nyrath,
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michael_w_busch,
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@nyrath Good luck over there, for whatever it is worth.

nyrath,
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@michael_w_busch

Thanks, but I should be fine. My house is elevated about 4 meters from the water level, so I should be reasonably safe from fuel oil washing up on the edge.

evildrganymede,
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@nyrath holy cow, that is awful. From what I'm reading now it sounds like the power went out on the ship and it drifted into the support pylon - imagine being crew on the ship, knowing what is about to happen and not being able to stop it. It's terrible that people have died but at least it didn't happen during the day when it would have been very busy! This is going to have a lot of knock-on effects too...

acsawdey,
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@evildrganymede @nyrath That's kind of crazy given that this ship was built in 2015. Bet crew and maintenance are going to be under the microscope.

nyrath,
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@acsawdey @evildrganymede

When the stock market opened in Europe, the shares of Maersk instantly dropped about 6%

nyrath,
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@evildrganymede

No kidding. Baltimore is screwed.
It will be a long time before the bridge bits can be dredged out of the river. Until then, no ships can enter, and the few ships in the harbor are trapped.

Interstate trucking would hit the beltway, and exit from the bridge. The only way left are the two tunnels, and they are forbidden to hazmat cargo.

Originally the bridge took 5 years to build.

nyrath,
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I took these photos from my back yard

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jrholmes,
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@nyrath
Just heard about this on NPR and they mentioned at least 7 cars went into the water.

nyrath,
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@jrholmes

Including an 18-wheeler

peterdrake,
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@nyrath @jrholmes Devastating. Is it conceivable that anyone on the bridge survived?

nyrath,
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@peterdrake @jrholmes

I think there is one survivor as of now.

But the bridge is on the order of 56 meters from the water, it was pitch black night, and the water temperature was 8 °C.

About 7 cars are missing and there were 20 maintenance people working on the bridge at the time.

jovikowi,
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@nyrath

😞

The bridge went down so quickly.

A fully loaded container ship must have tremendous inertia. Even at no-wake speed.

maxthefox,
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@nyrath 😬

Lironah,
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@nyrath Could you hear it from there?

nyrath,
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@Lironah

Yes. Sounded like a huge 18 wheel truck going by the front of my house at high velocity. Except it went on for several seconds.

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eldadoinquieto,
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@nyrath

Oh man 👀 ...

If you crossed the bridge in the past you are lucky then, you dodged another bullet.

nyrath,
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@eldadoinquieto

All the time. I hate using the tunnel.

swope,
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@nyrath **** 😧

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