Posted on 03/31/2024 3:20:03 AM PDT by rodguy911
Living off the Land: How hackers blend into your environment
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great stuff ,im guessing there are some answers in there but i dont know what....
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The River Danube cruise ship that crashed into a concrete wall “suddenly lost power” and was no longer able to maneuver. Just like the Baltimore incident.
As far as explaining the coincidences, they point in the direction of intentional malfeasance. While some may accept the hacking explanation and look no further, it might be a good idea to let some time pass and see what else shakes out. Jmo.
Still a good idea to put articles like this out there. 🙂
NTSB Releases Data on DALI’s Black Box, Reveals No CCTV Footage Found, Sensors Cut Off and Turned Backed On, Voice Recorder Disrupted By Background Noise
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 03/16/2024 Vol.489, Q Day 2331, OldWarBaby wrote: Lots of folks paying attention to the FSKB fail. Fortunately my new supply of tinfoil just got here. My new hat has a quartz beanie on top so I’m connected to the entire galaxy.
But listen up:
Adding Mitch’s SIL and her shipping ownership to the mix is way doubling down on coinkidinkies.
Night before last when the Cali hit the FSKB was full moon. Never mind that un-docking in the middle of the night, in the dark, is a bit non-standard by itself.As chance would have it I woke up long enough, about midnight, to do a rollover and noted the FULL MOON about 1:00 high. My bedroom window faces West so I get a good look at the moonset. The Cali hit the FSKB about 1:30 AM which would have also been right at max high tide.
A local fisherman notes that channel is dredged to 60 feet. So most of the river water goes down that channel making deader water and way more mud near the bridge pilings. It was noted early on that the Cali left its tugs behind even tho it had to clear the FSKB and one more bridge before it got to open water.
The only rational for no tugs, besides cheapness anyway, is that with a 60 foot channel and a 40 foot draft no one believed a large ship could get out of the channel and into the 30 foot water to ever hit the bridge abutments?
But this ship never got itself aligned into the proper channel from the time it un-docked, according to the published path it took. From the time it lit its engine it was pointed more to the bridge than to the channel.
The main engines on these big heavy haulers are a bit different than one might expect on a more versatile ship.
They have one bigass diesel engine, 8 or more cylinders and pack 40,000 horsepower or more. The main engine does nothing except drive the ship. Electric and hydraulic power come from auxiliary engines. It’s all about cheapness.The main engine is hard -coupled to the prop shaft which is firmly bolted to the prop. No cluth, no disconnect. If the main engine is running the prop is turning so they do not start the engine when dockside. Their little buddy tugs move them away and line them up with the channel. To reverse the ship the main engine is shut down, then re-started in the opposite rotation. That explains the puff of black smoke the Cali kicked out when heading for the bridge. It also explains that they had a serious problem before the smoke and should have shut down.
Everyone has noted the ship had been doing 8 knots, which is a bit fast for channel chasing, but had slowed to 1.5 knots before hitting the bridge. The reason the ship slowed is because it was pushing mud already, out of the main channel. But for high tide, I don’t believe it could have gotten out of the channel.
When you see the pics from later in the day, low tide, you can see the stern is out of the water at least 10 feet. It’s plainly sitting on mud that is probly only 30 feet deep.
And Mumbles was way too quick on the draw with that pledge of Fedmoney.
There’s more but I’m going with sabotage,conspiracy, sedition etc. and I’m also wanting to round up everybody associated with that ship, waterboard their axxes, rubber hose them, find out who paid them, round up their mothers and find out why they birthed such a bunch of dumbasses?
High was Monday, March 25 at 8:31 PM EDT.
Low was Tuesday, March 26 at 2:13 AM EDT.
Average MAX depth of the Fort McHenry Channel is 55 ft.
MV Dali was correctly oriented in the Fort McHenry Channel, when the two tugs (operated by McAllister Towing and Transportation) departed and headed further up into the general Baltimore harbor.
