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Towboat vs bridge: sort of off-topic, but it is transportation-related
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by vsmith</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TheAntiGates</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by vsmith</i> <br /><br />Rollover... <br /> <br />GOOD BOY! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Those IDIOTS!! <br /> <br />Why do they build bridges so close to the rivers, if they don't expect boats with barges to come through there? [}:)] <br /> <br />Louder horns, that's what the boats need. Louder horns. [8] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Check the pics again , its a drawbridge, and the river was in flood stage so it was running very high. I saw the video of this event right after it happened a few years ago during one of the bad floods in the mid-west, complete with interviews with the crew, but if I remember right the power to the bridge was out due to the flooding, so they couldnt raise it, and the current was so bad the tug couldn't stop . One bad + another bad = one terrible day for the boat owner. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />even worse!! they actually built a bridge near a river and failed to anticipate flooding? [:p][:p][:p] <br /> <br />I don't think louder horns alone are enough . <br /> <br />Now I think louder horns PLUS we should go torture the architects and engineers who designed the bridge, with ice picks jammed in their ears [:o)] <br /> <br />That'll teach 'em!
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