Baltimore bridge collapse

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Stick Legs

4,914 posts

165 months

Thursday 4th April
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emicen said:
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 ???
One upping.

“Have a nice Easter holiday?”
“Yeah, we went to Tenerife”
“Well my family went to Elevenerife”
See also black catting, taller giraffeing…

crofty1984

15,868 posts

204 months

Sunday 7th April
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Reminds me of a chap I used to work with. We called him Fiveskin.

Pupp

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12,228 posts

272 months

Sunday 7th April
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crofty1984 said:
Reminds me of a chap I used to work with. We called him Fiveskin.
laugh

Vipers

32,893 posts

228 months

Sunday 7th April
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crofty1984 said:
Reminds me of a chap I used to work with. We called him Fiveskin.
No need to explain why a bloke calld his Ford Focus Clitoris.

oobster

7,098 posts

211 months

Sunday 7th April
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What's the latest status re: the ship, is it still in situ at the bridge?

hidetheelephants

24,420 posts

193 months

Sunday 7th April
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oobster said:
What's the latest status re: the ship, is it still in situ at the bridge?
Still jammed under bridge debris, likely to remain so for a while although contractors and the army corps of engineers are onsite and shifting lumps of bridge.

Vipers

32,893 posts

228 months

Monday 8th April
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Google said they are starting to unload some of the containers.

And they have the black box as well, didnt even know ships had one.

eliot

11,436 posts

254 months

Monday 8th April
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would be interesting to know how fast they could clear it in a war situation.
Tugs and ropes round the remains of the bridge and pull it to one side, then tugs on the ship and get that out the way.
Few days - no questions asked, no osha…

Abbott

2,409 posts

203 months

Monday 8th April
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Vipers said:
Google said they are starting to unload some of the containers.

And they have the black box as well, didnt even know ships had one.
According to the NTSB information in their briefing the level of information in the black box is very basic. Nowhere near that of a plane.

dudleybloke

19,844 posts

186 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Abbott said:
Vipers said:
Google said they are starting to unload some of the containers.

And they have the black box as well, didnt even know ships had one.
According to the NTSB information in their briefing the level of information in the black box is very basic. Nowhere near that of a plane.
It records the ride on time.

Gareth79

7,673 posts

246 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Abbott said:
Vipers said:
Google said they are starting to unload some of the containers.

And they have the black box as well, didnt even know ships had one.
According to the NTSB information in their briefing the level of information in the black box is very basic. Nowhere near that of a plane.
There isn't a "black box" even, it's just downloading log files from the systems onto a USB stick.

nigelpugh7

6,040 posts

190 months

Tuesday 9th April
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dudleybloke said:
It records the ride on time.
bow

I appreciated that if no one else did bud!


phil1979

3,549 posts

215 months

Tuesday 9th April
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rofl

normalbloke

7,461 posts

219 months

Tuesday 9th April
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nigelpugh7 said:
dudleybloke said:
It records the ride on time.
bow

I appreciated that if no one else did bud!
Yes, very subtle. Great tune..

Vipers

32,893 posts

228 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Gareth79 said:
Abbott said:
Vipers said:
Google said they are starting to unload some of the containers.

And they have the black box as well, didnt even know ships had one.
According to the NTSB information in their briefing the level of information in the black box is very basic. Nowhere near that of a plane.
There isn't a "black box" even, it's just downloading log files from the systems onto a USB stick.
Probably right, I am only quoting from a news post, think black box means anything with information on during the voyage.

PS, just googled it’s a data recorder commonly referred to a black box, all news reports are calling it a black box.

Edited by Vipers on Tuesday 9th April 08:26

Vipers

32,893 posts

228 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Always wondered why planes black box’s were orange, found this for info if anyone is interested-

They were essentially photograph-based flight recorders since the record was made on a scrolling photographic film.

The latent image was made by a thin ray of light deviated by a mirror tilted according to the magnitude of the data to record (altitude, speed, etc.).

Since the inside of the recorder was pitch black, this may be the origin of the "black box" name, often used as a synonym for a flight recorder.

Stick Legs

4,914 posts

165 months

Tuesday 9th April
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The VDR, Voyage Data Recorder, will record ECDIS (electronic charts info) RADAR and voice as a minimum.

Because of the way ships are ‘driven’ by issuing orders rather than taking the controls yourself as in a car, there will be a recording of those orders.

The verbal closed loop communication is pretty disciplined on most ships.

Aircraft use a hybrid system whereby the handling pilot tells the co-pilot what they are doing & the non-handling pilot confirms the manoeuvre.

There have been instances where the handling pilot says one thing & does another.

This is picked up by aircraft recording systems but not on ship’s ones.

hidetheelephants

24,420 posts

193 months

Tuesday 9th April
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I'd have thought helm angle and telegraph would be necessary too.

Starfighter

4,929 posts

178 months

Tuesday 9th April
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hidetheelephants said:
I'd have thought helm angle and telegraph would be necessary too.
Yes, not unknown for the navigator's orders to the helm are mis-heard or just be plain dumb. I overheard an order of "Starboard 20, steer 385". The helm's response was "Starboard 20, steer 025. Eye, sir.".

KTF

9,806 posts

150 months

Tuesday 9th April
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Vipers said:
Always wondered why planes black box’s were orange,
The orange colour itself makes them easier to find in the wreckage.

Same reason why life jackets/rafts are orange, powerboat racing helmets are (predominately) orange, etc as it stands out against the background.