Baltimore bridge collapse
Discussion
Here is a link to the NTSB site with status updates.
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA24MM0...
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA24MM0...
HiAsAKite said:
Dumb question.. I presume they lost rudder authority as well..
if they had been able to just restore rudder control and focus on steering through the bridge without main power- could this have stood a chance?
Without the main engine running, at the speed the ship was moving there wouldn't be sufficient water flow over the rudder for it to be effective.if they had been able to just restore rudder control and focus on steering through the bridge without main power- could this have stood a chance?
hidetheelephants said:
It's only for barge/coastal craft drawing less than 10', better than nothing and the US uses a lot of f
king huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.
I can't see it taking them long to get it fully open for shipping - although the "massive" crane they brought in doesn't look particularly impressive.king huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.hidetheelephants said:
It's only for barge/coastal craft drawing less than 10', better than nothing and the US uses a lot of fking huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.
Barges running all sorts of freight through Europe - Germany and Holland for example, on Rhine.king huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.O/T As a kid, I remember waiting for boat to come fetch me from the middle of the Mississipi in Iowa, after being thrown from the rubber donut it was towing through the wake waves, and watching this train of huge barges heading downstream toward me. No idea how big barges get further downstream.
Reports of first ship through, a tugboat pushing a fuel barge
https://www.rawstory.com/first-vessel-passes-chann...
https://www.rawstory.com/first-vessel-passes-chann...
And the ship owners have filed to limit their liability
https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collap...
https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collap...
Digga said:
hidetheelephants said:
It's only for barge/coastal craft drawing less than 10', better than nothing and the US uses a lot of fking huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.
Barges running all sorts of freight through Europe - Germany and Holland for example, on Rhine.king huge barges to shift stuff about which aren't really a thing in the UK or even europe.O/T As a kid, I remember waiting for boat to come fetch me from the middle of the Mississipi in Iowa, after being thrown from the rubber donut it was towing through the wake waves, and watching this train of huge barges heading downstream toward me. No idea how big barges get further downstream.
Vipers said:
gruffalo said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
Vipers said:
Trivia, that's the paddlewheel effect. Carry on.
I'd call it prop walk.
I was navy and our term was paddlewherl effect 
As another civvy boater, I have also always known it as prop walk.
AW111 said:
Vipers said:
gruffalo said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
Vipers said:
Trivia, that's the paddlewheel effect. Carry on.
I'd call it prop walk. I was navy and our term was paddlewherl effect As another civvy boater, I have also always known it as prop walk.
AW111 said:
Was it the beer that affected your spelling of "paddlewheel"?
As another civvy boater, I have also always known it as prop walk.
Every day is a school day, learn something every day, spelling I blame the festering iPad keys, when one is used to touch typing on a proper keyboard. As another civvy boater, I have also always known it as prop walk.
Just to say the paddle wheel effect is a navy term just as we say port and starboard and some civvies will say left and right, but I have googled prop walk and it’s very informative, so thanks for the term, one for my little grey cells.
Vipers said:
hidetheelephants said:
What's with the elevenerifing? Both terms are real and refer to the same physical phenomena.
TBH I have absolutely no idea what you mean. elevenerifing ???
“Have a nice Easter holiday?”
“Yeah, we went to Tenerife”
“Well my family went to Elevenerife”
Abbott said:
AW111 said:
hidetheelephants said:
What's with the elevenerifing? Both terms are real and refer to the same physical phenomena.
But our term is right, so their term must be wrong.Have you learned nothing in your 198 months here?
Anyway, I was trying to help elevate HTE to the 200 month club ahead of time.
ps My earlier comment re beer was supposed to be a riff on the beer icon ending the post I quoted. Sorry if it offended anyone.
Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff