Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: NoBody Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Baltimore Bridge Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:05:00 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 81 Message-ID: References: <54ecndjJKpe_QZn7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com> <66n90j98fa5ciafo546pd0t1fk7iasml2r@4ax.com> <17c1a837bf6797c3$83382$1768716$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 14:05:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2381be236062d1fac0326b1d08460353"; logging-data="1927869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/KRVLO9T+a+6yzsFTdcjFDfc9Rqwsc8I8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:lgXUalgCjOHLHdcB3e6f3YjMwWg= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240331-0, 3/30/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 5090 On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:31:30 -0400, moviePig wrote: >On 3/30/2024 3:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> In article , FPP >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/29/24 1:45 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> In article , FPP >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/28/24 2:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> In article , >>>>>> "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>>>>> shawn wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:55:30 +0000, BTR1701 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's an article from the Baltimore Sun. Turn off javascript to read. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/27/how-long-to-rebuild-key-bridge/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ignore "rebuild" in the headline. No one is saying it can be rebuilt. >>>>>>> It's going to be replaced with something brand new. I'm sure the >>>>>>> piers will both be relocated closer to shore. >>>>>> >>>>>> And higher, too. I drove across the Key Bridge regularly when I was a DC >>>>>> denizen and it was kinda scary how high up you got with seemingly very >>>>>> little to stop you from going over the side if you lost control. >>>>>> >>>>>>> The replacement will have to take into account larger vessels and sea >>>>>>> level rise >>>>>> >>>>>> Which is non-existent pretty much everywhere. There's been no sea level >>>>>> rise over the last 12 years at the beach down the street from me; when I >>>>>> visited Miami's South Beach two years ago, the ocean was in the same >>>>>> place it was in the pictures of my visit 20 years earlier (despite >>>>>> AlGore's insistence that Miami would be underwater by 2011); Plymouth >>>>>> Rock isn't underwater; the water level around the base of the Statue of >>>>>> Liberty hasn't changed since it was erected, etc., etc. >>>>> >>>>> This has been explained to you for decades. Decades... >>>> >>>> Liar. >> >>> Over and over and over and you still repeat the same old bullshit as >>> everything around us goes to shit. >> >> Given that the enviro-kooks have been predicting sea level rise since >> the late 90s, even famously direly warning that Miami would be >> underwater by 2011, one would think that there would be *some* evidence >> of a, ya know, sea level rise. > >"Between 1901 and 2018, average global sea level rose by 15–25 cm (6–10 >in), an average of 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) per year. This rate >accelerated to 4.62 mm (0.182 in)/yr for the decade 2013–2022. Climate >change due to human activities is the main cause." > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise Wikipedia.... Laugh.