BREAKING: Large container ship collided with bridge in Baltimore

Update

Yikes! And at night. Poor folks. What a way to go...

Almost certainly failure of the steering mechanisms. Those ships take miles to stop. With the amount of traffic in and out of large ports, it's surprising it doesn't happen more often.

I don't know how reliable it was but I read a post on Twitter that it was a loss of control supposedly caused by the Geomagnetic storm currently affecting the planet.

Really?

Seems highly unlikely, R5.

Wow. This is a big deal. Thought t was fake at first.

Geomagnetic Storm? Really? Are you always that quick to believe the most ridiculous possibilities? Let me guess, you love conspiracy theories.

I wouldn’t want to be Pete Buttigieg.

R9 I don't f****** know all I know is somebody speculated it so f*** off.

Why? It's not like it's his fault. You type like MAGA.

If anything it proves his point that we have thousands of bridges in the US that need repair or replacement.

Some people speculated that Jewish Lasers caused the insurrection R11. So fuck off yourself.

Wahhh! You don’t have to repeat every speculative comment you see, R11. Use your powers of discernment. Grow up.

Watching the cars go into the water... 😢

The video commentary at OP is like a scene from Idiocracy.

Singapore registry. China starting its attack on US infrastructure?

It will never be President.

[quote] If anything it proves his point that we have thousands of bridges in the US that need repair or replacement.

Well it does NOW.

[quote]Singapore registry. China starting its attack on US infrastructure?

Singapore is a separate country.

Obviously any bridge hit by a freighter would collapse and has, in the past. It has nothing to do with Secretary Buttigeig’s competency.

[quote] Singapore registry

Orientals really don't know how to drive.

…this has to do with Secretary Buttigeig’s competency. This will end his career in politics.

R23's posting history is...wow.

R24 I know you!

How’s the autism holding up?

Was it the Mothman?

As your posting history shows, you don't know shit and certainly need to get out more. Maybe an aviation museum or something.

What's with all the stupid on this thread this morning? 🤨

[quote]What's with all the stupid on this thread this morning?

Well, the Heartstopper threads have gone disturbingly quiet.

This is standard US overnight DL antics, r28. It's like 4-6 hours of how nutty this place is on weekends.

It had a hot arch, but it couldn't suspend forever!

R27 let me explain something to you. This is going to turn into a criminal investigation. It is going to unveil corruption at the FAA and at Boeing. Biden never got his nominee for the FAA confirmed. He did not get confirmed because he had two years of aviation experience. Two. He had run Los Angeles’s trains and buses before going to run Denver’s airport.

Pete Buttigeig will be the one to fall on his sword for this. I don’t event believe Buttigeig chose him, I believe this was a patronage reward. But someone will fall, and it will be Buttigeig, who is expendable.

When a commercial vessel enters the Chesapeake Bay at Norfolk, Virginia it is boarded by a Harbor Pilot who captains the vessel up the Chesapeake Bay. That ship was not being “steered” by her Captain but by the Harbor Pilot. There was most definitely a problem with the ship for that accident to occur.

R24 look what my posting history did!

So reactive!

This is so eerie. My neighbor has always been a little bit psychic, and she predicted to me last week that Singapore was going to declare magnet war on the US due to Pete Buttigieg being a raging incompetent.

Amazing that there were no casualties. Very lucky.

There are 20 people missing you freaking asshole

Omfg this is the zooists from Isreal

I think you might be misunderstanding the term “mass casualty incident” r37.

@r36, Did your neighbor also advise you to go fuck yourself?

The Washington Post reports that up to 20 people might be in the water.

They just said there's at least seven cars in the water. It's being called a search and rescue but sounds more like search and recovery.

The video of the collapse is incredible—looks like the bridge is made of legos .

Probably best to avoid MRIs or cooking by microwave until the magnet storm lets up.

This happened once in Tasmania.

I'm currently watching a press conference. Baltimore Fire Dept Chief stated that two people were pulled from the water alive -- one was uninjured (amazingly), the other was seriously injured & transported to a trauma center. There at least seven people (that they know of) that are unaccounted for, possibly more.

A collision involves two moving objects. How did the ship collide with the bridge? Was the bridge also moving?

@r46, I have a scarier memory of a bridge I used to travel on 😳

There were also construction workers on the bridge.

I remember my parents telling me about this collapse.

[quote]The southbound span (opened in 1971) of the original bridge was destroyed on the morning of May 9, 1980, when the 606 ft (185 m) freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a support column during a sudden squall, causing the catastrophic failure of over 1,200 ft (370 m) of the span.

[quote]Several vehicles were at the top of the bridge when almost a quarter-mile of roadway fell away beneath them while others drove off the edge, either because the drivers did not notice the collapse in the driving rain or could not stop quickly enough in the wet conditions. In all, six cars, a truck, and a Greyhound bus plummeted 150 ft (46 m) into Tampa Bay, resulting in 35 deaths. A few drivers – including former Major League Baseball player Granny Hamner – were able to stop their vehicles before reaching the gap, and as seen in many photographs of the aftermath, a Buick Skylark driven by local car dealer Richard Hornbuckle skidded to a halt just two feet from the chasm.

r49 - great minds!

[quote]This is standard US overnight DL antics, [R28]. It's like 4-6 hours of how nutty this place is on weekends.

It's like the old Art Bell show, hour after hour of unbridled lunacy.

The 39yo mayor who suddenly got married when his political career started to take off is a known heterosexual.

[quote]A collision involves two moving objects. How did the ship collide with the bridge? Was the bridge also moving?

REOPEN THE SCHOOLS

@r52, I now have a healthy fear of bridges remembering that disaster of 1980.

@r48, And the stupid continues... 🤦‍♂️

The Francis Scott Key Bridge is an insatiable bottom.

R58 almost

Tis the Chesapeake Bay which is the insatiable bottom

Whatever you call it, it's at the bottom.

Disasters always bring out the crazies, like flies to shit. Conspiracy theories are how the bored and weak minded cope with life.

Hope they manage to rescue the rest.

Nothing like a tragedy to bring out the best in so many of you.

Go drink your prune juice, Greg.

Mercury will be in retrograde next week. Some people are saying it might be related (if not the outright cause).

It's the vax!

^ Or maybe someone fucked up and ran into a bridge 🤷‍♂️

OOPS.

[quote] Go drink your prune juice, Greg.

Welcome to third grade everyone.

R63 has the sense of humor of a young child.

But that’s okay.

Thank you, R54. I read his page with great interest, finding little to support the implication of his mincing prisspotness.

Until…..

“ Scott has a cat named Madam Scarlet and a dog named Lord Grogu. His previous dog, Sir Charles of Baltimore, died from congestive heart failure in December 2020”

Dudes so gay, even I want to beat the shit out of him.

Their attention whore mayor looked to be seething that the fire chief was speaking, he couldn’t wait to get that mic back in front of his insatiable mouth.

Link r70?

R71 it was live on CBS

Thanks r72

This is literally my worse nightmare, falling off a bridge in a car, (that and going down in a plane). Bless those poor people involved. What a horrific thing to have to suffer.

R70, he did in fact seem irritated.

“Breaking: Bridge collapse and lots of likely dead people at the bottom of Baltimore harbor, but first, our daily story on a black person who’s overcome adversity!”

-CBS with Gayle King Mornings

R75 she probably thinks she’ll be President one day, so her and Madam Scarlet can move into the White House.

As a child, I would freak out if my family was on a road trip and there was a major bridge ahead.

I would curl up in the fetal position on the rear floor of the car and wait for my father to tell me we had safely passed over it.

[quote]“This is a tragedy that you can never imagine,” said Brandon Scott, the Baltimore mayor. He said the video of the collapse “looked like something out of an action movie."

