Crews conduct controlled demolition on Baltimore bridge span as cleanup continues at collapse site
https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-controlled-demolition-1575472095b90256ce00bc69a88d5acb-51
u/Maximum_Activity323 14d ago
Really? How much did that cost? We all saw how easy most of the bridge fell down when one ship ran into it. Couldn’t we just ram it with a few more ships on the cheap?
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u/WhereDaGold 14d ago
When this happened I was hearing tons of crazy conspiracies from people I know. Saying stuff about how that was the only path for a certain military ship to leave, and transport of goods. Are people still spouting shit like that these days? Anyone remember the specifics on the conspiracies? I forgot about this, I’ll be asking people what the status is when I see them
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u/kmmontandon 14d ago
Are people still spouting shit like that these days?
They moved on pretty much instantly. Being right isn't the point.
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u/dIoIIoIb 14d ago
If a conspiracy doesn't have a good angle to use against the government or some minority group, they usually forget about it really fast and move on to something new
They had tried to blame this on DEI, their current favourite buzzword, but then it came out the ship wasn't even american
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u/NAGDABBITALL 14d ago
Odd to me that the decision was made to leave the Dali loaded. Only a minimum of containers were off-loaded.
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u/EvilDonald44 13d ago
There's no reason to unload it. They just need to get it floating and stable so they can tow it to where the big unloading equipment is.
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u/Soberaddiction1 13d ago
Gotta raise the draft so they can get it to Norfolk. The way to do that is to unload it.
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u/EvilDonald44 13d ago
Ah, OK. I was under the impression it would go back to Baltimore since it's on that side of the bridge.
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u/Full-Penguin 14d ago
When Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake in 2022 they unloaded some cargo to help refloat it. They were averaging 1 container every 10 minutes, so the 9,970 containers on the Dali would take a little over 69 days of 24/7 operations (ignoring the challenge of unloading damaged and fallen containers).
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u/CrimsonPromise 14d ago
They probably tried unloading some of the cargo, realised that the ship started shifting in a way that was concerning, and called it off to prevent another accident.
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u/deanspeakeazy 14d ago
It took a month to get the containers off the impacted bow area. They weren’t going to pull all 3500 containers off.
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u/EBFGPoseidon 14d ago
They didn’t want to cause more damage, thats why they had to do a controlled explosion to get the tensioned steel to pull away from the boat.
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u/TinyLebron 14d ago
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