ā€˜Sickening that Republicans are now blaming Joe Bidenā€™s infrastructure bill for this bridge accident. The sheer gall and naked opportunism and idiocy,ā€™ epidemiologist says

RepublicansĀ are facingĀ criticism for attemptingĀ to blame theĀ BaltimoreĀ Bridge collapse on PresidentĀ Joe Bidenā€™s infrastructure bill.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday after a cargo ship crashed into it.Ā  Six construction workers are presumed dead.

South CarolinaĀ RepresentativeĀ Nancy Maceappeared on the rightwing channel Newsmax on Tuesday when she was asked why there are still old bridges and roads in theĀ USĀ after theĀ passing of legislation to upgrade them.

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    6 months ago

    Those fenders would have done basically nothing for a ship of this size. Youā€™d be looking at a 20m diameter cofferdam full of concrete to be able to take a hit like that without failing, I did some basic calcs and the ship was about 100,000DWT so the impact force would be in the order of 315MN, absolutely huge.