Am I wrong for thinking that "It looked like something out of an action movie" is not something the mayor should be saying? He's not on Twitter. It's a bit flippant.

That bridge probably needed replacing anyway.

This is terrible! Will it delay my Amazon shipping?

R79 the mayor is a millennial idiot who is more concerned about bloating his ego and feeding his political ambitions than doing his job properly

R71, here you go.

This has all the makings of an Irwin Allen movie.

Low on lube, R81?

That bridge was scary to drive over and seemed in poor condition years ago when I lived there. Obviously maintenance has been done to it over in the years since (if not it would have collapsed on its own). There was a night crew doing repairs on it at the time of the collapse, unfortunately.

If, god forbid, you’re involved in something like this never refuse medical attention even if you think you’re fine, as you could be in shock and good to have documentation for the inevitable lawsuit.

R83 what a persnickety, entitled, jealous little queen. His ego is massive. Laughable that he thinks his political career is going anywhere. You can almost hear him thinking “shut this old white man up, so I can run my fat mouth!!”

It’s not Pete Buttigieg’s fault that the Key Bridge us an insatiable bottom.

R79, the husbear said the exact same thing when we heard that. Baltimore refuses to elect anyone other than an African America, so, forget all the actually qualified candidates. “We got a brotha so it’s all good”

R90 I wonder if the notoriously homophobic blqs will reelect that sissy, maybe that’s why he rushed to marry his gruff lady friend.

People blaming Pete are morons. If he had the ability to control cargo ships, the world's shipping lanes would be the most organized system ever. Stop eating paint chips with lead in them, MAGAts.

I live in the area and I drive over that bridge probably four or five times a week. I always thought that the possibility of this was very likely. Those poor people that got caught up in that, I can't imagine being in the car and having a bridge collapse. This will screw up traffic in the Baltimore area probably for another three or four years for or recovery and reconstruction. This bridge is the primary artery to the warehouse and fulfillment center areas of Baltimore in Dundalk. This includes major brands like Amazon, under armor, and wayfarer. There's going to be some disruption in goods coming in and leaving the area. They recovered two people alive so far unfortunately it's probably very unlikely there's other survivors. Very sad situation.

Maybe Brandon and Tiffany Henyard can be on the 2028 Presidential ticket.

Follow the insurance money

Search and rescue? Please be for fucking real. Anyone in that water was dead within minutes from hypothermia, if not killed by the initial falling impact. The water was 41 degrees. Media is so fucking dumb.

Closeup of ship losing power before striking the bridge.

[quote]Am I wrong for thinking that "It looked like something out of an action movie" is not something the mayor should be saying? He's not on Twitter. It's a bit flippant.

This was the most widely heard immediate reaction on September 11. It’s how people process shock because disaster movies are our only reference for such catastrophic spectacles.

Just admit it… the mayor wasn’t being ARTICULATE enough for you.

The mayor is rather fuckable.

[quote] Search and rescue? Please be for fucking real. Anyone in that water was dead within minutes from hypothermia, if not killed by the initial falling impact. The water was 41 degrees. Media is so fucking dumb.

They’ve already rescued two people from the water.

Sorry to disappoint you.

Yep R98, the mayor wasn’t being articulate. So, what’ve you git to say about that now? Seethe!

Thanks r83

[quote]This was the most widely heard immediate reaction on September 11

Wait, WHAT, simpleton at R98?! People’s most “widely heard” description of 9/11 was it “looking like an action movie’? Are you fucking crack high right now?? Care to post a link corroborating this?

from watching the video it doesnt appear there were any vehicles crossing the bridge starting a few seconds before impact. Previous to that lull it seemed to be steady traffic in both directions. Was there some sort of alert system in place or did workers halt traffic across the bridge as the potential for disaster loomed? Or was it just a tremendously fortunate coincidence?

R104, they’re saying that sonar has picked up “several” vehicles on the bottom of the river. I hope you’re right though.

R98 fix your community. It’s your own fault, no one else.

@r96, "Search and rescue? Please be for fucking real. Anyone in that water was dead within minutes from hypothermia"

We'll try to remember that the next time you're in freezing water hoping someone comes along and rescues you 😏

r103 I am not r98. However, I was a senior in high school when 9/11 happened. We were switching classes and, in the stairwell, a classmate said something like, "We don't need planes flying into buildings!" I thought, "Huh?" During the next period, the teacher rolled the TV to the front of the room and turned on the network news.

I agree with r98. We'd never seen ANYTHING like 9/11. It was utterly surreal. Action movies were probably the closest thing, visually, to what we were seeing in real time.

When I saw this bridge collapse, however, my first thought was the Pruitt-Igoe sequence from Koyaanisqatsi.

You sound, SIMPLE r107. Did you attend school of any type?

Miss Brandon is on the phone with CBS now. She’s really making the press rounds.

I noticed that too, traffic lights timing? Several spans collapsed though, even if they were past the one the ship hit. Those poor people.

Read about the Tampa Bay one linked here…a Greyhound bus was on the bridge so they never had a chance. Awful.

One video said it looked like the ship lost propulsion and was just drifting when it collided. Impossible to steer with no propulsion. I can't even imagine how those people felt! it looked like the collapse was not gradual, but fast. Immediate. The ship hit that one pillar or what ever it's called and boom. So no time to back away from it. The time was early morning? Hopefully not too much traffic? How horrible.

Move over, sister woman. There's only room enough for one ineffectual queen with presidential aspirations in media spotlight!

R108 types 🌊🐮

R108, you’re clearly a moron. No one in your “school” was saying anything about an action movie on 9/11. Were you raised by wild apes?

Will Trans Secy Bootygoo visit and get some of Miss Brandon’s BBC?

Remember September 11 happened five years after, and was probably influenced by, Independence Day

Yeah, r114, I am decidedly not that poster.

YOu've got about 20 minutes in water like that before hypothermia starts to get you. But remember it wasn't just the people in their cars falling into the water. It was the bridge, with all that steel and wiring and concrete. So trying to untangle that mess and find people who may be trapped with debris from the collapse it doesn't seem like there will be many rescued. This is horrible.

@r109, Hi, Rose, MOVE you miserable fat cow

R117 has decided to troll all over this thread. F&F it.

R115 it is literally on the Onion’s September 11 issue

I read it takes miles of time/space to stop or turn those cargo ships when they're loaded, as this one was, and that's when they're powered. The ship had no way of turning away from the impact of the pylon(s) or stopping since they suffered a power outage.

R121 something of a hall monitor aren’t we

The things you bitches argue about.

r121 i lived a few blocks away from WTC at the time and trust, people were saying it felt like a movie. Because it did. I have never and never hope to again experience such a massive, socially destabalizing event in a city that even on its most stable days exudes an epic, larger than life quality.

Prayers for the victims and for the families of the deceased.

The bridge collapse bumps Diddy from the front pages.

[quote] i lived a few blocks away from WTC at the time and trust, people were saying it felt like a movie.

This never happened, no matter how many sock puppet accounts you sign in from, R117 / R121. You sound mentally deranged and in need of medication.

"Like being in a movie - that's a phrase so many people use to describe what happened on September 11, 2001. "

Seriously, what an odd thing to attack other posters over. Get a grip, r129.

[quote]Media is so fucking dumb.

It's not the media's job to declare everyone in the water dead. That's for the search and rescue teams to decide.

[quote] You sound, SIMPLE [R107]. Did you attend school of any type? –R109

I disagree.

R107 sounds like a very reasonable, empathetic person.

R96 and R109 on the other hand ...

How many on that bridge at 1:30 AM were out on booty calls?

OH I realize who r129 is

R129 is Davida Rochelle

That’s one of her standard modes of attack. “This never happened. You need medication.”

Davida is also the Mescal/Elordi troll

[quote] Am I wrong for thinking that "It looked like something out of an action movie" is not something the mayor should be saying? He's not on Twitter. It's a bit flippant.

