Key Bridge, Baltimore, has collapsed.

[Kippax Street 1880]

America cannot be a real place man fucking hell!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

civil and structural engineer Julian Carter, says bridges such as the one in Baltimore are "very weak at points".

He says the "catastrophic collapse" of much of the bridge was because everything along the structure is "interconnected".

Other large bridges may have central piers where the main structure is disconnected from the rest, but in this case the interconnected nature of the bridge means "when you take out one part of it, the interconnected system fails".

Mr Carter says the "lightweight structure" was likely tested at some point for a ship collision.

This may have been suitable at the time, he says, but container ships are now "twice the size".

The engineer adds that he expects many ports and bridge piers will need to be risk assessed for similar situations.

You could say, "flimsy".

 

[Coatigan]

civil and structural engineer Julian Carter, says bridges such as the one in Baltimore are "very weak at points".

He says the "catastrophic collapse" of much of the bridge was because everything along the structure is "interconnected".

Other large bridges may have central piers where the main structure is disconnected from the rest, but in this case the interconnected nature of the bridge means "when you take out one part of it, the interconnected system fails".

Mr Carter says the "lightweight structure" was likely tested at some point for a ship collision.

This may have been suitable at the time, he says, but container ships are now "twice the size".

The engineer adds that he expects many ports and bridge piers will need to be risk assessed for similar situations.

All bridges are, by default, interconnected. To varying extents. They are also not built to be collision proof. There are measures and considerations, but ultimately this wasn't felled by a gust of wind, it was a pretty substantial force that would really take some stopping.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You lost me there Tash?

Was Ollie at the wheel of the sinking ship?

 

[cleavers]

Given the ship appears to be on the City side of the water, going through a fairly narrow channel (between the 2 bridge piers), you'd think the ship would be under the control of a pilot, most big ships are under pilot control in harbours. Looking at google earth, the container port appears to be on the northeast side of the port, which puts the ship hitting that bit seem a bit strange.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Fuck of with that shite.

He's only saying what will occur when Mango Mussolin wakes up.

Trump won't be concerned with casualties. He'll rant about infrastructure collapsing because of lack of investment from Biden (which is BS) who's more concerned with jailing him over the running the country.

 

[Gray]

Ships are very difficult to stop once they are moving, that bridge didn't stand a chance.

Very worrying that you could see a fair number of car headlights at the time of impact.

There will be a lot of casualties and fatalities.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Given the ship appears to be on the City side of the water, going through a fairly narrow channel (between the 2 bridge piers), you'd think the ship would be under the control of a pilot, most big ships are under pilot control in harbours. Looking at google earth, the container port appears to be on the northeast side of the port, which puts the ship hitting that bit seem a bit strange.

I thought it had been said that there were 2 pilots on board.

 

[Grassland Blue]

The speed at which the bridge collapsed is scary.
R.I.P. to the dead.

 

[Gray]

He's only saying what will occur when Mango Mussolin wakes up.

Trump won't be concerned with casualties. He'll rant about infrastructure collapsing because of lack of investment from Biden (which is BS) who's more concerned with jailing him over the running the country.

In a country of 341.33 million people, how come the presidential candidates are both pensioners (77 & 81) - one a crook and the other senile.