He makes his point "ICS is needed" in the first few seconds, then proceeds to repeat variations of the comment with at times relevant and at other times irrelevant information. (i.e. don't blow up the whale). Since setting up ICS in a situation like this is SOP, to think the Coast Guard, Army Corp of Engineers and MDOT don't understand this is moronic and actually disrespects the men in uniform for the Coast Guard..

I am not sure where he pulled the $100mm/day loss to Baltimore Port number from because it relates to nothing. From a Port Revenue point of view the number in the press is $15mm/day in loss economic activity, but this is an inflated number because looking at the Port's annual revenue the number would be closer to $10mm. The additional $5mm is incremental downstream economic activity from business. (all in you are at $3.3 billion in wages, $2.6billion in business revenue and $395mm in state and local taxes. Some of this will be double counted). The port itself handles $80billion per year in product. That's about $219mm /day. But those goods will just be rerouted to other ports.

Why assume everyone is incompetent? If any of us were in the hot seat, I think we'd be 100% focused on the task at hand.

Mistaking the politicians and others who are forced to mug for the press to give a soundbite breakdown is a waste of time. Everyone would be better off letting the people get to work, and then issuing a structured press release. Unfortunately, in the era of the instantaneous soundbite as news, that's not happening. The real work is being decided when they are not mugging for the press.

The guy on the youtube is just as guilty of this as the rest of the press. Pretty sad side hustle if you ask me. Spitballing

Chalk this one up to an unfortunate accident folks.

There isn't anything that could have physically been put in place to stop that vessel from taking down that particular bridge at that size and speed given the conditions at night and bridge pillar construction. Besides a working engine or steering that were just checked in port we are only fortunate enough that a mayday went out and more lives were saved.

Hopefully that its for 2024 Sea Vessel Disasters.

2023 - Titanic Sub Titan
2022 - Cargo Ship Felicity Ace full of European Cars burns up
2021 - Suez Canal Blocked by Ever Given

Cuomo was/is a jerk, but he got the new Tappan Zee done on budget and on time (4 billion, btw) by being a jerk and butting heads, I'll bet. From what I see right now, if this is done by committee, and the major players in that committee have to be re-elected soon, than this could turn into a sad mess for everyone involved. Baltimore obviously has its problems, and doesn't need this. (I'm moving there, btw, that's why I'm a little obsessed).

Here, this is that press conference I was talking about. It starts out somber and somewhat informative, then the Senators chime in with nothing, but really goes off the rails when Tom Perez gets the microphone around 18:00. It was not supposed to be a campaign rally. It's a disaster assessment. Does not make me confident that anybody is really in charge.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?534558...ridge-collapse

I don't think the engineering is there to stop such a vessel, but to slow it down and absorb a lot of the energy before it gets to the pylon. Hopefully there are some civil and Army corps guys thinking about it.

+1,000,000,000,000,000

The reaction of the pilot to losing power was split second. He called the harbor master and got the bridge traffic shut down in SECONDS. Otherwise, there would have been a lot of vehicles hitting the water. I just wish those poor road workers could have been reached in time.

As you can see there are lot of engineers or want a be engineers on this forum, love the discussion that is mostly very informative/educational, rather than reddit and whatever

This is Paceline. Please try to stay off topic, discussing subjects which are both controversial and unrelated to cycling.
;)

Doug,

Much of your wisdom you’ve shared on a number of issues here are delta trails for me, but I really appreciate reading it and especially your positive outlook as required here.

Life and the future are both as good as you wish them to be!

Gary


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Lucky guy.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/c...eid=381381958e

Chubb cuts the first check
 

Chubb decided this will be a full limit loss and is preparing to pay $350,000,000 which is full amount of coverage.

Now Chubb can focus on collecting from it's re-insurers, which it probably already has a tacit agreement.

Pretty quick and smart decision by senior management.

It's too bad the Mayor of Baltimore and City Council open their big mouths on the sea worthiness of the Dali. The Mayor and Council Members don't know anything about international liability insurance, and some of their comments could come back to haunt them.

The focus is now on Britannia P&I Club.

The Dali is underway back to Sparrows Point this morning-several tugs pulling her backwards in. Lots of debris still on the bow.

The 21 man crew has been onboard the whole time here.
56 days stuck on the damaged boat.

I hope they get paid.