Regarding this statement, I thought it a bit odd, even tone deaf, when I read it earlier this morning. Now, I’m watching Morning Joe on my DVR and just saw the “live” press conference and watched the Mayor say the “most important thing we can do is pray” for the victims and crews.

Really?!? PRAYERS are the most important need to be addressed? Seemed like pandering to me, but perhaps Lady Scarlett and Lord Grogu are Baptists. 🙄

R136 all politicians say this when they are handed a hopeless situation

How else would you like to criticize Black people this morning?

R127, I feel their pain.

Typical Gerg @ r133 inserting himself in a spat that he was never part of (unless those are the sock puppets he keeps denying).

Gerg, when you do this, you don’t sound much different that The Pussygrabber typing out his bullshit on Truth Social. Not very bespoke, is it? Stick to copying recipes and slinging prunes.

[quote] Typical Gerg @ [R133] inserting himself in a spat that he was never part of (unless those are the sock puppets he keeps denying). Gerg, when you do this, you don’t sound much different that The Pussygrabber typing out his bullshit on Truth Social. Not very bespoke, is it? Stick to copying recipes and slinging prunes.

Did you say something?

Let’s get back to talking about their closeted mayor

From earlier in the wide view video, you can see the ship approaching and it suddenly goes completely dark for some time, then it starts belching black smoke and the lights come back on, but they've now drifted out of the channel heading for the bridge. They apparently also tried to drop anchor to attempt to swing the ship away and slow it, but too little too late. This is going to be blamed on ship maintenance and possibly crew management.

Watching the video of the container vessel, it just drifted smack into that one pylon, and if it had not had a power outage it seems like with just a small adjustment it could have veered away from it. I wonder what caused the power outage? How often are those ships inspected?

R137, I don’t ascribe to affirmative action.

I’m not criticizing him because he is black. I’m criticizing him because I believe he said something stupid and didn’t appear to add anything to the conversation and issue.

Please stop searching for racism everywhere, I’m sure your energies are better spent pulling your own head out of your ass.

“BUT THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE!”

Chicago and Baltimore are falling apart because the race of peace will only elect one hue of people. They’re as racist, if not more, as they accuse everyone else of being.

To complete the metaphor, the river/Chesapeake Bay is the insatiable bottom and the ship is the BBC.

The bridge was the ruptured hemorrhoid.

F&F r146

FF R148

LMAO at R148 WW’ing herself.

Girls! Girls!

And here i was thinking the only racist flamewar this thread would descend into would be over Asians

I asked a friend at Goddard (PhD in aerospace and works on satellites that measure various of the sun’s “outputs”, for want of a better word): Solar winds, flares, etc.

I just texted him and he said there have been geomagnetic storms lately but he didn’t think there was one last night and if there was one, it certainly wasn’t strong enough to affect the GPS on the ship. There is one today but it’s minor and the only effect will be auroras.

Diddin Du Nuffin

As long as blacks consider criticism equivalent to racism, they will have the same issues over and over.

I see in real life and constantly on the internet that any critique of a black person is immediately framed as racism, while the same criticisms of white people are never addressed. These woke idiots are constantly on alert to anything black and ignore anything white.

For those blaming this on solar storms, may I point out that this event was at night?

Did the ship sink?

The Francis Scott Key Bridge is an insatiable bottom.

Yes it did technically sink as its bottom now touches the riverbed.

It’s not a deep river.

R93

I lived in Mount Vernon Square* then Rodgers Forge for a total of seven years and remember the Key Bridge well. Sending all my positive energy to those poor people from the bridge.

*was there when that train released the chemicals which almost forced a downtown evacuation in 2001.

This also has shades of the Big Bayou Canot rail accident.

Maria Bartiromo is trying to blame "the border" *rolls eyes*

"Greg" is also r117 and the troll who keeps talking about 9/11 being "just like an action movie!". Die in a grease fire, troll.

More likely “DEI”, some big Sharquisha was probably the harbor guide out

I bet they'll rename the new/replacement bridge. Spoiler alert: It won't be "Francis Scott Key".

The racist troll on this thread is simultaneously complaining that Civil Rights museums are racist in a thread about a new supertall in NYC.

You best me to it, R165. He was problematic at best.

R166 what’s a “supertall”?

*beat

Killary strikes again!

A building more than 1000 feet tall.

R165 R167 LOL that was about my 4th thought after this happened.

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith Bridge will be a truly beautiful feat of engineering.

Link.

Twitter really is fucking useless for news now.

[quote]And here i was thinking the only racist flamewar this thread would descend into would be over Asians

Asian driver, no survivors. There, feel better?

Is that Greg thing all over this thread? I have it blocked, I don’t follow trolls.

CNN: The container ship Dali, which had just left the Port of Baltimore and was en route to Colombo, Sri Lanka, was not being piloted by its own crew, but by local pilots who are used specifically to avoid accidents like the one that occurred early Tuesday morning.

“Pilots move ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore,” said Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld at a news conference Tuesday. The pilots get on board just outside of local channels, and take the ships into ports. Outbound ships like this one take the ships from the ports out to open water.

Attention! Attention! This is Miss Schuster. Please listen very carefully. A killer container ship is coming this way.

Oh shay doesh our shtar shpangeled banner yet wave

R163 Davida, when your “ovaries explode” when you see Jacob Elordi, does that look like an action movie?

Interviewed engineer said the bridge was inadequately protected from today's superships.

The ship's electricity went out twice before it slammed into the support column.

Where was Taylor Swift?

Danish shipping company Maersk chartered the Singapore-flagged container ship, Dali. Yes it had a local pilot but the ship’s power failed on approach. Maersk is a huge company.

Was Hunter Biden's huge penis driving that boat? Tune in to FOX News ALL DAY as we tell you how this DISASTER is related to his huge penis and rampant drug addiction!

I blame Beverly Sutfin.

The new span will be called The Gayle King Bridge, bitches!

Jesus Christ this thread is a trash heap. Wtf is going on here? Are these Russian trolls? Who the fuck are these weirdos posting here?

r187 I think part of the problem is that the story broke overnight, when the worst of DL's trolls prowl the site looking for action.

FF R187 and their woke ass

Shut up Dotty Hinkle!

Governor Wes Moore has been conducting a news conference the past half hour. What a handsome, charismatic, intelligent man he is. Very empathetic and comforting. I wish he was running for President this year - or Biden replaces him as his VP.

The governor is being a drama queen. He's handsome though. "Baltimore Strong." Ugh. I hate when tragedy happens and a city gets the "Strong" moniker. I don't know why it grinds my nerves. Come up with something else. It's a tragedy on so many levels but it appears there will ultimately be little loss of life, thank goodness.

Maershk Shupership

[quote] Scott has a cat named Madam Scarlet and a dog named Lord Grogu. His previous dog, Sir Charles of Baltimore, died from congestive heart failure in December 2020

Gonna be honest, this made me smile (which is impressive, considering that dead dogs are comedy poison)

R190 Listen to your filthy mouth, ya fuckin' whore!

Thank you, R159.

This thread is absolutely a trash heap and it’s very frustrating. There are those of us who have used this site for a long time and used to enjoy the discussions, but that seems to be well and truly over.

If it’s Russian trolls, why bother a bunch of gays who just want to talk about the news, and who, by the way, already know who the hell they’re voting for and have known for years.

@r188, "DL's trolls prowl the site looking for action. "

This is a completely brand new sentence

I'm pretty astonished that two people were pulled from the water alive. One of them isn't even in a serious condition.

"It was astounding! It seemed like something out of an Irwin Allen picture!"

Is that a compliment, r197?

