The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

[Jimjamesak]

Couer d’Alene, of course. That whole Spokanistan/Coeur d' Alene/Idaho Panhandle area is probably last on my list of places to visit in the US, despite its natural beauty. Mississippi is literally higher.

I visited my brother who lives there a couple of years.

I am not going back there. I'm white and I felt uncomfortable.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Couer d’Alene, of course. That whole Spokanistan/Coeur d' Alene/Idaho Panhandle area is probably last on my list of places to visit in the US, despite its natural beauty. Mississippi is literally higher.

[Handyman]

It has also been blamed on DEI and every other GOP talking point...

Meanwhile in Idaho the racists harassed a Women's basketball team in the NCAA tourny.

https://www.threads.net/@nycsouthpaw...hMHtu7VSXLyM9w

Utah’s women’s basketball team, which was participating in the NCAA tournament, left Idaho for Washington state after being terrorized by racists in pickup trucks outside their Couer d’Alene hotel. https://www.ksl.com/article/50961584...caa-tournament

If you scroll to the next post you will see some interesting info.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

On


In Leave the World Behind, large tanker and cargo ships ran aground due to …whatever mystery attack occurred

the obamas were producers on the movie

you can see where people are going with this

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Deep State planned it! Biden's sagging poll numbers needed a crisis bump and now he can funnel lots of federal money to Maryland for the rebuild.

Check into the harbor pilot's creds, I'll bet he was CIA/NSA. ;-)

[MichVandal]

All of this is secondhand accounts:

It was a harbor pilot (CNN), so doubtful.

sounds more like it was a loss of power or loss of hydraulics and they were trying to get them restarted (power flickers). You can see a huge plume of smoke coming from the stacks at the last few moments. Likely a last ditch attempt to full reverse. In full reverse you lose the ability to steer.

seems like this was just a sequence of events where there was nothing they could do and there were no good choices.

Fwiw, for a ship like that, the population engine is separate from the power generator. Not to say the faults are unrelated, just that it’s direct drive from the engine to the prop with no electrical system like a cruise ship.

[aparch]

This is just a very basic observation, mind you, but it does look like the amount of headlights from traffic drops significantly right before impact, especially compared to where it is in the minute before, so they did a good job there. I know that's cold comfort for the people who were there, including the maintenance crews, but still.

Photos from this morning also show that there was construction work on the bridge limiting traffic in one direction to just one lane.

[Jimjamesak]

Still a tragedy for all six of the missing people, but this could’ve been far worse.

[French Rage]

The operators of the ship issued a mayday call moments before the crash that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.

This is just a very basic observation, mind you, but it does look like the amount of headlights from traffic drops significantly right before impact, especially compared to where it is in the minute before, so they did a good job there. I know that's cold comfort for the people who were there, including the maintenance crews, but still.

[Drew S.]

How important was this bridge? Is this as bad or worse than 35W?

I don’t think it’s the end of the world as far as passenger traffic goes but blocking the port is a huge deal and trucks will have to go way out of the way.

[SonofSouthie]

This was updated 3 minutes ago,

BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly waters, and rescuers searched for survivors.

The operators of the ship issued a mayday call moments before the crash that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, enabling authorities to limit vehicle traffic on the span, Maryland’s governor said.

The vessel caught fire, and thick, black smoke billowed out of it.

[French Rage]

Man, direct hit right on the support.

[dxmnkd316]

All of this is secondhand accounts:

It was a harbor pilot (CNN), so doubtful.

sounds more like it was a loss of power or loss of hydraulics and they were trying to get them restarted (power flickers). You can see a huge plume of smoke coming from the stacks at the last few moments. Likely a last ditch attempt to full reverse. In full reverse you lose the ability to steer.

seems like this was just a sequence of events where there was nothing they could do and there were no good choices.

[Scarlet]

The video of the collapse is insane. How does that tanker hit the bridge? Was the captain drunk? I guess having it happen at 1:30am prevented more deaths. I can only imagine how many more people would have died if this happened at 1:30pm.

[dxmnkd316]

How important was this bridge? Is this as bad or worse than 35W?