northern
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- Jan 17, 2007
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Are there strong currents in the area of the bridge.
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Are there strong currents in the area of the bridge.
LOL. Nope, shipping company and pilot issue. It makes you wonder how a ship that was in port has propulsion/generator issues so shortly after leaving port. And if the report is true that when power came back the pilot ordered full astern, that was foolish. No way is that ship going to slow or stop in that short of time. Just a horrible tragedy. Prayers for all involved.Biden / Trump fault in 3, 2, 1..
actually yes, coastal flooding advisory so incoming tide is stronger than normal.
Well maybe, don’t know about at 1:30am.
To those who llve in that area, pls keep us posted on the investgation.
Why wasn't their anything around those pillars to protect them from impacts. They seemed kind of wimpy.
Yes, the Titanic went into reverse. The issue there was when in reverse the massive center propeller went dead so no thrust water was moving over the rudder, essentially making it drift.We will be dead by time this litigation is over.
its interesting you bring that up. Very much like the Titanic, they say if pilot/whoever had kept steerage in direction they were going the ship even if lost power it would have drifted thru the passable portion of the channel. And that by hitting reverse it caused ship to kick to starboard.
I Read Titanic made same mistake.
Lots a speculation at this time.
I saw one article were they said that the engineers would be focused less on the bridge itself but more on the lack of protective devices around the pillars.It was built in the 70's and designed to withstand the largest ships afloat at that time. Obviously, ships have become much heavier/larger since then. Surprised the pillars were never reinforced given the amount of commercial traffic that trasits under the bridge as well as the economic importance of Baltimore harbor.
I swear if I hear they need to do an EPA study for endangered fish before they rebuild I will lose it.
If you think i kidding, remember that ship ran aground last year? It took 6 weeks to refloat it because they had to do an EPA study to see how many fish/crabs were impacted.
Dear God Donald save us!
Maybe they can haul the structure south and use it to create a reef.
I was thinking the same thing. A bunch of RipRap both sides of the pillars a hundred yards or so. Its not that deep.It was built in the 70's and designed to withstand the largest ships afloat at that time. Obviously, ships have become much heavier/larger since then. Surprised the pillars were never reinforced given the amount of commercial traffic that trasits under the bridge as well as the economic importance of Baltimore harbor.
50'I was thinking the same thing. A bunch of RipRap both sides of the pillars a hundred yards or so. Its not that deep.
Full moon this week , higher highs and lower lowsTide has been lower then normal by a few feet this week so far since the
Saturday storm.