R196 some of us fagolas don’t concur with your extremist progressive woke agendas anymore and we still have a sense of humor, but if you need a fairytale to about Russian bot farms targeting a site that probably has less traffic than a website about how to play a trombone then knock yourself out.

Wes and Brandon are going to have a cat fight over who gets to bottom for Trans Secy Pete Bootygoo when he visits. They both have ambitions that far outweigh their talent and skill. Ladder climbing politicians.

I don't know whether to comment on what a gargantuan train wreck this thread is or Wes Moore's cookie-smelling face, so I'll do both.

You’re not offended by “extremist progressive woke agendas,” r201. You’re just a garden-variety racist.

Those complaining about this thread have most certainly not been here very long. After 21 years, you get to know DL and your skin is a bit tougher. The school marms and hall monitors bitching here are what have nearly ruined this site.

Back to the bridge story, officials were able to stop some traffic from crossing the bridge after the ship radioed that it had lost power.

Honey, I’ve been here since 2000, and this thread has gone completely off the rails and is filled with insane trolls who most likely should be jammed full of Thorazine and tossed into a rubber room, mmkay?

There are two overt racists responsible for 25% of the posts in this thread. That’s not normal.

Honey, r207, so have I. And you seem way too precious and sensitive to have been around here two months. Trust. Now move it along, toots.

A news conference where each speaker congratulates the next one to speak.

Should have know r205 is one of them

Or perhaps both of them.

r209, you and your shitty, cunty tone have been here for a very long time...toots, and know that it's not gone unnoticed. You're a cunt who plagues this place, probably some AOL chatrooms and such back in the day, and god knows where else. More than one person sees you.

R207, too.

^sorry, meant r209

I think the investigation will find partial fault with the pilot for maneuvering too close to the side of the channel to begin with, which didn't leave any room for error when the power cut out.

[quote] If it’s Russian trolls, why bother a bunch of gays who just want to talk about the news, and who, by the way, already know who the hell they’re voting for and have known for years.

They’re following you everywhere!

R213 obviously has zero self awareness and probably needs to go pickup their welfare check

You can’t blame me for this one.

R196 and R204 said the N-word in another thread

Yep, very on brand for you, r218.

Miss Matt Schlapp is trying to blame "drug-addled" employees and Covid lockdowns

R221 are you okay?! We’re all worried about you.

The bridge is located next to a notorious park for cruising in Baltimore called Fort Armistead. All the park queens are upset that it is closed now.

The power went out. They couldn’t steer. Mystery solved.

R224 LMAO nice find

"Maryland's governor says the ship's mayday call enabled officials to limit traffic on Baltimore's Key Bridge before the crash that caused the collapse."

r224 As ever no one thinks about how much the horny bottoms suffer in a disaster.

When the big asteroid comes hurling towards earth you queens will be bitching about it's race, political affiliation, Gay or straight, top or bottom and how rich it is

"From 1960 to 2015, there have been 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure."

Bridge Collapse Is Trump's Fault

Elected republican Mace being evil lying cuntress, as per usual.

"Newsmax hosts and Nancy Mace reach to blame the Baltimore bridge collapse on the infrastructure bill that Biden signed into law"

R229 and you’ll be playing hall monitor to our commentary. What a fulfilling existence.

It does look like the ship is poorly placed when the power cuts out. Whoever was piloting it was not in the direction going in between the pillars as if they needed to make too sharp a turn even if the power hadn't gone out. If they were heading towards the opening and the cargo ship was drifting it could have drifted straight through unless current pushed it towards the pillars. But these were pilots especially for the bay so only they could explain what happened with the ship. Yes you can see there is no traffic as the ship hits the pillar and it starts to go down. Emergency lights at both ends of the bridge stopped traffic or it would have been a lot worse.

Newsmax is insane. No one cares what they say.

8 man construction crew was in the bridge, 2 of which were rescued. 8 are still missing.

"Key Bridge collapse: Cargo ship sent mayday call before collision; construction crew missing"

Thread barely scrolls for me. That's always a sign I have blocked the most familiar and awful trolls.

Will no one (but r224) think of the park queens?

This wouldn't have happened if Donald J Trump was president. And of course it happened in one of the most lawless, most liberal American cities.

The new bridge will be the Oprah Gail Winfrey Bridge.

It would never have happened under President Trump because shipping was shut down completely under him. We didn't even have toilet paper to wipe out assholes clean, Dee. No ventilators or PPE, Dee.

[quote] 8 man construction crew was in the bridge, 2 of which were rescued. 8 are still missing.

The math ain't mathin' on that one.

R237 deserves an award for her bravery

Sorry, 6 missing. Thanks, R242

R244, Pics, preferably shirtless?

"Officials report that five submerged vehicles have been identified, according to Baltimore's fire chief. They Used an infrared and side-scan sonar technology, authorities have successfully marked three passenger vehicles, a cement truck, and a fifth vehicle submerged in the water."

SIAP, but this reminds me of the terrible collision in Alabama some years ago. A barge lost its way through night and fog, and struck a bridge across the Bayou Canot...which just so happened to have a railroad trestle...which just so happened to be carrying an Amtrak train. Bridge buckled, throwing many RR cars and people down into the murky River.

There's a riveting Forensic Files episode on that series of truly random events that culminated in the tragedy.

"Maryland Transportation Secretary confirms that 6 people are unaccounted for and believe that is the construction crew that was working on the bridge as it collapsed. #KeyBridgeCollapse • 8 victims • 1 at the hospital in serious condition • 1 refused medical treatment • 6 still missing - presumed to be construction workers "

This is going to close Baltimore harbor for quite some time, bringing even more stress and higher costs into the shipping of goods from Europe and Asia to the East Coast.

9th busiest harbor in the US

BREAKING NEWS

Pete Buttigieg is on his way to Baltimore.

Only 6 unaccounted for, the construction workers, but there are 5 vehicles submerged in the river. Did people manage to stop their cars an run off the bridge? Or maybe they're the workers' cars?

The cargo ship's mayday ensured that no passenger vehicles were on the bridge at the time of collapse as per reports from officials so those must be the vehicles of the crew.

Biden best show up there real soon.

The fact that he didn't in East Palestine is biting him in the ass.

I'm surprised there haven't been more of these bridge collapses on the east coast, whether from crashes or just plain old neglect. Driving along I-95 in the Philly area and all of those bridges are filled with potholes and rusted out steel--I would always floor it and hope to get to the other side as fast as possible.

Further proof that a massive infrastructure bill was long overdue. Thank you Joe Biden and the Democrats for getting the job done, yet again.

"The Department of Homeland Security have released their Initial Findings regarding the Incident this morning in Baltimore, Maryland in which a Cargo Ship rammed into and caused the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge; with the Report stating that at the time of the Crash, the Ship was being Piloted by a Veteran-Harbor Pilot who knew the nearby Waterways and that the Ship had notified the Maryland Department of Transportation that they had Fully-Lost Propulsion and Control as they were Departing from Port, with them heading Directly towards the Bridge."

Biden will be speaking at 12:30 PM.

The tin-hat conspiracy theorists are having a field day already. Newsmax is blaming it on DEI and on Pete Buttigieg, and even blaming the Infrastructure Bill that Biden/Dems passed. It's asinine. It's disgusting. It's vile.

These people are the worst gutter filth imaginable.

No, it's not a WW3 attack. No, it's not a conspiracy. No, it was not caused by foreigners or Biden or diversity. Jesus fucking christ. What is WRONG with conservatives? Are they all so brain-dead and diseased and toxic as this? Politicizing an ACCIDENT like this?? Repugnant.

[quote] Further proof that a massive infrastructure bill was long overdue. Thank you Joe Biden and the Democrats for getting the job done, yet again.

Cut the crap, Mary!

R258, get some help.

