Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>
I’ve done govt work(software dev). Most are people toiling to do a good job.
People hate regulation until their deck collapses or they eat tainted food.
Thank you very much for this real insight catch, chunk of reality and understanding. Hat tipped. Top notch. Reboost the post I comment on. Best. Pulitzer.
@ted The deep state, what the MAGA crowd hates, are the people making their lives possible, keeping the safe and the country successful. These folks.
Sure, of course somebody's going to delve into their backgrounds, citizenship, etc., because that's what *some* Americans do - but meanwhile these are the people who we rely on to fill our potholes and in this case some of them died on the job. (AP) The victims, who were part of a construction crew fixing potholes on the bridge, were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, Butler said. https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-27-2024-6a95340e5daeff6551fc999d23feb278
The obfuscation of responsibility, ownership, & liability in shipping is alarming.
The airline industry is a close 2nd.
Imagine operating a truck like this:
Cargo owned by 1 entity. Truck owned by a 2nd, leased to a 3rd, speedometer & steering wheel leased & maintained by a 4th, truck driver subcontracted at bottom dollar prices from a 5th, & each element insured separately, each registered & regulated in a different country.
The Kidd bridge lawsuits will last decades.
@Npars01 @JamesWNeal That "truck operating" scenario is EXACTLY how the British passenger rail network operates 500 tonne trains with 300 passengers routinely running at 125mph.
Nationalize the railways!
(It's also how most airlines handle capacity shortfalls via wet leasing.)
@cstross @Npars01 @JamesWNeal By all means, nationalize the railways.
Then abolish limited liability, for everyone and in all things.
Sure, of course somebody's going to delve into their backgrounds, citizenship, etc., because that's what *some* Americans do - but meanwhile these are the people who we rely on to fill our potholes and in this case some of them died on the job. (AP) The victims, who were part of a construction crew fixing potholes on the bridge, were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, Butler said. https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-27-2024-6a95340e5daeff6551fc999d23feb278
Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>
Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>
@JamesWNeal "Maybe not a college degree or a 6-figure salary among them..."
No, probably not a 6-figure *salary*, but many may take home 6 figures with Overtime. Worth every penny...
One thing strikes about the Baltimore Bridge collapse if you listen through the police radio recordings. There is a malfunctioning ship heading to the bridge, ok, so the closest police cars are dispatched. The voices of the policemen sound routine, not a big deal, they closed the traffic. If they didn't, it could have been a much bigger catastrophe. Not a superhero, nothing fancy or dramatic, yet the boring procedures saved lives. As they usually do. https://youtu.be/xzOvImnlHFc?si=8WYpxY-tKXfLTWb5
@JamesWNeal From CNN: 《Dali ship briefly held in Chile last year over propulsion issue, Chilean Navy says. An inspector found that the pressure gauges for the vessel’s heating system were “unreadable," and it was held at the Port of San Antonio on June 27, 2023, a navy spokesperson said Tuesday night.》
Were the repairs done in earnest? Or superficially to pass inspection?
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