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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 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.

Those environmental laws usually have an escape clause that exempts them
from the process in case of a declared emergency.

> 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?