R258 indeed needs to be on as much medication as the newsmax anchors

R260, I'm not the one that needs to get help. NewsMax, FOX News, and right-wing Republicans need to get help.

WTF is wrong with you?

They're bored and stupid, R258.

No, R261... maybe you're on too MUCH medication if you're not outraged at the way the right-wing is responding to this.

WTF? Why aren't you disgusted by their behavior and the lies they're spreading and the violence they're inciting?

I'm sure it gave some islamic terrorists some ideas.

R262 you’re obviously mentally unwell and unstable

[quote] What is WRONG with conservatives? Are they all so brain-dead and diseased and toxic as this?

Yes. I would add drug-addled to the list of their problems. We need more psych wards in this country (LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!)

[quote]I'm not the one that need

Nothing is gained by engaging with trolls, R258. Block it and move on.

(rolling eyes at R266)

Project much?

They preferred it when there was no infrastructure being built/repaired and the only disaster relief was paper towels being tossed at people and garbage bags worn by our docs and nurses, R264.

MARY!

R269 some resources for you. Hope you get the help you so desperately need and deserve.

Would terrorists have planned this for 1:30 AM?

Thoughtful terrorists, r273.

Maybe the terrorists had insomnia R273.

lol at R209. I blocked you a decade ago. Why are you showing up on my feed? Go away.

No it’s not R254.

Now some right-wingers are trying to blame the vaccine

Twitter alleged that the ship was hacked, hence the power outage, and then steered into the bridge by the hackers.

Sounds like a Q conspiracy and Twitter is full of those freaks R279.

Terrorists would have hit during rush hour. They are crazy, not stupid.

Do we know where Elaine Chao was when this went down?

SUM TING WONG!!!

These bridges are tremendous. Did you know that? It’s true. I understand about all these things. I have a natural talent. My uncle was a professor at MIT. Good genes. All the scientists - they can’t believe how much I know. They say, “Look at this guy. He has natural understanding of all these scientific things.” I have a talent for understanding bridges and boats and how they go together. It’s amazing. And the technology today. We’re looking very deeply into this. It would never happen under Trump. That’s what people are saying, and they’re right.

Trump…Trump knows how to do stuff right. We all know that.

I had to laugh at R48

The water was so blue that day.

The water was so black that night.

Yep r187. It is cringe as fuck scrolling through this thread about a ship ramming into a bridge and so much of the early posts are just pointless racist bullshit. Real dregs of internet trolling

[quote] Real dregs of internet trolling

It's election year, so the trolly posts here at DL are only going to get worse as the year progresses.

R288, I was about to say -- the first half of this thread reads more juvenile than Youtube comments.

In a video of the ship minutes before the crash, the lights went off on the ship and smoke was billowing, so it may be due to a fire or power malfunction.

THe lights are on and there is light smoke. Then the lights go out. And it drifts. Then the lights come on and HEAVY black smoke is billowing out the smoke stacks. I think the pilot is gunning the engines to try to advert the coming catastrophe.

The crash could have been averted if the pilot had deployed the airbags.

What caused the power outage?

If the ships crew knew they were in trouble when they left port, why didn’t they attempt to drop anchor there and then? Get a tug to pull them back in and get fixed.

Fuck, man. That poor person driving that cement truck didn’t have a chance. Neither did those poor construction workers.

This is awful. Those poor people. Just falling into that freezing water.

That inarticulate kid in a baseball jacket is the mayor?

Anybody on ship injured? A bridge fell on it.

R295 voted for inarticulate Trump

[quote] What caused the power outage?

What do you think?

I did not R297

No r296, reports are everyone on the ship is fine.

HO LEE FUK!

R296 One ship worker had mild injuries. Which you could have discovered yourself with a simple google search.

The crew sent a mayday call and the bridge was closing to cars before the collision.

So I wonder how many if any cars were involved?

Fortunate it happened in the middle of the night. If it had been during the day traffic on the bridge would have been heavier and the death toll much higher. The question now is what caused the total power failures on the ship.

[quote] The question now is what caused the total power failures on the ship.

This isn't the first time this ship has been in an accident.

It happened before in Europe in 2016.

@r302, Why be such a cunt? Oh, wait, you are a cunt

It's called a conversation. People talk back and forth exchanging information. Why don't you google "pathetic old queen" and see a recent picture of yourself

It's from Singapore?

R303, too bad not enough time to warn the construction workers to flee.

Yeah quit picking on R295. They are a good person.

Oh, say, can you swim…

Are we finally in primetime?

1). I just read that there seems to be an issue with the transport of hazardous waste as this bridge was one of the major egress routes.

and/so

2) Joe is picking up the tab for reconstruction

R311 No. Somebody just complained to the Bellagio Guest Relations about a shitty maid not doing her job and it solved the problem!

When I was a kid I wanted to be a tug boat captain.

R163 is an official troll and yet he dares to accuse me of being R117.

Hilarious!

[quote] "Greg" is also [R117] and the troll who keeps talking about 9/11 being "just like an action movie!". Die in a grease fire, troll. [ troll 6099 ]

Little Troll, be go back to your bridge and let the adults talk.

[QUOTE]2) Joe is picking up the tab for reconstruction

Which Maersk and its insurers will reimburse the U.S. government for. It's a matter of getting the new bridge construction off the ground ASAP. You make it sound like a freebie compliments of the U.S. taxpayer.

R163, in all seriousness, how long have you been a troll?

I mean it. When did the DL webmaster conclude that you are an incorrigible, meaningless piece of shit who is so annoying that he decided to bestow upon you the scarlet TROLL label?

Is it embarrassing?

And why can’t you figure out how to deal with it?

Something tells me that you are more than just a simple troll. You are also illiterate and maybe even cursed.

Enjoy yourself, R163. No one can take you seriously.

Ah, glad to see Muriel finally pulled the hammer down on the troll in this thread.

"The" troll?

Same, R318.

Sometimes the trash has such a disagreeable smell that it has to be taken out.

Goodbye, troll 6099.

You're alright with me, Greg,

Thank you, R321.

I appreciate it.

Lol R321. Did it hear "troll" and assume people were discussing it? At least it admits to being a troll though it's not the troll we were discussing.

Or did one of her socks get banished?

Wow R305, Maersk is gonna pay and pay and pay. I wouldn’t want to be their insurer right now.

(Not to be a Karen or anything, but do these overnight trolls have managers? I mean we used to get much better quality trolls, but these ones seem like pity hires to didn’t bother reading the training manual. Bring back the articulate of yesteryear.)

R323, you are desperately confused.

You are right, ElderLez.

As if R163 wasn’t enough of a troll around here, we also have R323/R324 who has very poor reading skills.

are the corporate cunts gonna use this as an excuse to raise prices in stores? FUCK THEM!

Baltimore isn't a major, major port like the LA port or the New Jersey port. The main thing that traveled through the port of Baltimore was cars, so it might cause some supply issues there.

Can the other east coast ports like New Jersey, Savannah, Virginia handle some increased loads? That's the question

I didn't realize the Port of Houston is the busiest port in the US.

Only if you go by tonnage, because petroleum is freaking heavy r330.

The main port of America is easily the SoCal port. The ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach.

And then up next is the port of New York/New Jersey which is the busiest port on the East Coast.

Thanks r31

are these ports still controlled by mafia?

[quote] are these ports still controlled by mafia?

Who wants to know?

R330, it's not.

The photos at R159's link really brings home how huge that ship is. Every container looks like a tiny Lego.

I cannot even begin to imagine how they will clean that up.

Seriously r336. The scale of these cargo ships are massive. Why that bridge never stood a chance.

Oh hm, R209 is a redtagged troll, lolol. Yep

^^^.

On Marine Tracker you can see the Dali's path from its pier to the bridge. It's kinda interesting (although sad) to watch the two tugboats that escorted it into the channel.

