Posted on 03/26/2024 8:11:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Cargo Ship that struck and destroyed The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland appears to have lost power twice before impact with the bridge.
The ship’s lights then blink back on right before it hits the bridge support.
Here is the video.
VIDEO AT LINK......................
Via Monica Crowley:
The Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed into Baltimore Harbor after a cargo ship apparently lost power twice and collided with it at 1:30am ET.
Two rescued, at least 7 people missing. Prayers up 🙏
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If only we had $800M for shovel ready jobs, or better yet, a $1.9 trillion dollar infrastructure law to fund such.....
wait... we had both of those in the last 15 years? over two trillion? And nothing seems to have gotten built, fixed, or improved anywhere? But... how could this be? Where could it all have gone?
CNN quickly switches to Diddy being arrested....
This may not have been terrorism, but it may give terrorists ideas.
If you’re willing to live there, they’ll sell you a house for $1.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-city-selling-vacant-homes-one-dollar/60258458
True, but how long will this busy port be out of commission?
I should make time to watch ‘The Wire’. I’ve heard it’s good.
I liked ‘Low Winter Sun’, an American remake of a British police drama series. Only ran 1 season here but grew on me.
How does the tight turn into the bridge support match with power loss?
Maybe if one side only regained power.
She must think you are powerful. 😀
That’s not the word she uses................. .🤔
Are drifts in a channel really unpredictable? If they are predictable, somebody could have cut the ship’s power knowing it would take out the bridge. I also wonder whether currents could effect a ship that much, that quick.
Are u serious?
Yep. Terrorists take over a cargo ship. Kill the crew
and steer the ship into a bridge. It could happen.
Aloha Snackbar anyone???
“On the video I didn’t see any car or truck lights moving along on that part of the bridge.”
I noticed that. Car headlights were clear to see on the bridge then none going over when collision occurred. I thought maybe they had yield conditions during a ship passing, but with the number missing maybe not. They were probably just lucky traffic was sparse exactly then.
IF you look on the right side of the bridge as it collapses you can see work trucks with their flashing yellow lights falling with the bridge. So very sad.
“Then whats your theory?”
I would start with the fact that most ships of this size are Diesel Electric. It could have been a main engine casualty or it could have been the generator. When there’s a generator casualty all power is lost. Wait and see, there will be a report. They don’t have UPS systems for Diesel Electric power trains... just the computers that logs systems operations.
I think that the fact that just before the incident the lights went back on indicates that they were probably scrambling their asses off down below to restore power. It happens out at sea often enough but when you’re in a harbor that is an extremely critical predicament.
“My wife thinks everything that breaks is my fault automatically...”
I was at a funeral reception 8 months ago and my one of my nephews who is 38 years old was 150 miles away at home and called his mother on her cell phone and started yelling at her because she apparently “sabotaged the air conditioner” when she left the house by adjusting the thermostat 8 hours before...
(Don’t get me started...)
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So...no back-up source of energy?
Apparently not, or it was too slow to come up to power...............................
Not Johnny Unitas?
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