This bad boy from Astoria (OR) to Warshington state over the mouth of the Pacific Ocean has given me the creepies when I’ve taken it.
This has probably been discussed but big ships from a safety standpoint are designed a lot like power plants. I’m assuming when the ship lost power, they have emergency diesel generators which kicked on so by procedure they can drop anchors. That’s what it looks like happened except the starboard anchor caught first and caused the ship to jerk right into the column which is what is unfortunate. Would both love and not love being on that root cause team.
These dim freaks thinking something could have stopped 400 million pounds and bounce it back like a fn bumper car
I don’t have a fear of heights as a result of it, but it’s such a bizarre sensation. Also, for me that fleeting thought didn’t ever present until I hit like my 30s.
Heights are fine when I feel secure. Too many dumb drivers doing dumb shit makes me uneasy, never stay in outer lane on a bridge even though I’m sure it’s a near impossibility to break through the perimeter
I didn't fear heights until I became a parent People tell me hey you go to Yosemite a lot, you should climb Half Dome! Uh, no
Definitely hit me in my late 20s/early 30s. I was never afraid of heights, quite the opposite, until one day I was struck with an indescribable feeling of terror that hasn't left.
The thing I least trust with heights… balcony railings. Like Im going to lean against some rusted out iron railing 12 stories up and just assume that the building owner has properly maintained it. Fuck that.
Based on one of their coworkers on the news saying they are all from Central American countries I have to assume they will find a way to not pay the families a dime.
those 3 cars absolutely hauling ass across the bridge about 5 seconds before it went down have to be feeling some kind of way today
Driving on bridges doesn't bother me but woo boy this thing on Grandfather Mountain mafe my stomach turn. It's suspended and sways in the wind, my stomach turns thinking about it. Kid was 5 and was trolling me bad bc I was a total bitch on that thing. I couldn’t look down. Never again.
my dad is legally blind and afraid of heights and had 1 of these in Vancouver he made it but rest of vacation was a bit of a mess
We walked across that three summers ago, my daughter was 4 at the time. I was a little freaked out, the wind was very intense, but she loved it.
We were supposed to take a trip up the coast and I have a feeling that's going to be put on a strong hold now. If there is one more damn airplane problem I'm going to just be back to the dark ages I guess.
Personal favorite bridge. There’s really not much reason to ever traverse it (curious if electronic or Nug have) because it’s way off any sort of beaten path in WA. Beautiful scenery and what truly separates WA from OR in terms of scenic beauty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Pass
That Astoria bridge is really cool. Drove over it just to turn around and drive back because it looked neat.
I get to drive over the Dartford Crossing several times a year, which goes over the Thames, which has one of the biggest ports in Europe, so basically I'm already dead. Oddly, given previous Bridge vs Tunnel discussions, the southbound half of Dartford goes over this bridge, the northbound half goes under the river in a tunnel.
This brought back the “Flat Matt” days and reminded me how ruthless this board was. https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5051968
I haven't in several years, but I used to be in SFO every year on business, and always made it a point to walk the GG Bridge. Both exhilarating and terrifying the whole way, but some perversity in my nature demanded it. Likely some type of "face your fear" thing, I suppose.
I used to love thrill shit, skydiving etc. Hiked at Yosemite with my wife and kids and started having panic attacks thinking they would fall to their deaths. Heights have fucked with me ever since
Deception Pass is dope - have camped in the area several times. I've had some bougie nights on Whidbey Island. My contribution: Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver on a clear day is mesmerizing. You can get amazing views walking Stanley Park Spoiler
I had never really been up high before I went to France and went to the top of the Eiffel Tower the summer after I graduated hs. I think that’s when I first realized heights were not my thing even though it’s completely fenced in. I grew up climbing trees and playing on bluffs but that was my first experience being up that high. I don’t even like fucking with Ferris Wheels now.
Flying home, Taking off in ATL on a regional jet it felt like we stalled on takeoff a couple thousand feet in the air. I've been uneasy ever since on takeoffs. Coming back from Vegas on a Redeye in January and we aborted a landing and the guy next to me started freaking out. Pilot comes over the intercom as we circle. He's says a brake light came on and we are gonna test it and then land. No worries whatsoever
I've got three boys, and the youngest when he was small was determined to be first at things. When he was 3 or 4 the hike up to Vernal Falls wrecked me because I was perpetually worried that he'd stumble off the trail in his effort to get ahead of his brothers. Then at Glacier Point he insisted that my wife lift him up so he could see over the edge railing, a 3000-foot drop on a granite cliff that regularly flakes off
Legit curious, please educate or flame as you see fit- This day and age, I would think none of these ships move unless guided by GPS, esp in the dark, and entering/leaving port. Wtf was it doing travelling so close to the abutment in the first place?
As explained on page 1 I believe, that's not true. Ships still have the ability to steer even with total loss of power. This seems to be a case of the ship lost power, declared an emergency and dropped anchors. Starboard anchor caught and it tragically turned the ship.right into the bridge pier.
If a container ship is the same as a Arleigh Burke class destroyer, you can steer the ship manually but it takes forever.
Never underestimate the human ability to fuck up. Big navy ships run into stuff fairly often, the Suez closed because someone ran aground just a few years ago. There's tens of thousands of big container ships like that; might be a 1 in a million chance that one hits something major, but those dice always come up eventually.