They released it at about 1:09 AM (one tug peeled off before the other), and headed elsewhere in the harbor. When Dali started to veer off its straight-line at 1:25 AM-ish (approximately three minutes prior striking the bridge), both tugboats suddenly stop, turn back south, and start BOOKING it back toward the ship (in futility). Law enforcement on the ground had maybe 2-3 minutes notice to stop traffic crossing the bridge.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge is DEAD TO ME! I didn’t even know you existed a mere 24 hours ago.

They've formally declared the remaining 6 construction workers dead.

Word in Maryland is the Mayor of Baltimore is a HUGE Partier. An Intellect not so much.

Wes Moore looking like a hot daddy in his governor's jacket. Kathy Hochul, Ron DeSantis, and other governors always look dorky whenever they wear their governor's jackets or vests.

Accident? Drunk operator?

How does one even become a cargo ship captain? Is there a school for it?

Yes, there's maritime schools for cargo ship captains. There is one near me that's part of TX A&M in Galveston.

The ship lost power and issued a mayday before the crash r346.

The voices inside Lara Logan's head told her that this was a terrorist attack!

Her "inside source" is Mike Lindell's fart.

r345 Wes Moore can knock my bridge down anytime he wants!

HEYYYY Governor 😍

THE TRANS MADE THAT BRIDGE FALL DOWN!

Maybe, Wes Moore can get Oprah to pay for the funerals.

This is really sad. All of this "only 6 people died" shit is crazy. Those 6 people were probably the guys working on the bridge maintenance at night.

Any deaths in an accident like this is sad.....but it is remarkable that it happened at a time when few people were on the road and thus casualties were minimized.

R355: Wanna take a guess where the guys on the road construction crew were from??

I've been watching the Baltimore NBC affiliate online today. They interviewed an employee of the road construction company who was not on last night's crew, but had rushed to the scene because he was friends with all the guys who were, had worked that shift before. He said three were originally from Mexico, two were from Guatemala, the others from Honduras & El Salvador.

I don't want to hear any MAGAt nonsense about immigrants (legal or otherwise) stealing desirable jobs away from fine hard-workin' 'Muricans.

Ship experts say the US is now completely unprepared for these kinds of accidents. We used to have salvage resources pre-positioned on both coasts for incidents in ports, but the Navy has decommissioned the units and are depending on outsourcing the jobs to foreign companies. Also, the default rule is to allow the ship owners to decide which companies to use for salvage, which means they tend to pick the cheapest, not the best or fastest. Since this is now a national emergency situation, the feds need to step in and contract with not one, but many firms and coordinate them. We'll see how that goes.

R357 so they were probably paid much less than a black or white worker would work for, therefore pushing those folks out of jobs and lowering the standard of living for everyone. Guess we should let a few more million into the country.

Because as had been said traffic was stopped at both ends of the bridge. You don't see any traffic going over the bridge just as the ship is about to hit.

R340, those numbers don't sound right.

"REPORT: There were no vehicles traveling on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it fell into the ocean thanks to heroic police officers who jumped into action.

It has now been confirmed that the only people on the bridge when it collapsed was a pothole repair crew.

A total of eight workers were reportedly on a meal break when the cargo ship crashed into the bridge.

The eight workers plunged off the 185-foot bridge into the frigid water.

Two of the eight workers were rescued, one who was hospitalized and one who refused treatment.

"He brushed his clothes off and wanted to see his family. He was shaken up a little bit but nothing major. I guess the good lord was on his side," a first responder said.

The six other workers are presumed dead."

[quote] I guess the good lord was on his side," a first responder said.

And what? The Lord was against the ones who died?

Well, on the up side those Latin American families are all about to be millionaires.

"The Federal government will pay for the ENTIRE cost of reconstructing that bridge"-Biden

Why isn't the insurance company of that vessel paying for any part of the damages?

Why would the Fed government foot the bill?

R347, yes there are maritime/merchant marine colleges, Kings Point NY is one, for deck and engine officers. It’s a very demanding course. US flagged ships—not that many in the scheme of things—are unionized and the salary is very good. You work something like two months on and one month off. On your off time, you can be sent for more training or additional courses to be promoted. It tough on marriages with kids, being away most of the time. Lots of divorces. You have the option of working on non-Union foreign flagged ships, less money, maybe less scrupulous shipping companies but there are a lot more jobs and you won’t need to wait for someone to retire to get promoted.

Also, it’s not a job if you want to see the world. Turnaround times in port are minimal and 99% you’ll be at sea. But you’ll save a lot of money.

[quote]Why would the Fed government foot the bill?

Go read The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Two things that crashed the Roman Empire:

They were so far in debt they could never pay it off, even if they taxed at 100%

They allowed non-citizens to overtake the empire

Chaya "Libs of TikTok" Raichik is using this as an excuse to bash Pete Buttigieg and make homophobic comments about him

R365 Waiting for insurance companies to pony up the money can take many years. The US government can foot the bill to get the project moving ASAP, and can follow through with the insurance companies to get proper indemnity reimbursement

That Libs of TikTok bitch is truly one of the most disgusting people I've ever seen. She makes Stephen Miller look like Mister Congeniality. She's probably the troll who was posting up thread.

R369 - Yes! It’s called “subrogation”.

[quote] Oh hm, [R209] is a redtagged troll, lolol. Yep

I know — it’s very amusing.

R205/R209 = troll 6099

What a joke.

"Rachel Sangree, a structural engineering associate professor at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, explains how the design of Baltimore's Key Bridge might have contributed to its total collapse when struck by the ship"

'I don't want to hear any MAGAt nonsense about immigrants (legal or otherwise) stealing desirable jobs away from fine hard-workin' 'Muricans.'

Democrat who wants Kamala Harris to spend billions to find the root causes of migrations and believes in giving criminals prepaid debit cards. You know I could really use $350.

Democrat who loves losing elections and wants Trump in office. The true Maga.

Are you lost R374?

I think the truth of your statement, r375, is obvious and even deeper than it seems at first glance.

Nothing like a story about a bridge to bring out the trolls

R377 That's because trolls live under them. Now what will they do?

R378, I think that was R377's point.

He's just a bit more subtle than you.

We have not seen evidence that immigration decides elections. Republicans, who declined to even vote on a draconian Democrat-supported solution, use this to rile up their base. It hasn’t had the potency of, say, regulating the female body.

Marry me, r377

No, marry ME, R377

[quote]Thread barely scrolls for me. That's always a sign I have blocked the most familiar and awful trolls.

Is that what problem is? I always wondered why some threads moved slow. Is this on all devices or just phones?

It never happens on the PC browser.

[quote] Is that what problem is?

No.

Most ridiculous conspiracy theory I’ve hears about this so far - it was sabotage to bump down the news of RFK Jr choosing a running mate.

Yes, we got the entire crew of a massive container ship to hit a bridge and demolish it, killing 6 people because we didn’t want anyone to know a log-colored nutjob chose another nut job with whom he wishes to lose an election.

R163 — R.I.P. — isn’t the only poster who thinks you’re an idiot, Greg.

This Daily Show clip exposes the utter depravity and dishonesty of the right-wing media on this topic:

[quote] [R163] — R.I.P. — isn’t the only poster who thinks you’re an idiot, Greg.

You don’t say.

Thank you for making yourself feel potent by pointing out the obvious, R387.

Have a nice day!

R163 and R387 are neck and neck for this week’s DL Pussy of the Week Award.

They are both more than deserving, so we expect it will be a close race.

Keep watching!

Time to unsub this thread. Sigh.

As always Greg, thank you for returning the thread to the topic!

[quote] As always Greg, thank you for returning the thread to the topic!

My pleasure!

But you should really thank R387.

Now what do you have to offer?

Or are you just here to flirt with me?

