I almost crossed a bridge yesterday, but decided to go another route instead because it's the route I usually go.
Surviving a visit to Baltimore is no guarantee. tbh people die in Baltimore pretty much all the time, it's not even really news. I feel bad for the bridge though.
Almost everyone who gets killed in Baltimore is killed by blacks with a gun, not Indians with a cargo ship.
It's a good think we're letting them write all of our code.
That sounds expensive. Do you know how man keeds with socio economic issues Baltimore needs to feed? They need that money fo' dem programs mang.
A large tree branch 100 feet up once snapped off, hit another below it, broke in half and landed on the driver and passenger seat of my car (luckily minor dents). Just five minutes prior I was rummaging through getting stuff out of the passenger seat, had I been there I would've been killed. When I told someone few houses down what happened since they rushed over to see, they said "oh my god you're so lucky you didn't get hit!" and I brushed it off saying "Well every day you're lucky to be alive. I didn't get hit, it's simple as that." Every day you get on the road, chances are you pass by where historically 100-1000 fatal accidents occur. People are stupidly overdramatic.
Bridge Hit Transplanthopes and prayers Tom Myers wasn't on the bridge at the time of the incident i don't know how could we live without him
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Like it's ok to think the /pol/tards are annoying, and correct misinformation, but I think it's a tad delusional to think the main reason people join on these thread is to have a serious conversation.
The internet's armchair engineers are fuming that the builders didn't consult them on a Black Swan event that would happen 50 years in the future, and build islands or buffers around the pylons.
Truss bridges are Fracture Critical structures. Failure of any Critical Member basically guarantees it goes down like a sack of shit.
There are very few ports where escort tugs are required for all ships.
The feds will let a schedule incentivized contract, Kiewit will severely underbid everyone else, and proceed to make more money finishing it ungodly fast than they bid the work for. They are basically famous for this.
The City of Baltimore killed them all dumping raw sewage in to the upper bay.
This isn't a big enough job for SMIT Boskolias.
Now which of you engineer fuckers are going construct a vehicle to try and jump that ramp to the other side?
Sir I have a general studies associates degree and played Minecraft before, I think I know what I'm talking about.
Dude it happens all the time from poor maintenance, damage or neglect, or just flat out shit design. Especially in the US.
Yes this is a standard procedure for everything from cargo ships, military vessels, and large yachts at many ports. It's also typically a government or insurance regulation as well. Like your port has to use tugboats or have someone from the port on board and in the bridge (pilot house) for any ships coming or leaving port. But some ports are exempt from those regulations and they are allowed to use just a pilot system. Where the port provides a bay pilot to board the ship and help steer and navigate the ship when it is inside the bounds of the harbor. Then when the ship has cleared the harbor or is docked or anchored the bay pilot leaves and returns to shore.
people on kiwi farms in the "very intelligent nothing like A&H" forums overestimate how important their autistic obsession over internet nobodies is. it is very funny and entertaining when a loudmouth creepo streamer has their address and house layout doxed from a door knob or whatever but that is not serious internet business. that is entertainment
