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How long did this event last from start to finish? Just wondering why there are cars still driving through the bridge moments before impact.
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The boat changes direction after impact with the bumper
It was a massive boat. They don't change direction very easily.
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I'm kind of confused how a President can promise something like that. He doesn't have any power to appropriate money, and given his party's lack of control of Congress, I'd argue he can't promise anything. Not to mention that one can scarcely find a "bluer" area than Baltimore -- I would assume that the most proudly right-wing politicians would be more than happy to let Baltimore suffer to score points with their pol…
> It's my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge and I expect the Congress to support my effort This is what he said. I would expect Congress to play along too -- just how unpopular would it be to abandon Baltimore??
This is a tragedy for those involved. My rough calculus points that the amount of force of this collision is on par with a large scale natural disaster. Everyone being surprised at the bridge collapsing needs to reconcile with the amount of force that struck the bridge - it is a truly significant amount of Newtons that hit the bridge. More than a train going from full speed to a full stop. Unbelievable amount of forc…
I wonder. This ship might have massed about ten times a typical freight train on the heavy side, but the train is going to be moving a lot faster than a ship navigating in port, right?
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Why don't they just fine the shit out of that rocket boat company every time they pull that outrageous prank? Or throw someone in jail. Who thinks that is in any an ok prank? Can you imagine someone doing that in a car? Its just a prank bro!
I mean, I'm not the lawyer, my brother is. But I'll speculate all the same. I don't think that they are actually doing anything illegal [0]. It seems to be perfectly fine to pilot your boat anywhere you want to. Even if that means it looks like you're gonna run into the pier. It's not like they ever actually did run into the pier anyways. Also, per other conversations with my brother, maritime law is not like 'normal…
This is a tragedy for those involved. My rough calculus points that the amount of force of this collision is on par with a large scale natural disaster. Everyone being surprised at the bridge collapsing needs to reconcile with the amount of force that struck the bridge - it is a truly significant amount of Newtons that hit the bridge. More than a train going from full speed to a full stop. Unbelievable amount of forc…
Who are you even referring to? Are you just inventing a population of people in your mind to flex against here? Trust me, people get it.
The design of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, specifically the tunnel part, makes a lot of sense now. Imagine a US navy port (Norfolk) being inaccessible if this happened there.
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It's somewhat counterintuitive how much energy can be in something moving so slowly. I say somewhat, because when you're up close it's much more obvious, but you're right that on a video it doesn't look like much.
This disconnect happens with boats quite a lot. For example, I can, by myself, pull a 45 foot grand banks trawler in shallow water. I know because I've done so. But at even very low speeds, I cannot stop it from hitting a pier. I have not tried to do this, but every harbor master has a bunch of stories about people trying to do so and getting a leg or an arm or something squished and pulverized. People who are not bo…