[quote] $2 billion: Federal officials told Maryland lawmakers that replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore would cost at least $2 billion

This commentary is an important insight on this dumpster fire of a thread.

[quote] "MAGA isn’t trying to get people to believe any one story. They’re just trying to sow doubt. If nobody can be trusted, if everyone is corrupt, then Trump [is] no worse than anyone else. Conspiracy theories alienate people from the democratic process."

Aside from the fact that people are legitimately racist and dumb, looking at it from this perspective makes it make a tiny bit more sense

R395 as opposed to the wokes who find racism and bigotry in every single minuscule interaction and thing in life?

And the ship owners and Maersk which leased the ship WILL PAY and WITH INTEREST.

Why don't fools get this? It's a catastrophic incident for East Coast shipping that requires drastic action to restore normality in a way that private industry cannot due to Byzantine insurance and reimbursement practices that would delay construction.

No, the U.S. taxpayers will not be soaked. We will get reimbursement with BIGLY interest. Why can't relatively "intelligent" posters here get this?

Y'all are so goddamn pathetically stupid, I think you got your education in some rural 'special academy' for the irretrievably inbred where you send your stupid progeny to mix, mingle, and breed more with other "like minded" individuals, producing a "Super Strain" of idiotic, yet phenomenally malicious strain.

Two bodies were recovered from inside a submerged pickup truck.

^ Sad but not a shock. No one else was going to be found alive at this stage.

The person who was pulled from the water has been released from hospital (don't think the other survivor was even hospitalised). They were incredibly lucky.

R397?

I'm stealing your quote.

WW X1000 for you if I could!

Those dudes in the pickup couldn’t get the tailgate open? Must’ve been some of r397’s inbred, homeschooled weaponized dumb fucks.

[QUOTE]Those dudes in the pickup couldn’t get the tailgate open? Must’ve been some of [R397]’s inbred, homeschooled weaponized dumb fucks.

Please tell us more about yourself. I'd like to know more about your thinking processes and how you reached your conclusion.

In other words, as a high school or college instructor would say "Show your work if you want credit."

[quote]as opposed to the wokes who find racism and bigotry in every single minuscule interaction and thing in life?

I haven’t seen anyone cite racism as the cause of this disaster.

Has any official discussed the possibility of alleviating some of the traffic problems caused from having no bridge by bringing in car ferries like they have up in the Puget Sound area of Washington State? Some of the WADOT ferries can accommodate over 200 vehicles per crossing. Clinton-Mukilto is one of the busiest.

It was a joke, r402.

R404 how quickly could they even get one? Seems like one would need to manufactured

Back in 2018 I took an eldercruise out of Baltimore. As soon as we traveled past the Francis Scott Key Bridge we had to stop and drop anchor for twelve hours because there was a major hurricane traveling up the northeast coast.

Great idea R404, it’d be like going to Shelter Island, but less glamorous.

Are arrangements being made to accommodate the Baltimore dock workers in places like Rhode Island? It won’t be helpful diverting the ships to other ports if there is no one available to unload them and the workers would be unemployed otherwise.

[quote] Extreme polarization and a historic low in Americans' trust in media have created a perfect environment for misinformation to flourish in moments of chaos.

R409 He ain't wrong.

Those poor guys were probably trying to race off the bridge in the truck before the boat hit

Will the downed bridge be another excuse for extended price gouging?

One old boomer is speculating that the crash was due to the COVID vaccine. The theory is that the pilot had been vaccinated recently and collapsed on ship’s the power switch. Pfizer and Moderna will be held accountable when the truth comes out.

Strangely similar to the ship in the Obama’s movie ‘Leave the World Behind’.

Didn’t get that job? DEI!

Can’t grow hair? DEI!

Didn’t get that raise? DEI!

Can’t find a parking space? DEI!

Can’t afford a house? DEI!

Can’t get your dick hard? DEI!

Didn’t get that job? Whitey done it!!

Can’t grow hair? Whitey done it!!

Didn’t get that raise? Whitey done it!!

Can’t find a parking space? Whitey done it!!

Can’t afford a house? Whitey done it!!

Can’t get your dick hard? Whitey done it!!

Calm down. Geez.

R418 no. I’m over the agenda.

Hazardous, flammable, oversized loads. Cannot go through the tunnels!! Think about it! 95 is the main connection up and down the east coast. Propane, Gas, Diesel, anything considered hazardous has been halted. It had to go over that bridge… prices are going to go up.

R397, this is a Wendy’s, ma’am.

^ Yes, you are, because this is not where the Wendy's term is applicable. r397 was spot on in his assessment of the stupid surrounding this bridge crash. Accidents happen all over the world every day. .00001% are intentional

And so it begins...

(Only land-owning, heterosexual, white, Christian males should be allowed to determine funding)

R406 On the international market, one can find used ferries for sale. Example: The one at the link is being offered by Lager Marine Corporation in Port Washington, NY. It's the 299' Fast Catamaran RoPax. They say it's in excellent condition and can accommodate 900 passengers and up to 220 cars or 4 buses plus cars.

The same company also has another used one going for for €26.5 million It's the 316' Fast RoPax Ferry. .. Also, advertised in excellent condition, it can accommodate 900 passengers and 260 vehicles, or can be reconfigured for a combination of trucks and vehicles.

Baltimore mayor issues threat to white people:

“I’m very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from scares them because me being in my position means their way thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers is going to be at risk and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”

Odd that you'd truncate the quote, R425:

“What they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say but they don’t have the courage to say the ‘N’ word. And the fact that I don’t believe in their untruthful and wrong ideology and I’m very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from scares them because me being in my position means their way thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers is going to be at risk and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”

He’s a black supremacist.

R427 is a fucking racist moron.

R428 reached into her keyword purse again

R414, I'm actually quite impressed by the mental gymnastics that guy must have done. Finding a way to blame a ship crashing into a bridge on the COVID vaccine is no mean feat.

It's pretty shocking that Interstate 95 is the only major north south route.

Happily, there only appears to me one major racist on this thread. Block him and the most egregious posts disappears.

That bridge looked kinda flimsy.

What really floored me was I saw a Corps of Army Engineers guy interviewed on NBC about what they will need to do in order to open just the port back up.

Apparently, those ships are so fucking huge and loaded that they nearly scrape the riverbed so they have to remove every last bit of bridge steel plus all of the cargo debris from the bottom of the river so the other cargo ships don’t get hung up on it.

They will have to send divers down plus bring in special cranes that can handle that sort of weight.

I had no idea those ships came that close to the bottom of the river. That’s scary.

Dirty fuel was the culprit?

Salvage divers. Very risky job, very high pay.

Yes, salvage operations are always risky.

R437 Tell me about it.

Eh. Ships have been increasing in size every decade. What’s a port to do, turn away traffic?

R440 They should have made some mitigation plans , either limiting size of ships, or fortifying the bridge trusses.

It’s hard to conceive of a bridge standing a chance against the force of that container ship.

They can have installed massive rocks and boulders around their perimeter.

The methods to protect bridges from collision are well known. As always, it's a matter of cost and political will.

R443, you don't seem to grasp the mass of that ship. It's over four football fields long. A few rocks would not have stopped it.

[quote] They can have installed massive rocks and boulders around their perimeter.

🤡

Foolishness! Asshattery! Dumb fuckery!

R445 R447

Examples of bridges with fortified trusses. Some were built with them, others were retrofitted.

Are those “rocks and boulders,” r449?

Where are the federal funds to do that sort of strengthening of the tower foundations on all of the bridges? Republicans believe in “small government” and small government does have funding for that sort of strengthening.

The NYT also discussed this in their article last Wednesday on FENDERS.

I love it when we learn about engineering. I come from construction, so I respect engineers.

