Major bridge collapse in Baltimore

F=M*A

 

F=MA That's a lot of mass being pushed at sufficient speed. Very hard to slow down and contains a shit ton of energy to exert a fuck ton of force.

That's in metric, BTW.

Also missed Justin and Regan covered the force equation already.

 

Hopefully clearing the port to reopen will be just a matter of weeks, after the recovery process and on-site investigation (which should be quick as it's obvious what happened). The port is a vital part of our supply chain and we've had enough disruptions. Just clearing enough debris to open a channel should be enough. The investigation into the vessel and crew will take months and the rebuilding of the bridge will take years, of course.

 

Is Fox News calling this an act of terror yet like at the Canadian border crossing?

 

YES. I have been over that bridge and it scared the shit out of me.

 

Physics explains everything.

 

What does a metric shit ton convert to in English measurements?

 

Eleventy billion hogsheads to the dram.

 

One of my kids played a baseball tournament last weekend at a facility owned by a big church. The fence distances were measured in cubits.

 

I don't know if you can read this without a subscription, but...

https://www.autonews.com/automakers...mhk9vP5Rs_U3mX--JhVZ2qqq#Echobox=1711464323-2

Traffic was suspended at the Port of Baltimore until further notice, Maryland transportation authorities said. It is the busiest U.S. port for car shipments, handling more than 750,000 vehicles in 2022, according to port data.

The closure of one of the U.S. East Coast's major ports threatens to disrupt supplies of goods from cars, to coal and other commodities like sugar. It could create bottlenecks and increase delays and costs on the Northeastern seaboard, experts say. The port handles the most car imports and is among the largest for coal exports.

Baltimore port's private and public terminals handled 847,158 autos and light trucks in 2023, the most of any U.S. port. The port also handles farm and construction machinery, sugar, gypsum and coal, according to a Maryland government website.

The port handles imports, exports and parts shipments for major automakers such as Nissan, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover and the Volkswagen Group — including luxury models for Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley.

Volkswagen on Tuesday said its port operations in Baltimore were unaffected by a local bridge collapse due to the location of its facilities.

"We do not anticipate any impact on vessel operations but there may be trucking delays as traffic will be rerouted in the area," the carmaker said in an e-mailed statement.

Ford Motor Co. CFO John Lawler said Tuesday the collapse of a bridge that shuttered the Port of Baltimore will force the automaker to divert parts to other ports and impact its supply chain.
"It's going to have an impact," Lawler told Bloomberg News. "We'll have to divert parts to other ports... It will probably lengthen the supply chain a bit." Ford told Reuters in a separate statement "where workarounds are necessary in the short term, our team has already secured shipping alternatives."

 

1 shit ton = 2.171 Ass loads