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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

Per CBS News:

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1 posted on 04/13/2024 8:42:52 AM PDT by bitt
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To: bitt

SEEMS FISHY, hmmmm?


2 posted on 04/13/2024 8:43:21 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

Happens a lot more than the story wants you to assume.


3 posted on 04/13/2024 8:46:12 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: bitt

Diversity has trouble with tying knots


4 posted on 04/13/2024 8:46:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: bitt

Just an accident, you know. Happens all the time. /s


5 posted on 04/13/2024 8:47:59 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: bitt

NOT TERRORISM: FIB


6 posted on 04/13/2024 8:48:13 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: bitt

https://apnews.com/article/loose-barges-ohio-river-methanol-d706dabd3a920375beca33ed444b1d95

Published 2:08 PM CDT, March 29, 2023
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying methanol.

A total of 10 barges got loose early Tuesday on the river near Louisville, the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said. Most were recovered, but the U.S Army Corp of Engineers said three were pinned against the McAlpine Locks and Dam and the locks are closed to traffic until the barges are stabilized, though river traffic was open through the use of the local vessel traffic services.

One of those barges was carrying 1,400 tons of methanol and was partially submerged, Kentucky officials said.


Note, 10 barges just a few weeks ago


7 posted on 04/13/2024 8:48:40 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: butlerweave
Diversity has trouble with tying knots

Anything rope related induces a panic about nooses.

8 posted on 04/13/2024 8:48:54 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: bitt
While your typical river barge does have more intelligence that Traitorjoe, these barges did NOT break loose. Some person(s) broke them loose.
9 posted on 04/13/2024 8:49:18 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: bitt

Atlas Shrugged.


10 posted on 04/13/2024 8:50:32 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: bitt
1 is an accident (maybe).

26 all at once ... ?

11 posted on 04/13/2024 8:51:24 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/6-barges-stuck-on-ohio-river-cleared-by-us-coast-guard-with-4-others-sunk-or-to-be-salvaged/vi-BB1jCIyr

6 barges mar10 2024


12 posted on 04/13/2024 8:51:41 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: bitt

https://apnews.com/article/bridge-collapses-barges-list-1f2d6261d523ddc625aaaf3b32c626bc


history of loose barges.....................


13 posted on 04/13/2024 8:53:18 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: virgil
Just an accident, you know. Happens all the time. /s

It probably does. No sarcasm.

But before the bridge crash, such stories were ignored. Now the media is suddenly interested in every shipping mishap, not matter how minor.

It's kind of like how, after the plane door came off, every Boeing defect is being reported.

14 posted on 04/13/2024 8:58:18 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: bitt

The roar of the Ohio in the Spring...


15 posted on 04/13/2024 8:59:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: butlerweave

Nascar could have done it


16 posted on 04/13/2024 8:59:48 AM PDT by al baby (I know sarcasm )
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To: bitt

Why do barges break loose? Can’t find any info.

Does remind me a of story from 40 years ago. Person on the river told me they lost some barges on the Mississippi. They couldn’t find one of the barges that contained something not so good. The boss said to him, “suppose we ought to tell anyone?”

The river is very unpredictable in the spring.


17 posted on 04/13/2024 9:01:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: bitt

I first read this article on the yahoo.com home page but when looking for it elsewhere have not come across it. I would have thought it was big news since two bridges in Pittsburgh are closed until possible damage is assessed.


18 posted on 04/13/2024 9:01:34 AM PDT by CdMGuy
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To: PeterPrinciple

HOW do barges break loose? Aren’t they secured with mooring lines fore and aft? Both lines failing at the same time? On 26 barges? Color me skeptical.


19 posted on 04/13/2024 9:05:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: CdMGuy

Just found it when I re-loaded The Liberty Daily. It was posted there as a headline story from Info Wars.


20 posted on 04/13/2024 9:05:21 AM PDT by CdMGuy
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