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I've been meaning to say this, just couldn't find the right words.

@LCCMV Little tards enjoy obeying and repeating lies. They'll be happy to repeat the lies even as they change. This is litte tard utopia. The best it will ever be for a little tard.

@polarisera @LCCMV Oh fgs, do Americans REALLY not know that their infrastructure is REALLY in bad condition and needs public works? Seriously????? Here's a ONE SECOND search

@Sherri_Ingrey @LCCMV @polarisera Some do. The rest are gaslit into a false sense of security by our politicians and the talking heads on TV.

@AlphaKiloPapa @LCCMV @polarisera it sure hit the news today. The tanker had prior collissions and it's captain ran out of Ukraine.... the same tanker hit a wharf not long ago.... someone saving money?

@Sherri_Ingrey @AlphaKiloPapa @LCCMV @polarisera

FWIW: The Dali is a container ship built in 2015. The bridge was opened in 1977.

I read that somewhere else, but wasn't it like nearly a decade ago? It's probably not the same crew.

The big question is why the power cuts happened. The ship would have been under the control of a harbor master who literally drives ships in and out of that specific harbor all day every day, so they really know what they're doing. The power cuts would have meant they couldn't have turned the rudder ... that's the real question.
@djsumdog @AlphaKiloPapa @LCCMV @softbear @polarisera they are required to have two sources, so the back up came on then went off AS WELL,

@Sherri_Ingrey @djsumdog @AlphaKiloPapa @softbear @polarisera

I read somewhere that the bow thruster usually isn't connected to the backup power source.

@LCCMV @djsumdog @AlphaKiloPapa @softbear @polarisera and to me, this whole thing is like a car accident in Kiev, it doesn't matter globally, though it might affect Amazon deliveries for people not boycotting them.....
LCCMV

@Sherri_Ingrey @djsumdog @AlphaKiloPapa @softbear @polarisera

It is going to have a major impact in the area as well as to the country because the bridge was a very important path for transportation of hazardous materials.

That doesn't seem like it would be true. The rudder in those things has to have power. They've got to be massive, and require massive pumps, right? I'm calling bullshit on this FB image with random text.

I was watching this video yesterday and it seems to be by someone in the industry.

https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=TlIhoxIxM30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIhoxIxM30

His whole channel is really interesting. Lot's of crazy stuff about boats; but he doesn't seem surprised you'd have steering loss due to power.