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26 Barges Barges Break Loose Causing Bridge Closures and Damage to a Marina on Ohio River
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 4/13/2024 | ANTHONY SCOTT

Posted on 04/13/2024 8:42:52 AM PDT by bitt

In a bizarre incident, 26 barges broke loose in Pittsburgh and drifted uncontrollably down the Ohio River on Friday night.

Shortly after the barges broke free, Pittsburgh authorities closed the McKees Rocks Bridge and the West End Bridge “out of an abundance of caution.”

Authorities reported that eleven barges were stopped by running into a river bank by Brunot Island, and now tugboats are on the scene pulling the barges out.

Nine were found stopped at the Emsworth Lock and Dam.

#UPDATE: Footage shows approximately 6-7 barges jammed up against the Emsworth Dam, with more expected on the way. Multiple bridges have been shut down, causing traffic disruptions. Additionally, more barges are on the loose after breaking free crews are watching the situation… pic.twitter.com/k2aBOcfUYi

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 13, 2024

The commander for the Pittsburgh district of the Army Corp of Engineers stated that a preliminary evaluation showed no damage to the dam, but extensive damage to a nearby marina was found.

How do 26 barges get loose? We have been doing this for more than two centuries. pic.twitter.com/C7Xb5DJYT1

— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) April 13, 2024

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To: PeterPrinciple

54 weeks is a few?!

Really you just proved feces happens and all the people seeing attacks in all these things are being silly.


21 posted on 04/13/2024 9:09:05 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: bitt
The barges were hacked ! 🙄 Looney Laura Loomer *

Here is a video from a Chief Engineer who, unlike Looney Laura, knows what he is talking about .

What a real chief engineer thinks happened to to Dali and why it hit the bridge

* To be clear Looney has not ,to my knowledge claimed this about the barges, (yet). She did spew such nonsense about the Dali though, loudly, (fake news).

“Real life is not HollyWood, stop watching movies, HollyWood has corrupted your brain” is the takeaway quote.

22 posted on 04/13/2024 9:13:45 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: bitt

Just another isolated incident....


23 posted on 04/13/2024 9:17:16 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: bitt

Note how strong the bridge is next to the dam.


24 posted on 04/13/2024 9:28:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: OldHarbor

Glad you showed up to educate. Welcome.


25 posted on 04/13/2024 9:31:59 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: bitt

Only people who went to Harvard will think this was an accident


26 posted on 04/13/2024 9:38:01 AM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”? )
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To: bitt

The dumbing down of America has finally taken effect and is kicking our asses.


27 posted on 04/13/2024 9:43:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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To: Angelino97

I grew up not far from the Mississippi river. I’ve heard of barges hitting bridges. I’ve heard of flood waters stopping traffic. I’ve heard of drunken “teens” burning a railroad tressel that crashed into the river and blocked traffic for weeks. Year after year, a certain number of people will drown in the river. Can’t recall a barge coming loose from its mooring seemingly by accident and running aground, let alone 26 of them. Maybe it happens, but I can’t remember.


28 posted on 04/13/2024 9:55:01 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: bitt

Weird...


29 posted on 04/13/2024 9:59:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (Two items Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 6 year old girls to look at...)
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To: butlerweave

DEI - Didn’t Earn It...


30 posted on 04/13/2024 10:00:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (Two items Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 6 year old girls to look at...)
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To: bitt
How do 26 barges get loose?

Just coincidence, I'm sure........

31 posted on 04/13/2024 10:17:21 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: bitt

Bookmark


32 posted on 04/13/2024 10:18:10 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: bitt

That’s four now. Anyone noticing?


33 posted on 04/13/2024 11:36:00 AM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Is the water starting to boil.
… referring to the frogs in water that is slowly heating up to a boil…


34 posted on 04/13/2024 11:39:41 AM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: bitt

How often did Biden have to cross that bridge as a child?


35 posted on 04/13/2024 12:19:17 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: subterfuge

BREAKING NEWS: Muzzies not involved.


36 posted on 04/13/2024 12:21:44 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: PeterPrinciple

With all the alcohol in the water, fish must be inebriated.


37 posted on 04/13/2024 12:26:05 PM PDT by 353FMG
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