Reply to Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it

Forum Index » Metropolitan Baltimore

Reply to "Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if you got out of the car, you are in the middle of a huge river! How are you swimming to safety? What about the infant in the car seat?[/quote]

I used to drive my kids back and forth from VA to MD several times a week and would keep their life jackets in the car because I am a little paranoid. [b]I'm also a bridge engineer[/b] and have an unnatural fear of such an incident. We don't go as frequently anymore, but I'm gonna put them back in the car. [/quote]

:shock: that was an unexpected plot twist

[/quote]

You'd think as an engineer you would have an understanding of the rarity of this kind of thing happening. I mean, does someone have the statistics on how many people are killed annually by bridge collapses? I'm guessing a million other things rank much higher.[/quote]

From 1960 to 2015, there were 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure. Eighteen of those collapses happened in the United States.

https://apnews.com/article/bridge-collapses-barges-list-1f2d6261d523ddc625aaaf3b32c626bc[/quote]

Thank you, internet friend.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics