Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore hit by container ship

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't think it has anything to do with vaccines or lizzid people. This looks more like it's part of the gay agenda.

The bridge was trans, obviously.


I'm just glad there was video, because that will help in the learning from the whole tragedy.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by chedder

Good point but just know that many new vehicles have laminated glass side windows. So know which window these glass breakers will work on. And think about kicking out the windshield if you need to.

Another victory for my 2002 truck.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Locke

They tell me its because the lack of peripheral vision.

It's their lack of forward-facing eyes that prevented them from seeing the bridge pier directly in front of them. By the time they flicked their tongue out to locate the pier, it was too late.

[KelVarnsen]

Originally Posted by D as in David

It's their lack of forward-facing eyes that prevented them from seeing the bridge pier directly in front of them. By the time they flicked their tongue out to locate the pier, it was too late.

So Stephen Harper is to blame?

[OutOfTheCube]

Are we sure it wasn't the christofascists seeking to seize the country?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Are we sure it wasn't the christofascists seeking to seize the country?

Like they'd start with Baltimore...

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

These Harbour Bridges can be terrifying because it's hard to design for the force of an errant ship hitting the support Pier directly like that. That's a pretty intricate system where once a few pieces are compromised the whole thing goes.

There's a reason I ran away from my old job...I hated bridges...not enough money for the risk you take in building them.

I do wonder why there are not concrete 'diverters' in front of the legs to take the brunt and divert the ship before it hits the support.

[Titan2]

Big pic from this article:

https://www.live5news.com/2024/03/26...ntial-impacts/

NSFW!

[afc wimbledon]

to be clear boats hit bridges all the time, even big boats, the surprise here is that the bridge fell down from something it aught to be able to survive

[fotze2]

Here's a really good thread on the bridge collapse.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1772672046872269268

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

to be clear boats hit bridges all the time, even big boats, the surprise here is that the bridge fell down from something it aught to be able to survive

Did cargo ships that big even exist when that bridge was built? It looks so flimsy that it's not shocking it could be taken down by 100,000 tons.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Did cargo ships that big even exist when that bridge was built? It looks so flimsy that it's not shocking it could be taken down by 100,000 tons.

I saw something earlier (maybe even here) that the average cargo ship when the bridge was built was 300 ft long... The one that struck the bridge was over 900 ft.

[Ped]

I've seen a few tweets from people claiming to be engineers saying there is simply no way to engineer a bridge to withstand that. No idea if it is true or how many are actually engineers.

[Zary's-Mustache]

How long will it take to rebuild?

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

to be clear boats hit bridges all the time, even big boats, the surprise here is that the bridge fell down from something it aught to be able to survive

Are you an engineer? You can't just say that without having any knowledge on the subject.

Are bridges built to withstand 100,000 tons hitting it head on? Highly doubt that.

[nik-]

Container impacts can't melt steel beams!

[Scroopy Noopers]

I understand that visually it looks weird when structures like this collapse. Everything looks like it’s made of twigs. The reality is, each component is a humongous piece of steel… supporting more humongous pieces of steel…. Spanning a river…. Meaning they aren’t just holding things up from underneath, but laterally as well. Extreme forces at play here while it’s at rest. And all of it is supporting a giant slab of concrete. Any catastrophic damage to a component is going to cascade through the rest.

[nik-]

Actually, that video looked pretty much exactly like I'd expect a bridge collapse to look.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Here's a really good thread on the bridge collapse.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1772672046872269268

I didn’t see a thread, probably because I don’t have Twitter? So I went to his post page to find it; found some of the absolute stupidest #### imaginable and closed it. Any direct links to this supposed good take? I’m not interested on how he wants some volunteers to take over Haiti.

[Fuzz]

Uh, no, nothing of value in that thread.


https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...872269268.html


Unfortunately Musk has made reading Twitter threads more difficult without an account, so I run them through this site.