The Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore, Maryland

X/Twitter ^ | 03/25/2024 | @sentdefender

[rxsid]

No doubt about it, terrorists will try to maximize their terror...generally speaking. Since most on the thread were focusing on the time of day this happened, simply noting there is more than one way to terrorize people/society.

[foxfield]

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[Revel]

Why don’t you tell people that is a tweet from Laura Logan. She is a good source for speculation. But a source to be taken with a grain of salt. Her information is sometimes good. And sometimes not.

[FDNYRHEROES]

Interesting enough the Captain probably was not at the helm of the ship. Ports have independent Pilots that steer ships out of Port. Reports are that were two Pilots on board. See link.

Captains and pilots don't usually steer ships at any time. When the pilot is conning a vessel, the pilot gives helm orders directly to a helmsman (usually an Able-Bodied Seaman or an experienced Ordinary Seaman). On Non-American-flagged ships, the rudder orders are either Port Rudder or Starboard Rudder (plus the number of degrees), Midships, or Steady (on a specified course). Although there are usually 2 steering pump systems, the steering pump(s) in use could either be one system or the other or both systems combined. My experience has been that one of the systems is powered by the Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) powered circuit, and the other one isn't. The one that isn't, is powered by a Ship's Service Diesel Generator (SSDG). Should the switches have been set to just the steering pump that only receives power from just the SSDG (and not both)...and the SSDG trips out, steering is lost temporarily until someone thinks about energizing the the other steering pump on the EDG-powered circuit. Should steering be lost during a helm command, the vessel will keep going in the direction the rudder is stuck on at that moment. Hopefully, steering will get restored before a disaster occurs.

When 2 pilots are onboard, one pilot is usually the senior pilot who either conns the vessel directly or observes the junior pilot as part of that junior pilot's training program. It is unknown which pilot was conning the vessel at the time of the allision with the bridge.

[linMcHlp]

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[OldHarbor]

During Covid I watched a lot and I do mean a lot of YouTube videos

https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel/videos

Drachinifel - Naval history .

[9YearLurker]

Has this been posted here?

It is a Lara Logan interview with Steve Bannon that I recommend everyone watch through to the end.

https://rumble.com/v4lq4j2-lara-logan-on-the-francis-scott-key-bridge-it-is-a-financial-and-economic-a.html

[Vaquero]

44 years later and one would think protective concrete piers would have been installed on all bridges in areas where huge ships pass under

[deks]

Logan: "When you choke off Baltimore you have cut the main north-south hazardous corridor (I95) in half."

I-695 is the circumferential highway (beltway) around the city of Baltimore. The FSK bridge crossing is on the south side, so now traffic will go around the city on the north side, which appears on maps to be similar in distance. This I-695 north side route connects I-95 northbound and southbound traffic.

[OldHarbor]

Let’s see…. He says
They should have dropped anchor.

They did drop anchor.

This guy has a show he has to sell. Next !

I diidn’t bother to stick around to see what she was selling. 🙄

[9YearLurker]

Stupid of you.

[OldHarbor]

G’head and watch the tv talking heads. What does Sean Hannity have to say ? 😅

[Pelham]

Oh yeah, Drachinifel has an excellent YT channel, too.

This is an amazing time for those of us who grew up on Victory At Sea films and always wondered how the battles depicted related to each other.

Drachinifel was the featured guest on one of the Unauthorized videos that I just watched.

“Black Panther of the Pacific- Dick O’Kane and USS Tang with special guest Drachinifel-Episode 206”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1FjHVEAlHM

Ian Toll’s Pacific war trilogy and Hornfischer’s books are also well worth reading.

[gathersnomoss]

Thanks.

[Pelham]

“G’head and watch the tv talking heads. What does Sean Hannity have to say ? 😅”

lol. The “politics explains all” conspiracy crowd will be exploiting this bridge collapse until the next grifter opportunity pops up.

Sal Mercogliano and the gCaptain boys will know what they are talking about so they’ll get ignored by usual suspects.

https://gcaptain.com/breaking-mv-dali-cited-for-propulsion-issues-before-baltimore-incident/

“BREAKING: MV Dali Cited for Propulsion Issues Before Baltimore Incident”

[FDNYRHEROES]

No pollution according to Synergy Marine Group.

Well, we got that much going for us. Greta will be proud.

[DouglasKC]

Why don’t you tell people that is a tweet from Laura Logan. She is a good source for speculation. But a source to be taken with a grain of salt. Her information is sometimes good. And sometimes not.

I did ....in post 653...take care...

[FDNYRHEROES]

There is a bridge being replaced on the Illinois river at Peoria It is expected it will open this coming fall after 5 1/2 years of construction. They were hopping to have the bridge open in 4 years, but Covid caused some delays. That didn’t include bidding and design time..

This is exactly the reason why when adding 9 months to any project for unexpected delays, add an additional 9 months for UNEXPECTED unexpected delays...

[Pelham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-t5EZov7b0

Q&A on MV Dali Bridge Allison with What’s Going on With Shipping and gCaptain

[Texan4Life]

Q&A on MV Dali Bridge Allison with What’s Going on With Shipping and Captain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-t5EZov7b0