Originally Posted by DaFace:
Given how much money currently isn't flowing into that port, I'd be surprised if it takes more than a week to at least get a lane open. There are a **** ton of companies that will lose a **** ton of money with all those ships sitting idle.
Yep, they said the biggest hurdle is just getting the floating cranes. [Reply]
Originally Posted by displacedinMN:
the only DC related thing I will say "Biden says the US will fully pay for the reconstruction"
No shit sherlock.
Watching more video on the news. Incredible. This could have been so much worse.
But those poor road workers. Had no idea what was coming.
Eh, infrastructure projects are often paid for by a combination of state and federal spending, so his statement isn't a foregone conclusion. He can't technically even allocate funding for something like this - that's Congress's responsibility - so I take his statement to mean, "I'm going to push Congress to allocate 100% funding for this out of the federal budget rather than expecting Maryland to pay for some of it." [Reply]
Man, if there's anything positive to take from this, at least it didn't happen during rush hour, and at least they had enough time to stop traffic and prevent more loss of life. [Reply]
Originally Posted by scho63:
I HATED driving over that bridge. I tried to avoid it every chance I had when driving from property to property unless no other option.
We have a lot of shitty bridges in this country. Piss poor infrastructure. East Coast and Midwest have a ton of steel garbage we all drive over daily.
There is no bridge in the world that can withstand a direct impact with a fully-loaded container ship. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I have to imagine that the design process will slow things down, too. I'm sure there will be endless debates about how to make it so strong that it can withstand a ship impact in the future.
It's that possible?
The amount of energy being delivered by that much tonnage is immense. [Reply]