Speed of MV Dali when it hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge center span's south support, was just under 7 knots.
photo comes from this link:
https://gcaptain.com/ntsb-timeline-reveals-crucial-minutes-leading-up-to-baltimore-bridge-strike/
At post # https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4228016/posts
Post #39 by linMcHlp
Excellent post.
Rumors floating around now about three letter orgs. possibly involved when ship took off from it’s last harbor docking.
Nothing solid.
I agree totally with your comment:
As far as explaining the coincidences, they point in the direction of intentional malfeasance. While some may accept the hacking explanation and look no further, it might be a good idea to let some time pass and see what else shakes out. Jmo.
Between your post and lin mc hip I think a lot of questions are arising and being answered as well.
1.Why undock in the middle of the night?
2.WHy did Kali leave its tugs behind with the pathetic forward and reverse system they had.Seems tugs would have been essential.?
3.What was the alignment of the ship after leaving the dock and why?
4.What was the ships forward speed when it hit the bridge in how deep of water and why?
5.Was there bluetooth communication immedidately before the ship left the dock,why from whom,about what?
6.what level was the tide at creating what depth?
7.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsdZVp0opsQ
At this link the explanation of why the tugs left once it was a straight shot through the channel in Baltimore it was a money move to get rid of the tugs.
Getting rid of the tugs appears to have been a bad move done solely for money reasons.Owners didn't have to pay the tugs.
Post #31 at the thread is key to answering some questions and an excellent take it also leads to other threads that should be followed.
With the info here on this thread many questions can be answered as to what happened.
Thanks to everyone participating.
Zooming in on that image, looking along the starboard side of MV Dali, I can see that the bow is NOT hung up, over the concrete "stud" that remains of the FSK Bridge central span's south support.
WMAR news - images and videos - Francis Scott Key Bridge
Video repeats within itself - not much to see.
Is there a possible time frame on all that looks like a lot of work. Who will pay?
From your link:
BALTIMORE (WMAR) - By now, you’ve probably seen the video showing the moment Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed Tuesday after a cargo ship hit a pillar.
Six people — who were believed to be part of a road construction crew — are presumed to be dead.
The U.S. Coast Guard ended its active rescue mission Tuesday evening.
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse:
1:33
Leaders push to clean up Key Bridge, reopen port
1:37
Baltimore bridge collapse: Race to open critical channel 1:40
Federal funding fight for Baltimore's bridge collapse
1:38
Last driver to cross Baltimore bridge says he barely missed collapse
1:18
Crews remove first pieces of collapsed Baltimore bridge from the water
2:07
Victims of Baltimore bridge collapse honored at Easter service
2:05
Largest crane on Eastern Seaboard arrives in Baltimore 1:51
Bridge collapse investigation continues 1:22
Biden administration approves $60 million for initial bridge repairs
1:35
How the Baltimore bridge collapse could harm the economy 0:49
RAW: Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after being stuck by large ship
1:09
Baltimore ship watcher captured bridge collapse 0:45
Maryland bridge collapse satellite photos 7:31
NTSB releases aerial footage of Francis Scott Key Bridge, cargo ship Dali
0:44
RAW: Closeup view of destroyed Baltimore bridge, crashed ship 0:50
RAW: Aerials over Baltimore river show collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge
“I can hardly talk about it right now,” said Mike Singer, owner of Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers, whose camera caught the collapse.
Seven years ago, Singer started Baltimore & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers.
He has one camera focused on the Key Bridge, streaming live 24-7, and his is the video going around the world.
“There are actually what are called: dolphins, giant cement pillars that are supposed to protect the ship. We’re supposed to protect this bridge from ships. There’s four of them out there. They’re huge. They’re as big as cars. Um, obviously, they didn’t work today,” Singer said Tuesday. “Unbelievable.”
more info here?
The U.S. Navy budget, probably covers the heavy lift barges and associated working platforms - ie the equipment and their crews.
The U.S. Navy requirement probably has priority.
I am guessing that a long-term “investigation” will bend toward “who can pay” for all the rest.
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