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saxitoxin wrote:The Port of Baltimore is closed. Apparently this is the only way for ships to get in or out of the port.
America is -- literally -- falling apart.
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
KoolBak wrote:You shitstain. Would you be regurgitating childish political drivel if your child / sibling / parent had been on that bridge?
Truly disgusting, yet not unexpected. So sad.
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
karel wrote:think this whole thing was planned,but we will never know the truth
NTSB has launched a go team to investigate the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. ā
karel wrote:nah it was planned, that bridge went down way to fast, it was planned
CNN
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When a container ship slammed into Baltimoreās Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, it led to the disastrous collapse that left six people presumed dead and took out one of the regionās key infrastructure links.
But it wasnāt the first time that kind of impact had happened: Four decades earlier, another container ship that also lost power hit the same bridge ā and it stood strong.
The drastic difference in outcomes between the two accidents is an example of the dangers caused by the massive increase in shipping vessel size in the intervening decades. Itās also raising questions about whether changes in the bridgeās design could have prevented the deadly collapse.
The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, also known as the Sunshine Skyway Bridge or the Skyway, is a highway bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida, that crosses 29,040 feet (5.5 miles or about 8.85 km).[6] Every day, about 50,500 vehicles (cars and trucks) cross over the bridge.[7][8][9] The bridge is considered Florida's "flag bridge" (Florida's most important bridge).[10] On May 9, 1980, a freighter ship, called the MV Summit Venture, ran into one of the bridge's supporting columns. 1200 feet (366 meters) of the bridge fell into the water, and 35 people were killed.[11][12] The bridge was reconstructed to its current version in 1987.[13]
For observers who have been in shipping long enough, Wednesday's disastrous bridge collapse in Baltimore brought to mind lessons learned in 1980, when the freighter Summit Venture struck and destroyed half of Tampa's Sunshine Skyway bridge. 35 people died in that disaster, prompting a decade-long rethink of highway bridge design. The Skyway Bridge was rebuilt with a fortress of protective concrete dolphins
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The Skyway Bridge's lessons-learned have been in print for a long time. They were published by NTSB in 1981 and codified by AASHTO, America's highway standards body, in 1991. The new AASHTO rules laid out protection requirements for newly-built bridges and guidance for retrofitting old structures.
karel wrote:nah it was planned, that bridge went down way to fast, it was planned
mookiemcgee wrote:karel wrote:nah it was planned, that bridge went down way to fast, it was planned
150,000 Tons moving at 9 miles per hour is an imperial FUCK-TON (about 2.2 Giganewtons) of force hitting bridge. enough to make it look like aluminum foil getting struck by a bowling ball.
jusplay4fun wrote:mookiemcgee wrote:karel wrote:nah it was planned, that bridge went down way to fast, it was planned
150,000 Tons moving at 9 miles per hour is an imperial FUCK-TON (about 2.2 Giganewtons) of force hitting bridge. enough to make it look like aluminum foil getting struck by a bowling ball.
I think your post, Mookie, puts the situation in terms that karel can understand (although I doubt that he [and many here on CC] has a clue what a GigaNewton is.....btw: an SI unit of Force, in terms of BILLIONS of Newtons; one Newton = about 0.2248 pounds of force; and Giga = one billion)
Mookie +1
ConfederateSS wrote:----No,Karel... sometimes sh*t just happens...
------ I can see them searching for people....But they could have went on the ship...How many people would that have taken...Just to see things...
------- Well, they waited...They now have gone on the ship...Of course, it is leaking, very dangerous chemicals into the water...From the containers it was carrying... Could of found out earlier...It they would of just sent a couple of people aboard the ship on day 1....They say they didn't want to disrupt the search... Really, they couldn't of spared a couple of people, really???... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
---------I know smart asses will say what is the difference???...Well smart asses... Because, they sent divers into water, that has deadly chemicals pouring in....When they could of checked the ship 1st....Before they ,well not just sent the 1st divers...But all the divers they have sent the past 2 days... Knowing, 2 hours after the crash...They were looking for dead bodies...Not any survivors... That's why ....
Pack Rat wrote:ConfederateSS wrote:----No,Karel... sometimes sh*t just happens...
------ I can see them searching for people....But they could have went on the ship...How many people would that have taken...Just to see things...
------- Well, they waited...They now have gone on the ship...Of course, it is leaking, very dangerous chemicals into the water...From the containers it was carrying... Could of found out earlier...It they would of just sent a couple of people aboard the ship on day 1....They say they didn't want to disrupt the search... Really, they couldn't of spared a couple of people, really???... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
---------I know smart asses will say what is the difference???...Well smart asses... Because, they sent divers into water, that has deadly chemicals pouring in....When they could of checked the ship 1st....Before they ,well not just sent the 1st divers...But all the divers they have sent the past 2 days... Knowing, 2 hours after the crash...They were looking for dead bodies...Not any survivors... That's why ....
Golly gee ConfederateSS! We didn't know what an expert you are in marine catastrophes. Did you offer your expertise to the fake experts in shipping containers, bridges, search/rescue and recovery in DC and Baltimore?
How about giving all of us a lesson on how to get this bridge repaired in record time, as we all know what losers these so-called experts are.
karel wrote:this is all a set up nothing more
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