Baltimore question

[LouderVol]

There's no way this bridge is a 7 year rebuild, right?

major hold up is always the government. unfortunately for Baltimore, not just the city government. the Corp of Engineers will be involved, and probably a dozen other agencies, but I am sure there will be plenty of political momentum to push it through.

 

[dalton_vol]

Yes, I believe the Government absolutely has the ability to seize and do as it sees fit with monies made from absolute wreckless and 'legal' illegal manufacture of, distribution of, and sell of prescription narcotics. It is nothing less than the exact same thing that Sinaloa, and Gulf Cartels do outside the law. Every dollar those mother ****ers earned should be doubled and given back, as its cost us un told billions in funerals, hospital, and municipal expenses.

And you're damn right I believe in FDR, further I believe he assisted in revitalization by increasing consumer confidence, at a time where there was none.

As for government dollars, we have plenty? What happened to the magic wand?

Goodness. Big government guy eh?

 

[Jackcrevol]

So the govt should steal money without oversight? Wow, not many true believers in overreaching govt power in here. Please stay and entertain us. As for FDR you should read up on what his actions actually did. The war saved us, not massive govt. We would have been in huge trouble without it.

There is no magic wand in DC as the govt needs a machete taken to it. Massive govt with out of control spending is killing this country. The policies decimate cities like Baltimore for generations.

Trump spent, W spent. Obama spent, Biden is spending. It's alll yin/yang nowadays.

It isnt big Government that's killing us.

It's lack of a Third party to mediate increasing polarity, too much power and interest allowed by Lobbies, no term limits, no fact checking (on a lie), no accountability, and zero, and I mean zero worthwhile candidates. Everything is political. And it sucks.

 

[Jackcrevol]

major hold up is always the government. unfortunately for Baltimore, not just the city government. the Corp of Engineers will be involved, and probably a dozen other agencies, but I am sure there will be plenty of political momentum to push it through.

Really unfortunate.

 

[Jackcrevol]

True. Hope for best, plan for worst.

Dont NTS/FAA investigate passenger train and airplane accidents to account? Why should this be any different? If there was negligence, then hold them accountable.

Hope the Nation watches this and learns moving forward on infrastructure.

 

[hog88]

There's no way this bridge is a 7 year rebuild, right?

Not with the .gov being involved.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Probably so.

Waiting on Joe to make a statement that he crossed the bridge just in time.

Well he did say he use to take the train across it. Yet it isn't a train trestle.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Not with the .gov being involved.

I am sure the cleanup is a nightmare, too.

 

[hog88]

I am sure the cleanup is a nightmare, too.

I have no idea how deep the channel is but once they clear the hazards to navigation the port should reopen. As for what the fed .gov will require in cleanup before new construction begins, that's anyone's guess.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

I have no idea how deep the channel is but once they clear the hazards to navigation the port should reopen. As for what the fed .gov will require in cleanup before new construction begins, that's anyone's guess.

Navigation is one thing, but removing the debris field to rebuild if they are limited to a particular line is another.

 

[NashVol11]

This is a longer thread than the couple of tweets that will show up here, and fairly informative for a layperson like me

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I am sure the cleanup is a nightmare, too.

You know booty judge is on top of it.

 

[McDad]

This is a longer thread than the couple of tweets that will show up here, and fairly informative for a layperson like me

Getting expert info out asap is a great aspect to Twitter. I'm not on the platform but it is really cool knowledgeable people can communicate with the world in real time. Not sold on its value to humanity beyond that though.

 

[OrangeTsar]

this bridge (Francis Scott Key) was opened in 1977. it predates that incident by 3 years.

So? The pylons can be added at any time even AFTER bridge construction. They are separate structures

 

[05_never_again]

Getting expert info out asap is a great aspect to Twitter. I'm not on the platform but it is really cool knowledgeable people can communicate with the world in real time. Not sold on its value to humanity beyond that though.

For every actual knowledgable expert opinion on there, there are 300 so-called "experts" who know about everything from pandemics, financial markets, bank runs, geopolitics, military weapons systems, container ships getting stuck in shipping channels, train crashes, and bridges. They are experts on whatever the current thing is.

Twitter is best when you don't take it too seriously. I'm not sure if that is a good or a bad thing. There really are a lot of clever and funny people on there, but many take it too literally.

 

[volinbham]

this press conference is a disaster - just politicians thanking each other with zero information about the situation

 

[volinbham]

maybe this was one of those racist bridges and that barge did us a favor

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Well he did say he use to take the train across it. Yet it isn't a train trestle.

One side is voting for a senile old man and the other side is doing the same.

 

[Grand Vol]

Getting expert info out asap is a great aspect to Twitter. I'm not on the platform but it is really cool knowledgeable people can communicate with the world in real time. Not sold on its value to humanity beyond that though.

You miss out on a lot of good memes.

 

[volinbham]

why hold a press conference when you answer "there is no new information" after spending 15 minutes thanking each other - it's all politicians blowing smoke.

 

[davethevol]

Well he did say he use to take the train across it. Yet it isn't a train trestle.

Well, if they didn’t have train tracks, how else did he meet to square off with Cornpop (he was a bad dude) before marching for civil rights?

 

[volinbham]

It was probably when he was a truck driver that he drove over it - simple mistake

 

[volinbham]

Any bets on what the new name for the bridge will be? F Scott Key racist I presume.

 

[NashVol11]

Any bets on what the new name for the bridge will be? F Scott Key racist I presume.

Why would they name a bridge after the one that just collapsed

 

[McDad]

Any bets on what the new name for the bridge will be? F Scott Key racist I presume.

Ought to call it, "The Married Lady".

Those never go down.