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lost among all the obvious tragedy of personal and physical tragedy is the train line that carried "some" millions of miles of commutes from Delaware to DC with brown paper bag lunches in hand and...wait...there wasn't an Amtrak or train line on the bridge? what the...must be a different bridge he was thinking of. idk, that many commutes would be difficult to forget, but anyhoo, back to the ice cream shop for the flav of the day
Ah. I have seen the typical suspects have found a way to make this political. I really can't imagine someone's life being consumed politics like this.
I wonder if Scott Drew ever drove over it?
The impact on the Baltimore and Maryland economies is going to be more severe and longer lasting. Job losses for the longshoreman and related industries. In certain areas, with the bridge down, what was a 20 minute commute will now be a 2 hour commute. Good luck, Baltimore.
.5 out of 10. So weak that it is inconsequential. And irrelevant to the situation.
Opinions are like ass holes, everyone's got one, aina?
The reality is dealing with the economic and social fallout from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge IS POLITICAL.It's what we expect our government to do. How Politicians do their job and the compassion they show will be a key sign of political effectiveness. The goals are to mourn the deceased, open the harbor and re-establish the transportation link. In Philadelphia, Minneapolis and even here in Florida in the 1980s, local, state and federal governments did a heck of a job reopening key transportation links. It's one of the few things anymore on which the GOP and the Democrats WILL agree.One of the things our state government down here in Florida does really well is clean-up after hurricanes. It's the same formula, except it also must advise and guide the affected populous ahead of time. You may not like our governor (a lot of people don't) but he was really good in marshaling state resources and urging calm after Hurricane Ida hit.Expect a lot of noise about equity in contract awards, what the new bridge will look like and how fast it will happen. But don't question the resolve of President Biden, or state and local officials over the desire to get that link open again. They'll get the job done!
Removing the bridge from the boat is going to take weeks, if not months. The logistics are a nightmare. After that, clearing the channel of debris in order to reopen the port is another several weeks, if not months. Maybe all done by Christmas? Probably a year. Oh, yeah, and finally then, rebuilding the bridge can commence.
I do not claim an special knowledge regarding these matters...I'm just passing along thoughts from an old friend. He is a retired USN Master Chief. That's way up at the top of the pecking order for USN enlisted. It doesn't make him an expert on cargo ships, but he does have quite a bit of knowledge that is not necessarily known to the average person. I was curious on his thoughts. I was very surprised that he believed that the port would be open within a week. He might be absolutely nuts -- I have no idea. He believes they'll have barges with cranes in there in pretty short order to move things out of the way to get the port operating. I hope he's right. I'm skeptical. Here's hoping that it's closer to a week than a year.The bridge...well that's another story.
The bridge...well that's another story.
Not always, but often, responses to emergencies like this and hurricanes can make people work together and understand there is common ground
Knowing that the bridge collapse was caused by DEI and our gay transportation secretary, R’s in the House are starting to talk about not wanting to fund a re-build.