Planes and Boats and Trains. Wrecks!

[W. Kevin Vicklund]

Sounds like I'm going to have a very good understanding of what happened when they finally figure it out. Aside from the fact that it is on a ship, this is my area of expertise.

[AndyinPA]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 45726.html

A Texas bridge was struck by a cargo ship on Wednesday morning, bringing traffic to and from a small residential island to a standstill as officials work to determine whether the structure is safe from collapse.

The incident happened around 10am on Wednesday, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office. The strike caused a piece of a a railway line attached to the Pelican Island Causeway to fall into the water but the bridge appears to be intact. No injuries have been reported.

[RTH10260]

do we forbid ships or bridges in the future

[RTH10260]

[raison de arizona]

[RTH10260]

[raison de arizona]

Wowzers! This is more of the same of the Tetons road above, but also includes a view from 2023, before the fall.

An important update: #TetonPass road closure continues, interim detour planned #wyoroad
https://dot.state.wy.us/news/teton-pass ... ur-planned
Video shows a before and after view of the landslide area. (before view is from 2023)

Reporters: you can access our media kit here: https://dot.state.wy.us/home/news_info/media-kits.html

[AndyinPA]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... als-spread

Chemicals released during the East Palestine train wreck fires in February 2023 in Ohio were carried across 16 US states, new research of federal precipitation and pollution data shows.

Analysis of rain and snow samples collected from northern Wisconsin to Maine to North Carolina in the weeks following the crash found the highest levels of pH and some compounds recorded over the last ten years. That includes chloride, which researchers say was largely released during a controversial controlled burn of highly toxic vinyl chloride carried by the train.

Researchers expected to find some evidence of the burn 50 miles from the site, and the high levels of contamination in the samples across the vast range that it was spread was “very surprising” said David Gay, a University of Wisconsin researcher and lead author.

“We saw the chemical signal from this fire at a lot of sites and far away,” he added. “There was more than we ever would have guessed.”

[RTH10260]

The Dali left the Baltimore port without taking down a bridge

(bad sound track)




ETA. destination Norfolk, Virginia

[RTH10260]

Cargo ship crew can leave the US under deal to comply with probe into Baltimore bridge collapse

The Associated Press
June 20, 2024, 5:34 PM

BALTIMORE (AP) — Crew members on the cargo ship Dali can head home as soon as Thursday under an agreement that allows lawyers to question them as part of investigations into the cause of the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

None of the crew members has been able to leave the U.S. since their ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns on March 26.

Under the agreement, which was confirmed by U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar during a hearing Thursday, the crew can return home but must be available for depositions.

Attorneys had asked the judge Tuesday to prevent the roughly two dozen total crew members — all hailing from India or Sri Lanka — from leaving. Eight of the Dali’s crew members were scheduled to return home, according to emails included in court filings.

In the court filings, attorneys representing the City of Baltimore said the men should remain in the U.S. so they can be deposed in ongoing civil litigation to decide who is responsible for costs and damages resulting from the bridge collapse. Six construction workers were killed and most maritime traffic through Baltimore’s busy port was temporarily halted.



https://wtop.com/baltimore/2024/06/carg ... se-probes/

[RTH10260]

You do not need a ship to take out a bridge

Semi-truck crash damages Hood River Bridge; Bridge closed until further notice

KPTV FOX 12 Oregon
28 Jun 2024

A crash involving a semi-truck closed the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge on Thursday, according to the Port of Hood River.

[Volkonski]

Just checked. Bridge still closed as of now.

[RTH10260]

I did not know that molten aluminium is transported on the roads

Molten aluminum spill closes part of I-165

Eyewitness News WEHT WTVW
27 Jun 2024

The road will then be repaved next week, which should take about two days to complete.

[northland10]

I did not know that molten aluminium is transported on the roads

Molten aluminum spill closes part of I-165

Eyewitness News WEHT WTVW
27 Jun 2024

The road will then be repaved next week, which should take about two days to complete.

They were able to open it up after only 15 hours. The repaving is supposed to start this week. I see the speed on the northbound side is yellow (traffic on Google Maps), so they may be starting on repaving a lane, or folks are rubbernecking. They will do one lane at a time.