twowindsbear wrote:
Solid land would work. Or, an equally massive, equally moving object straight into it ==> <==. Both objects would be damaged, leaving a really BIG mess of broken bits of object. Quite a bit of heat & noise would most likely be released, too. The ship had about 2.7^9 lb/ft of energy at the moment of impact. Irresistible force meets immovable object?
Another post mentioned the added weight of the wrecked bridge forced the bow of the ship lower, causing it to ground itself, stopping its movement. I wonder how BIG the 'hole' in the river bed actually is. Had the ship NOT grounded, the 'roots' of the bridge pier probably would have ripped open the ship's hull, spilling the ship's fuel. What sort of problem would THAT have made?
Sad, too, about the highway construction workers that died. But, what if this had happened at 8:00am or another time when the bridge was full of traffic?
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I lived about mile from the Skyway bridge in St. Petersburg Fl when it was struck... A greyhound bus was one of the casualties and a passenger was found stuffed into the restroom holding tank from impact... At least the casualties were minimized by time of day as you mentioned.