Total bridge collapse in Baltimore...

03cobra#694 said:

The big structures that protect it. You probably don't remember when that bridge got smacked.

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I don't even know what bridge is in question and where it's at. East coast structures and stuff like that is a complete unknown over here except for the really well known ones like the Brooklyn Bridge. I couldn't even name the long one in Florida that heads to the Florida Keys except that it's probably called the Florida Keys Bridge.

5.0 Hatch said:

Seems like it was just yesterday we were submersible vehicle engineers.

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svtfocus2cobra said:

Odds on the new bridge being mandated to be made from recycled plastic straws and tofu?

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And to cross you have to be vaxxed…bonus points for being trans…

Lambeau said:

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Can I be a bridge captain?

svtfocus2cobra said:

I don't even know what bridge is in question and where it's at. East coast structures and stuff like that is a complete unknown over here except for the really well known ones like the Brooklyn Bridge. I couldn't even name the long one in Florida that heads to the Florida Keys except that it's probably called the Florida Keys Bridge.

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Found the culprits

svtfocus2cobra said:

I don't even know what bridge is in question and where it's at. East coast structures and stuff like that is a complete unknown over here except for the really well known ones like the Brooklyn Bridge. I couldn't even name the long one in Florida that heads to the Florida Keys except that it's probably called the Florida Keys Bridge.

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03cobra#694 said:

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The old one is what they used in the movie True Lies right?

What is it called? Causeway? Can’t remember and I was just down there last year.


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Aparently the Dali is displacing roughly the same amount of weight as a Nimitz class Carrier >80,000 tons. If a carrier hit a bridge what would you expect to happen to the bridge.
Helps put it into perspective how massive that ship is.
No way they could stop with power, and probably coulden't steer effectively without power to the screws.

Quick search 95,128 gross tons
Dwt (dead weight tonnage) 116,851

Also...story goin around that the skipper is a ukrainian?...and Biden said the gov will fully find the reconstruction...i have no link...but id think the shipling co would be payin the bill

03cobra#694 said:

The big structures that protect it. You probably don't remember when that bridge got smacked.

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That's immediately what I thought of. That was a big engineering case study in **** ups, err, systemic failures.

Corbic said:

I'm guessing either a DEI dream team or an incompetent minimum wage foreign crew that barely gives a shit.

You see that all the time with Tractor Trailers.

Maybe I'm wrong and that crew was screaming on the radio and rushing up and down that ship trying to manually drop anchor and restart the engines and everything else..... But I have doubts.

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03cobra#694 said:

I remember when the old Skyway bridge in Tampa got hit. That was the pilots fault in that one.

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Just one section of the skyway came down with that though, not the whole damn thing

Things that make you go hmm ...

svtfocus2cobra said:

I don't even know what bridge is in question and where it's at. East coast structures and stuff like that is a complete unknown over here except for the really well known ones like the Brooklyn Bridge. I couldn't even name the long one in Florida that heads to the Florida Keys except that it's probably called the Florida Keys Bridge.

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7 mi

svtfocus2cobra said:

Odds on the new bridge being mandated to be made from recycled plastic straws and tofu?

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OMG! OMG! WIND TURBINES!! YES! THEY CAN BE RECYCLED!!

Sorry, I got so excited I had to yell.


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kazman said:

Things that make you go hmm ...

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It's named after Francis Scott Key for a reason. It is were Key rowed out to the British armada to negotiate a release but was held captive. As he watched the attack on Fort McHenry and wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

As a kid, tugs always moved ships around to open water. Then they went to assigned second pilots.
Why haven't we seen the assigned second pilot? This is an inexcusable event.

crazy4life said:

This bridge is the alternate route for I-95 if you are carrying Hazardous Materials. Absolutely no Haz-Mats are allowed in the Tunnels. Can't even drive your RV through there if you are carrying propane.Guess they are going to be driving through the streets of Baltimore with anything explosive. Yikes

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695 circles the city, trucks can go around the other way around.