Re: Baltimore Bridge

On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:15:12 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:55:30 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
 

 

Just saw on the news that Joe Biden has pledged that the government
will "pay the entire cost" of rebuilding the Baltimore bridge. 

 

Huh? Shouldn’t the shipping company and its insurance agency foot
the bill? It’s like he just can’t wait for any opportunity to
fuck the taxpayer. 

 

And when it's rebuilt, obviously it can't be renamed the Francis
Scott Key Bridge. I mean, "old straight racist white guy", amirite?
So what will its new name be? 

 

I submit the "Saint George Floyd of Fentanyl Memorial Bridge". 

 

The federal government can act to get repairs started today while the
lawyers act to collect any money due from the company/insurance. 

 
The bridge won't be repaired. It'll be 5 to 7 years at least.
 

They had the owner of an engineering firm on CTV to comment on the
bridge collapse and he said it could be rebuilt in 1 to 2 years. I was
shocked at that estimate, assuming that it would take several years
just to do all the environmental impact studies and then the design.
Maybe he just meant the construction  portion but you'd think an
experienced engineer would know perfectly well all the stuff that has
to happen before they start construction and factor that into a time
estimate.

Don't you remember St. Petersburg?

St. Petersburg, Russia? Or Florida? In either case, I don't recall any
bridge collapses in either place. Can you refresh my memory?

--
Rhino