Disaster "Mass casualty incident" declared after Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses

No article yet as this just happened, but could be big. One of the largest bridges in the world according to Wikipedia.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/breaking-news-key-bridge-collapsed

 

[AN/ALR56]

Discussions of the bridge aside, i'm more curious about some things:

1. How fucked is the economy?, did it block the harbor, and if so, by how much?
2. How long will the clean up take?
3. How will this look on biden in a election year?
4. How bad will they try to spin this?

 

[Kirtto]

Then quit coming here nigger.

I rather prefer that all the regular posters here kill themselves to elevate the average IQ by at least two digits

 

[CHARizard]

Discussions of the bridge aside, i'm more curious about some things:

1. How fucked is the economy?, did it block the harbor, and if so, by how much?
2. How long will the clean up take?
3. How will this look on biden in a election year?
4. How bad will they try to spin this?

Will repost this since its been 30 pages.
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2. Clean up will probably take less time then people think, they are getting everything for this.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S6JWqEHNgY Biden is currently talking like a zombie live

 

[Mizuki]

This is utterly horrifying. My heart goes out to the families of those who were unfortunately on the bridge. Such a terrifying way to go.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Discussions of the bridge aside, i'm more curious about some things:

1. How fucked is the economy?, did it block the harbor, and if so, by how much?
2. How long will the clean up take?
3. How will this look on biden in a election year?
4. How bad will they try to spin this?

1. From what I can tell, pretty screwed.
2. Debris clean up would be quick, rebuilding a bridge will take more than a decade to fix.
3. Unless Biden can ensure a fix for infrastructure across America, it may look kinda bad but considering previous infrastructure incidents in the past not affecting an election, maybe not.
4. You’ll hear journos go on about “WHY ISNT THE GOVERNMENT FIXING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE!?”

 

[Otterly]

8 total, 2 rescued, that number hasnt changed in the last 6 hours.

I’m amazed they rescued anyone. Glad they managed to pull a couple of them out

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

I don't understand, bridges and shit get repaired and modified all the time, it isn't hard for adopt changes to minimize the risk.

It's pretty expensive to do so however, there's only so much money in the budget and it's hard to justify the spending and disruption to traffic it causes when the last disaster happened 40 years ago. Going forward I'd expect to see some substantial bridge retrofits where applicable.

Baltimore's had a lot more port cargo in recent years which no doubt plays a role.

 

[Big Miss Steak]

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No one can say right now that's definitely what happened right now... But is a hacking possible? The power shut off is convenient and the Indians are an excellent scapegoat. Evidence is still coming out but I don't know how impossible this is.

A) Hackers strategically cut out power to the ship at the right time and place for the current to sweep it into the bridge, an attack motivated by.... something

B) The ship was run hard and with bare minimum maintenance, like every other cargo ship in the modern day, and the power cut out at the wrong place and time

Occam's razor dictates it is scenario B

 

[dustbuster]

Clean up will probably take less time then people think, they are getting everything for this.

I expect a rush job to get a proper sea lane open, taking a week.

 

[Margo Martindale]

A very horrible incident, but its starting to look like it may be due to a accident on the ship or crew incompetence rather than a terror attack or caused on purpose.

Despite the casualties it makes me wonder, who is going to be paying for a replacement bridge and compensation for the families of any who perished? Would it be the owner of the ship company, the country of origin of the ship? Do ships have insurance in case of accidents like this?

That bridge was not cheap, and it will need to be replaced, and it better not be our country who pays for it.

 

[FedPostalService]

I bet there's a jewish insurance scam in here somewhere.

Cargo ships can’t melt steel beams.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

It's pretty expensive to do so however, there's only so much money in the budget and it's hard to justify the spending and disruption to traffic it causes when the last disaster happened 40 years ago. Going forward I'd expect to see some substantial bridge retrofits where applicable.

Baltimore's had a lot more port cargo in recent years which no doubt plays a role.

It also brings up a good question for the shipping industry, what are they going to do about subpar ship maintenance? Because there are an handful of examples within the last 30 years of ships sinking, capsizing or even getting into major collisions or incidents like this due to subpar maintenance or non-approved modifications.

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

OK so maybe the tunnel isn't the solution. I'll concede that.

But I am right about offloading the labor and maintenance of shipping onto pajeets. As a culture they are everything that people say about Jews and Muslims only with worse hygiene and safety practices.

Sure, but international shipping requires international ships and their crews. It’s always been an issue in ports. International trade requires a patchwork of international ships and crews in ports. Maritime laws and regulations are an incredibly complex.