It will be interesting to see if this accident kills the Hogan run for Senate. The current governor is a complete asshole for blaming mother fucking DEI, he needs to resign.

Dirty fuel huh? 15 container ships pollute as much as every single automobile in the World.

This article from last Tusday's Wall Street Journal has a lot of good technical information in it, as well as some good graphics about the boat and the bridge.

Too bad the two tugboats weren't still with the ship. I wonder if they could have at least corrected its course enough, so it didn't slam into the bridge.

(This article was put through archive.ph to dispense with the WSJ paywall).

I really don't understand this DEI crap when the bridge was built in 1972. Without doing a deep dive I'm certain the bridge was built to the highest standards of the day and being part of the Federal Interstate Highway System it was built under Republican Nixon's watch. There's no logic in trying to hold a black mayor or governor responsible for any of this

R455, all you need to know about this "DEI crap" is that racist assholes will use any excuse to blame minorities even when it makes absolutely no sense. "DEI" is the new "Woke" which was the new "CRT" ... it's all bullshit racism and white supremacist assholes trying to push the idea that whites are inherently superior to non-whites, and especially Black people.

"Many of them CAN'T leave the ship because of international law. They don't have a visa to be in the United States."

^ They're going to have to make some special allowances because you can't just leave them there

They don’t get off at port as it is. They just need to get them food, fuel and water.

Can’t the ship workers just get asylum and get free money and then squat in a house?

^ For a very long time. That ship has a bridge laying on top of it. I'm not sure it's safe to remove it with people onboard

Their Governor and especially Mayor are both idiots of unbelievable proportions, who both hide behind race baiting to discourage any criticism.

How so R462? Please provide specific examples.

R463 look it up yourself, you ol carpet muncher

If they’re hiding, how come I’ve seen them on TV R462?

I haven’t been able to find examples of them being idiots so I am asking you to enlighten me since you clearly are so much better informed. Thanks in advance for your insights.

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I hope r467 is in the UK or Australia or points in between because it's really far too early for such heavy day drinking in the U. S.

But the Regan MacNeil head-spinning, vomit-flinging rage cracked me up.

I hope r467 is in the UK or Australia or points in between because it's really far too early for such heavy day drinking in the U. S.

But the Regan MacNeil head-spinning, vomit-flinging rage cracked me up.

[quote]They just need to get them food, fuel and water.

And toilet paper.

The mayor did graduate from St. Mary's College, which is a real school and in fact is supposed to be for clever people.

R454, when I first read about the accident, the article I was reading (one linked early in this thread, I believe) stated that the tugs that had taken the ship out heard the distress call, turned around and were hauling ass trying to catch her but couldn’t reach her in time.

So the tugs COULD HAVE corrected the Dali’s course - if they could have caught her in time.

And another DL thread turns to total shit...

THE END

You are so right R470!

They've opened a secondary channel for tugs, barges and small boats under the un-collapsed section of the bridge, which will help get some vital cargo flowing. It's a maximum of 11 feet deep.

[quote] FORMER Governor of Maryland and current Republican candidate for Senate Larry Hogan RETURNED $900 million in federal funding (meant for Baltimore) and shifted $736 million of state money to roads in the surrounding, predominantly White counties.

That was fast R475. Good for them.

11 feet is shallower than the deep end of a pool.

there must be tides

Anyone see the corps of engineers sonar pics of the bridge under water? Scary stuff with all of that busted metal sticking out everywhere, ready to snag some poor diver.

And it’s cold and raining again making the water murkier so the divers can’t see fuck all down there.

The local ABC station showed closeups of some of the squished containers still dangling off the side of the ship.

What a hazardous mess.

Any links to those pics? R480

Here’s a link, r481. There may be more in the dead bird, but I don’t want to link there.

Dead bird?

Twitter I would assume.

Thanks, r484. Of course. I feel a little dense now.

Happens to all of us

[quote] They can have installed massive rocks and boulders around their perimeter.

Unless you can haul Uluru over, it’s unlikely rocks and boulders would do much given the sheer mass of the ship and everything in the containers against the physical reality of the (comparatively) shallow waterway.

The people controlling the bridge had enough time to close it.

There should have been enough time to warn the workers, but nobody knew they were there or how to contact them. Someone has to be found to be at fault for this.

Why must someone be at fault, R488? How likely is it that one must notify a road crew of pending disaster, much less be held liable for being unable to contact them?

Part of the point of controlling a bridge is for responding appropriately to impending danger.

The employer should have made sure that their presence and contact details were known.

Are you unfamiliar with the safety documentation which should be filed before every single job commences in the construction industry? They were construction workers carrying out maintenance.

I think most of us probably don’t know about that paperwork R490. How does it work at 1:30 in the morning? Is it supposed to be in a system where an emergency responder can put the location and time in computer and have the computer automatically generate text alerts to the workers on duty? Or is it something where you’d need someone who works in the department that oversees construction to get up, log into a system and look for it?

Here’s the OFFICIAL site for everything collapse is complete!

Video, maps, sonar, LIDAR (whatever the hell that is) with daily updates on progress. Plenty of photos.

LIDAR is like sonar, but with lasers instead of sound.

Elderlez, anyone involved in working on sites where construction/maintenance takes place knows that the documentation outlines scenarios like the one which has occurred and even more unlikely and/or disastrous ones, but more importantly identifies the relevant contact people who are running the site and carrying out the work.

In this instance, there should have been paperwork and inductions carried out every time a new staff member carrying out work started on the job, and the supervisors/comms people already had the relevant contact numbers in their phones and were familiar with whether there were humans working on the bridge or not during their shift. Working as a bridge comms? Need to know when starting your shift if there is a work crew on the bridge and how to contact them.

Safety procedures were either not implemented or not followed. Someone's head HAS to roll for the resulting loss of life. If there was enough time to close the bridge, there was enough time to call the supervisor of the construction/maintenance workers. Instead, the comms people didn't even know they were there. Not good enough.

As someone who works in the construction industry, it's unbelievable that the loss of life in this disaster is treated so cavalierly.

Uh-oh. Wouldn't want to be the CEO of Brawner Builders. From linked article:

[quote]Federal regulations require construction companies to keep such boats, commonly known as skiffs, on hand whenever crews are working over waterways, safety experts told The Associated Press. There is no indication that the construction company, Brawner Builders, had a rescue boat on the water or ready to be launched as the bridge fell.

[quote]“If you’re working over a bridge like that, the standard interpretation doesn’t give you an option,” said Janine McCartney, a safety engineer for HHC Safety Engineering Services Inc. “The skiff is required, period.”

There was an audio released of the - I guess port authority? Or whoever was responsible for closing the bridge saying they knew the workers were there but didn’t know how to reach them.

It’s in the audio that was released right after the collapse between the Dali captain and (I guess) the port authority. You can clearly hear the port authority guy say there are workers on there and that some needs to get down there and warn them or call them. This is prior to impact when they closed the bridge.

So the port authority knew they were there, but didn’t seem to have a way to reach them. From what I heard, the workers were taking lunch and sit in their vehicles. Still, they should have had a radio or something in case of emergency.

Basic safety includes knowing how to reach people working on site, at least the supervisor.

They were all first generation immigrants treated as expendables. Correct?

Well protected bridge in Tampa - Sunshine Skyway

R494 thanks for explaining. It certainly does sound like the company was terribly negligent.

Interesting, r499. Are the white circular items extra reinforcement or some kind of sensors?

The white circles are cement and steel pillars! The bridge that just collapsed had them. They ofter no direct protection of the bridge supports. They are incentive for the boat to go under the bridge correctly and in a straight line.

here. you can see three of the four "dots". They were not sufficient to stop the ship going into the support.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is not properly protected, either.

Here is a bridge in the process of being protected.

They're planning on having part of the channel open this month, and fully open by the end of May. That's impressive.