No bridge is going to withstand a cargo ship full on smashing into it.

Well, as I sit here and sip coffee and start my day, at least I know, there’s no friggen way I can screw up at my job that badly.

Although at some point Maersk (at least) is going to be writing the state a big fucking check, so eventually that budget sting will be redressed.

This shows the ship losing power before impact:

That’s not entirely true. It’s been shown that if a recovering patient knows they’re being publicly prayed for, they might have actually have worse outcomes.

maybe don’t feed the conspiracy theories by mentioning or linking to them. just a thought.

Yeah. As a Marylander, this is going to sting for a long time. Next years budget is already hosed, and a new bridge isn’t going to make that any easier. Plus, the loss of all the revenue to the port and surrounding businesses. The Amazon distribution center is literally just north of this bridge, so that’s going to…

I can only pray

The time of the collapse helped to minimize the death toll, 1 am bridge traffic versus 1 pm bridge traffic.

Something slightly overlooked here is just how bad this is. I mean a bridge collapsing is bad in general. The potential loss of life horrific. But for those not from around here take a look at the following map to understand why this is particularly bad.

Looks like according to longer videos the ship lost power prior to the strike during a turn and drifted in.

Sort of problem that could have happened during the day and thankfully didn’t.

That'd require the GOP to have a sense of self-awareness and shame.

The Right has no case, functionally. But yes, they don’t want to actually show any evidence, because then it’s harder to cherry pick it and ignore hte pieces that actively contradict their ‘case’

Why? When there’s so much more grand to be standing?

Part of the reason why the US government went with crackberries for years for official phones was because they were seen as being more secure than Android or iPhail. Also, no credentials for the “forensic expert” were given, so it could’ve just been the kid working at Best Buy. 

Republican moto, and really U.S. politics in general, “If you’re not part of the solution, there’s good money to be made prolonging the problem.”

ppht there was no effort, the right is entirely made up of poor students, they never put any effort into their work

Have there been any moments in the “impeachment” of Joe Biden that aren’t weird?

Raskin continues to show how much of an fuckwit Comer is.