Harbor masters can only control so much. The inspection and maintenance log of this ship is going be under the microscope. I’m going to bet a lot of stuff was forged or fudged to cut costs and keeping that ship moving. They are incredibly expensive vessels and need to be hauling cargo to be making money instead of burning it while docked. Crews from countries like Sri Lanka are poorly paid and treated to boot.

If the pilot is some Ukie, I bet he was downing vodka on the job like the average slav.
He probably saw the bridge contorting like that bus in Harry Potter and thought it'll be fine.

Pilots are always local harbor employees. There were reportedly two pilots aboard the Dali and they are employees of the Port of Baltimore. Pilots are always separate from the ships crew and ships have to pay for the services of a port pilot to have ships brought in and out of port. Watch some videos of port pilots getting on or off these ships after their job is done. Crazy stuff.

Not a damn thing a pilot can do if the ship loses all power and he can’t steer it. This seems to be 100% a maintenance issue.

Reports from longshoremen loading the ship noticing power failures. I wonder if it was having problems before the tugs disembarked. Apparently tugs had been deemed unnecessary for maneuvering through the bridge so they had cut rope and let the pilot take charge. I wonder when the first power failure occurred after disembarking?

Had tug boats been mandatory for ships going under the bridge it could have been prevented. Shipping companies hate paying for extra tug boat fees.

 

[draggs]

Another everything's okay making non sequiturs. Bridges collapse all the time, yes. Have you retards never heard of per capita? You're so fucking scared to admit that in few decades we'll be fuckimg third world, with third world safety as more and more jeets and spics flood into our society.
You coping faggots are almost as bad as the scum pushing for this, as you'd rather comfort yourself witha cope and lash out at the only people that are cordial with you.
TLR: whites murder too, why are ypu racist?

Go ruin somewhere else like you ruined Germany pls

 

[Particle Bored]

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@Null , the featured heading is incorrect. The Francis Scott Key Bridge is the 3rd longest continuous truss bridge by span (the longest length of unsupported roadway). If we’re going with specifics, the 3rd longest bridge is the Kita–Yaita Viaduct in Japan, which is 114,424 m. The 3rd longest bridge by span (span is the main definite measure for the longest bridge) is the Yangzigang Bridge (a suspension bridge) in China, which is 1,700 m. The Francis Scott Key Bridge’s span is only 366 m.

It was featured, so a lot of normal users came here expecting autism analysis of water levels, the ship's size and weight, maybe a full dox of the ship's blueprint.

Instead, we got this:
- Ship piloted by WAMEN
- Ship piloted by NIGGERS
- CPC state sponsored TERRORIST ATTACK ACK ACK
- NIGGERS
- NIGGERS AND WAMEN

Striking that balance...

 

[Dick Mason]

https://x.com/TheBlackHorse65/status/1772642270128242992

First and foremost there is the cost of the bridge replacement. A semi-comparable bridge currently in costing over the Colombia river is expected to cost $5-$7.5 Billion, and will take 5+ years. You can expect this bridge to be more like $10B-$15B

https://x.com/SaysSimulation/status/1772645424299442665

The replacement of the bridge will be interesting to see. On the one hand, this is completely within the current competency for the US, they should be able to do it relatively fast as a national showcase. OTOH, there is major money involved. Baltimore is a Democratic stronghold. Federal highway requirements currently require DEI participation throughout. With so much money involved, in a DEI stronghold, there are going to be a lot of hands reaching for money.

Because it is a high profile national project - there may be extraordinary amounts of money available. So, this is going to be one fat hog to be divided, there will be some feasting at that table.

My question is the timing, and whether the feasting and DEI components will substantially slow the project?

 

[Android raptor]

Reminds me when a part of i85 collapsed in metro Atlanta because the DOT thought underneath was the perfect place to store flammable materials.

 

[linchan]

> "Do you think hiring under-qualified workers for the sake of diversity might bring problem in the future?"
> "We will cross the bridge when we get to it"

Edit: Guys I made the post because of the punchline, I do not seriously put any thought whether or not the joke is actually accurate to the information we know now.

 

[DwayneTheSockJohnson]

I honestly thought the guy screaming " what the fuck!" in the beginning was the meme dude who keeps starting his videos with "MAAAA! MAAAA WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?"

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

as long as Slim Charles got the connect first ...

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MCNULTY, MY OFFICE. NOW.

All of this could have been prevented