Clearly, the only thing to do is send another $60 billion to Ukraine.
Originally Posted by Sharpsman
ATTENTION
We can't spend our $$$$$ on bridge upkeep! Those $$$$$ must go to Ukraine!!
The Putin Pufters psychosis is on full display. Some of them blame Ukraine for evey thing wrong in their lives.
From the video it looks like they got the traffic stopped before the ship hit.
Wonder how long to get the channel open with all that metal/roadway on the bottom?
Is the ship in danger of sinking?
Is Mayor Pete back on maternity leave?
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I doubt the ship is in danger of sinking. It's likely a double hull with a crash bulkhead and good compartmentalization to prevent progressive flooding.
Thanks Coastie.
They sure seem fast to claim it was just an accident. It probably was a mishap but if someone had done sabotage would this not be a predictable result of losing steerage/power while upstream of the bridge?
John, I am too far removed from that aspect of shipping to be able to give a qualified answer.
Shooting from the hip, I think it would be very hard for an outsider to sabotage the ship in a way that the sabotage wouldn't become apparent until that point in their voyage. Internal sabotage? Possible I suppose, but still shooting from the hip. I have a hunch that angle will be well investigated.
Anyone know why or how a larger container ship can lose power and lose steering capabilities??
No immediate gen back up
Usually there are only 2 main generating plants, but all power is routed through the main bus ....any failure of a switch, relay, overload trip, or phase sync trip, can kill all power. The half century of automation to eliminate labor/crew has a downside. Engine crew used to have enough staff to constantly patrol and were right there...they could immediately react...perhaps holding a failed component in place manually with an insulated hotstick. Nowadays an engineering officer on watch is notified by computer or the power going off...a lot of time wasted responding...time a ship may not have.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
