Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship struck it

[ccmdfd]

@Stephanie B, you were a black shoe, right? What would a warship do if propulsion was lost in a case like this where you’re in fairly shallow waters?

Not really a lot of options. Depending upon the speed, distance, time involved you can either try to run the ship aground so that it beaches itself without hitting a structure, or perhaps drop the anchors and hope that they can dig in and get it stopped in time.

Some places will require a ship that's in very tight Waters to have people stationed right on the anchor switches so they can drop them in an instant if a problem happens. Other places will have ships already tied up to tugboats before they get to a narrow area and they can hopefully get it under control before it runs into something.

[Totem Polar]

Not much I can add beyond this: tolerance stacking applies to fucking up, too.

My guess—just from being alive and observant for a while—is this is the confluence of many layers of neglect, in many areas.

[Wondering Beard]

I'm not surprised given we invest a fraction into infrastructure compared to other first world nations, which, you know, design the breakwaters around bridges so that a large cargo ship can't physically hit the bridge. The foundation may be damaged and bridge need to be replaced anyway, but...at least it doesn't immediately collapse with everyone on it.

This is a country where a significant amount of retards still think they're safer by not wearing a seatbelt, because seatbelts are a globohomo jew conspiracy to take away your rights. So, I'm really not surprised at all.

Talking about conspiracies:


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And one with humor:

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[the Schwartz]

I'm hoping that there is very little loss of life even though it appears that there will be quite a few lives lost due to this tragedy.

I s'pose that 895 is about to get a whole lot busier before the foreseeable future.

[jeep45238]

Agreed but... some newer vehicles are coming with laminated (windshield glass) in the side windows. Lifehammer will not work on those. Bottom line, know your vehicle and have a water egress plan and gear.

Generally speaking, glass is marked if it's laminated safety glass. Rear passenger door glass and rear windshield glass is rarely laminated.

[ccmdfd]

I'm hoping that there is very little loss of life even though it appears that there will be quite a few lives lost due to this tragedy.

I s'pose that 895 is about to get a whole lot busier before the foreseeable future.

Right now CNN is reporting that only six people are still missing. I don't know if other people have been pulled out that are already declared deceased but I'm not seeing a death count on their website. If it's only six that truly would be almost a miracle that it's so low. Although obviously that's still horrible for the families involved.

[Dog Guy]

At a news conference in MD, one official said that the ship sent a mayday for loss of power and control. DOT workers who were working on the bridge shut down access from at least one end after the mayday, helping limit traffic and reducing the death toll. If accurate, that's an amazingly fast reflex time between the ship calling mayday and word getting to the hard hats with boots on the pavement.

[Jim Watson]

@Stephanie B What would a warship do

What COULD a warship do? Surely it has independent power to multiple screws.

[HeavyDuty]

What COULD a warship do? Surely it has independent power to multiple screws.

No idea, which is why I asked.

[Wondering Beard]

A summary of what happened: