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smokeybandit

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  1. There's a news article about an Uber driver who was going to go over the bridge, but the driver's passenger was late and police had just closed the bridge when they got there. How fortuitous.
  2. There's a huge economic impact unlike any other recent transportation disaster. And there's another thing coming up that shouldn't be discussed here. There's just a lot of extra motivation to get this done ASAP and I think it gets done.
  3. Definitely not I-95. But there's a lot more eyes (and therefore $$$) on this than the I-95 effort, too.
  4. You know there's a ton of sidebars and backchanneling going on among people who know and who need to know.
  5. As long as it's safely out of the channel, that's a problem for a different day as far as reopening the channel goes.
  6. From the drone video, there's a gigantic chunk out of the starboard bow, but still well above the water line.
  7. Water isn't that deep there, so no surprise the bow is on the bottom. I'd imagine they'd have to offload the containers before trying to move it anyway, so it shouldn't take much to refloat it back into the channel.
  8. This will be all hands on deck 24/7 to get it cleared. Baltimore is a critical port and the economy can't afford to have it blocked.
  9. The ship isn't stuck in this case though. It really won't take that long to remove the debris from the ship and begin demo of the bridge. The questions are when are they allowed to start and when can they actually start, meaning having the right equipment on scene.
  10. I lived near Baltimore for 14 years and never even thought about cruising out of Baltimore. Now, living 1600 miles from Baltimore, we booked a Baltimore cruise.
  11. They'll be back in May after Vision's drydock.
  12. Also don't freak out if they're not available 30 days. Sometimes it's 29 or even 28 days.
  13. They have scheduled cruises out of Norfolk starting in 2025
  14. I would think there will be cancellations at first, then maybe temporary relocations if it's determined it's going to take longer than expected to reopen the channel.
  15. I'd think it's at least a month before that channel is open for larger ships.
  16. But they're going to have to tear down the entire span and rebuild. And that's where Maryland's laws will kick in. That's going to be an insane amount of wasted time shorts of the Feds telling them to waive it.
  17. The big difference here is the strict environmental concerns with the Chesapeake Bay.
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