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| 1. Author: OzPar Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 09:54 A containership collided with a bridge in Baltimore during the night, with the mile-long bridge instantly collapsing into the river below, taking several vehicles with it. It is too early to assess casualties, but they are thought to be quite high. The bridge is a critical part of the highway from the northeastern states of America to New York, and Baltimore is America`s 8th largest port. The port will likely be closed to shipping for up to a year as work will be required to salvage the bridge from the water before the shipping channel can reopen. Reply |
| 2. Author: buffy Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 10:18 The videos on Twitter are awful. Hope there are survivors from this tragedy. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 3. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 10:29 Surely needs assessed how that bridge collapsed so quickly. Reply |
| 4. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 11:38 Watched the online collapse with Mrs BPP this morning and we were both shocked and horrified .. All those poor souls .. what must have been going through their minds as the bridge started to fold .. As jake pointed out very quickly .. How did the ship miss the huge middle arch .. A lot of answers required We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 5. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 11:55 It looks like the ship lost all power which includes steering prior to the collision. In these cases it can take a large ship a mile or more to come to a halt. As tragic as it was, it would have been devastating had it happened during the day with 10 times the traffic. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 6. Author: d3monstrate Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 11:58 Would imagine the build of the bridge was to support the weight of traffic, never anticipating a side impact... Awful stuff Reply |
| 7. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 13:38 Did the ship not hit one of the main foundations? Interestingly the Forth Road Bridge had further protective measures constructed some years ago! Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 14:12 It lost power and appears to have veered towards a support. Reply |
| 9. Author: widtink Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 14:44 Not a lot you can do after a ship loses propulsion unfortunately. Steerage is significantly reduced if not effectively gone if your screw isn`t turning . Terrible tragedy. Admin Reply |
| 10. Author: Buspasspar Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 14:54 Tragic .. As AAPS pointed out imagine if it had been rush hour We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 11. Author: Andrew283 Date: Tue 26th Mar 2024. 20:56 Very scary how quickly the whole structure went down Reply |
| 12. Author: Parboiled Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 08:07 Sleepy Joe Biden ...I thought that surely he can’t dribble nonsense about this, but true to form he recalls travelling over it by rail many times. He’s got the city or the river or the bridge mixed up or maybe all three! Reply |
| 13. Author: PARrot Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 11:28 Parboiled, Thu 28 Mar 08:07 Sleepy Joe?! Making fun of a guy with a speech impediment due to a medical condition, yet doing a great job. Do you prefer the guy that`s selling Bibles to pay his legal fees for fraud, rape and shutting up his porn star bit on the side?  Reply |
| 14. Author: Parboiled Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 11:58 Recently he has confused Egypt with Mexico, Macron with Mitterrand, and his wife with his sister…he doesn’t have a speech impediment , he clearly articulates nonsense Reply |
| 15. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 12:27 Trump is little better in that regard. Called his wife Mercedes recently and has often referred to Biden as Obama. Also let`s never forget Trump`s nonsensical ramblings about using disinfectant and ultraviolet light inside the human body to kill corona virus. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 16. Author: PARrot Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 13:47 Parboiled, Thu 28 Mar 11:58 Lol. We all do that. We aren`t all in the public eye 24/7, though. He has a speech impediment. He suffered two brain aneurysms, which affects his speech and possibly memory, but not his intelligence or wisdom. Trump, on the other hand, is well below average. He is an expert grifter, though, and as long as fascists bigots and conspiracy theorists, or mega rich tax cut junkies support him, he will be successful at it. He knows how to play his cult followers, and they just keep giving. Grifting is the only business he has that turns a profit. He bankrupted everything else, and Truth Social is next. Reply |
| 17. Author: EastEndTales Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 14:49 Ah yes Biden or the man who suggested drinking bleach. Go eat your cereal boiled. Ep.16 of East End Tales is out now with Steven Mill https://www.buzzsprout.com/1972630/14949749 Reply |
| 18. Author: SusieQ Date: Thu 28th Mar 2024. 18:08 Did Trumpity not recently mix up Nanci Pelosi with someone?! They`re both not immune to these kind of errors - at least Biden doesn`t go off on incoherent rambles despite his occasional stammer. Think it was Nikki Haley. Shocking disaster - thankfully at night tho or would have been far far worse. RIP to the victims. COME ON YE PARS! Reply |
| 19. Author: Andrew283 Date: Sat 30th Mar 2024. 23:31 Parboiled, Thu 28 Mar 08:07 Away and lick the pages of your $60 MAGA Bible you Reply |
| 20. Author: PARrot Date: Sun 31st Mar 2024. 09:26 Andrew283, Sat 30 Mar 23:31 Easier said than done. Apparently, there is a huge issue with the pages sticking together. His worst grift yet. Guaranteed to lose a lot of support with this one. Post Edited (Sun 31 Mar 09:27) Reply |
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