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re: Breaking: Baltimore - Container ship causes bridge collapse

Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:12 am to
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15843 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:12 am to
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How does a freaking Container ship take out a bridge? Was this like a cruise ship whose deck was stacked 300 feet high with containers? Like, huh? Didn't think that was a possibility even. You'd think if it was going to hit the bridge the captain of the ship might have noticed at first...


Oh good lord.

Yes the captain should have zigged a 200,000 ton ship with no power in a current filled river to avoid the brace.

And bridges are designed to withstand this type of impact. Any other bridge would have easily withstood the impact.

Idiot.

Fortunately, it appears that only about a dozen people are missing. This could have gone way worse.

Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater
Member since Sep 2015
26179 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:16 am to
Horrific beyond belief. No one knows yet the extent of the loss to human life, but the casualty count is not small.

Our crumbling infrastructure is becoming America's disgrace.
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
4889 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:16 am to
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I don’t think you realize just how much these cargo ships weigh.



Yeah. It seems like the pilot was doing the best he could under the circumstances. I mean, even if he cut power and turned as hard as he could, it's going to take a half a mile to turn.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
24984 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:19 am to
Straight from the article.
Sounded excessive to me but pre coffee math brain wasn’t processing.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15843 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:23 am to
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Our crumbling infrastructure is becoming America's disgrace.


A brand new bridge would have collapsed just the same.

How are people this dumb?
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101436 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:24 am to
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Any other bridge would have easily withstood the impact.


Wut?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260576 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:25 am to
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Our crumbling infrastructure is becoming America's disgrace.


Well this one crumbled because a bigass container ship hit it.

Conspiracy theory denied.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
140479 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:25 am to
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Our crumbling infrastructure is becoming America's disgrace.


Retardzana never fails.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15843 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:25 am to
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Any other bridge would have easily withstood the impact.


Wut?


Sarcasm. Obviously. Reread post.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
98826 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:26 am to
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quote:
Any other bridge would have easily withstood the impact.


Wut


Physics is lost on some people.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
98836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
39956 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:27 am to
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I don’t think you realize just how much these cargo ships weigh.


There is a ton of ignorance in this thread already. Probably a ton more to come.

I say ignorance because most just don’t know about much involved here.
Posted by Orange Rock
Member since Mar 2024
297 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:27 am to
CNN: Was Trump onboard the ship?

MSNBC: Donald Trump has knocked down a bridge in Baltimore. The mayor says, "RACISM".

ABC: President Biden has warned that the ship was captained by a MAGA White Supremacist, thought to be Donald Trump himself.

NBC: Trump cannot account for his whereabouts when the bridge was struck.

CBS: Breaking News; Donald Trump was at the helm when a cargo ship struck a bridge in Baltimore.
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 7:29 am
Posted by ArHog
Muss is a coward
Member since Jan 2008
33066 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:28 am to
Somehow the libtards will blame this on Trump
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260576 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:29 am to
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Somehow the libtards will blame this on Trump


they'll spin it to a systematic problem that requires more money, like good Progressives always do.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71455 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:37 am to
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Why is this on PolI board?


It will have economic consequences ..
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6141 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:41 am to
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fricking MS fiver pilots are about to leverage this into another raise. Probably will ask for a cool half mil a year now.


They already make more than that.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
4112 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:41 am to
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I cross the I-10 bridge over the Mississippi River.


I-10 bridge has fenders to protect from this, this hit is very odd though and the way it collapses so quickly.

I will be interested in what comes from the investigation.
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6141 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:41 am to
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Could they not drop anchor?


The anchor would rip right off.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
99042 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:43 am to
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Baltimore finna eat with federal money,


So much money will be stolen by politicians.
Posted by OccamsStubble
Member since Aug 2019
4995 posts
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:45 am to
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Why is this on PolI board?


Because there’s a strong chance DEI is a part of this, and some might like to know that. For example, the families of those killed.


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