop anchor

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Those ships are incredibly large and incredibly fast(compared to other ships). He could have thrown out the port anchor(or both) and you wouldn't even notice it depending on when they did it.

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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?