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Post by wildhorseluvr on Mar 27, 2024 11:37:03 GMT
mzgarden, I’m with you on no trust. Trump’s biggest accomplishment, IMHO, was exposing the corruption in our government. I knew things were very bad but had no idea exactly how bad they truly are, and now I question everything. I doubt Trump even knew when he took office . Evil abounds everywhere…but we know who wins in the end. Please don’t be concerned about me, God has blessed me greatly. I just get very frustrated as I’ve always been a “doer” and being sidelined like this is hard to handle. Having a 20 yr old mind in what for all practical purposes is a 90 yr old body doesn’t set well with me. But God has a purpose in allowing this, too. For one thing, I’m learning to trust Him more. No one is going to see us through what’s coming except Him…not government, not friends and family, not preps, not our own skills or willpower. It can all literally disappear in an instant, God is our only sure foundation. I’m fortunate He’s allowing me to learn that lesson now…but sometimes the lessons are hard. It’s not head knowledge, more a matter of taking up your cross and following Him daily. I try, but I still get frustrated, and as you all know…I gripe too much. 😂 More lessons to be learned…
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Mar 27, 2024 11:41:09 GMT
“DEVELOPING..
As of now the bridge is CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC due to weather conditions or "SAFETY" concerns..
Is this a strange coincidence or something much much more?”
Wow, this is concerning. Could be nothing more than they’re being ultra cautious and double checking everything, or could be they know something.
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Post by solargeek on Mar 27, 2024 12:00:14 GMT
⬆️⬆️⬆️ WOW! I don’t have to write anything today you guys are writing my thoughts exactly! wildhorseluvr
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Mar 27, 2024 14:23:39 GMT
No clue who this guy is but he gives a pretty good explanation.
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Post by farmgirl on Mar 27, 2024 14:44:10 GMT
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Post by farmrbrown on Mar 27, 2024 20:00:00 GMT
I think it was a freak accident like the 35-W bridge in Minnesota. Sea salt spray over the years probably helped it come down. In the 70's we didn't have big container ships like the one that took the bridge out, going under it. There is probably more Allisions with bridges (small and large craft than we know about) We just hear about the major ones. I'm no engineer but the support pillar designed were for a top load not a side impact from a ship that size. And not for a 1973-1974 engineering of that time it was put on the paper. Once the bridge mess is clear ship traffic can go thru, not affecting China goods coming in. The biggest thing is will hurt is the everyday guy that needed to cross that bridge to get to work. Yep, and while engineers HAVE to know all about physics, those of us with enough experience in the real world have a pretty good idea about how it works too. I'm not gonna bother finding the load tables, equations, etc. but watching the video I think a ship HALF the size and weight could have brought that bridge down if it hit a piling. And once one section collapses it's hard for the adjacent sections to remain intact. Like you said it's designed to carry vehicle traffic loads from above and for ships with massive forces of inertia to go around the support pilings, not bump into them. But as Forrest Gump once said......@%*& Happens!
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Post by solargeek on Mar 27, 2024 20:24:17 GMT
Chesapeake Bridge opened in the morning as wind restrictions were lifted.
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Post by ohiodreamer on Mar 27, 2024 22:42:47 GMT
wildhorseluvr , Sam is a great guy to follow. Dh and I have been watching his channel for a while. I think he started it when the Evergreen went sideways in the Suez Canal a few years back. He has a LONG list of credentials in shipping (as in ships...not UPS ). He is very good at translating what is going on into words none "sea people" understand.
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Post by farmgirl on Mar 27, 2024 22:49:37 GMT
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Post by farmrbrown on Mar 28, 2024 0:17:38 GMT
Ahhhhh.....that may have the partial story I caught in the first reports that morning, something about earlier problems farther upriver before the crash. Makes more sense now.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Mar 28, 2024 1:07:27 GMT
If it turns out to be a case of poor engineering, having the entire ship's electrical system tied into one continuous system, including the engines and steering, there are probably just a whole bunch of ships out there with similar engineering, and floating disasters.
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Post by farmgirl on Mar 28, 2024 1:37:20 GMT
If it turns out to be a case of poor engineering, having the entire ship's electrical system tied into one continuous system, including the engines and steering, there are probably just a whole bunch of ships out there with similar engineering, and floating disasters. I would think they would have had tugs with a ship this size.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Mar 28, 2024 1:48:59 GMT
farmgirl, They had tugs to get them away from the dock and turned in the direction of the passageway, but once underway they don't use tugs.
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Post by farmgirl on Mar 28, 2024 1:53:22 GMT
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Mar 28, 2024 2:11:58 GMT
wildhorseluvr , Sam is a great guy to follow. Dh and I have been watching his channel for a while. I think he started it when the Evergreen went sideways in the Suez Canal a few years back. He has a LONG list of credentials in shipping (as in ships...not UPS ). He is very good at translating what is going on into words none "sea people" understand. Thanks, I had not run across him before.
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