Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

[dukeroyale]

it’s hard to believe this took five pages to be done.

 

[budwards dad]

It's not a silly question but I would guess that it would take a significant amount of time to organise dropping an anchor for a 110,000 ton (101,605,000 kg) ship already travelling at 8 knots (4 metres per second) and it sounds like they didn't have much time BUT a few back of an envelope calculations....

The ship's momentum (mass x velocity) was 400,000,000 kg/metres/per sec. For an idea of the equivalent force to stop the ship, it would be the same as trying to stop a 737 airline that weighs 40,000 kg (2500 times lighter than the ship) going 2500 times faster than that ship (roughly 36,000 km/h).

There's no anchor and steel chain in the world that could bring that ship to a stop without snapping instantly if it got stuck in something or with it's weight it would take hours for it to slow down. A ship has to be stopped to put an anchor down.

Comprehensive reply. Cheers

 

[gaffer falls]

Where was Superman?

 

[MrFrisp]

Where was Superman?

Getting a ride?? ?

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

This was quite clearly a case of the ship losing power, but no doubt the yanks will want to blame someone. I wouldn't be surprised if the pilot gets thrown under the bus

You can see the moment the lights go out here -

 

[J.R.R. hartley]

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

6 migrant workers drowning to death = hilarious

 

[J.R.R. hartley]

6 migrant workers drowning to death = hilarious

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Now I'm really hoping their kin don't read the proc.

 

[Elrohir]

Here we go again, this time in Galveston, Texas. A large barge crashed into the bridge linking Galveston to Pelican Island and causing an oil spill.

Looks like you wouldn't be getting the train to there anytime soon.

Barge hits, damages bridge in Galveston, causing an oil spill

The damaged bridge connects Pelican Island, where the Texas A&M Galveston campus is located, to Galveston Island.

www.texastribune.org

Barge hits a bridge in Texas, damaging the structure and causing an oil spill

Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road connecting the city to Pelican Island

abcnews.go.com

 

[Jim Comic]

Behind the scenes of the Baltimore bridge collapse

A new BBC documentary reveals new details of the probe into the Dali's collision with the Key Bridge.

www.bbc.com