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[Lani]

Royal Albatross ~ LGK Returns But Misses LGL By 3 Hours! Feeds TF & Baby-sits TFT 💕 3.23.24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvt5xlJDKrE

Royal Albatross - Mar 24, 2024
Dad LGK comes back home the same day as LGL (TF's mom) - just missing her by 3 hours! What a shame - their reunions are few & far between now with both parents out full time foraging for food for their chick. LGK sits down like he likes to do upon arrival and then slowly make his way over to TF. LGK gives TF a feeding, rests again and then walks over to sit with TFT and baby-sit LGK is a gentle albie adult and TFT is happy to have the company. LGK comes back to be with TF and give a 2nd feeding.  Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk



Good morning Beakers!
Morning Eaglesrock, Emyrauld, Lilbro, Blschue, Lori, Clynn, Tsk, Lisa, Karen, Oldguy, Puff, Eagles, Kb, Tig, Baz, Phyl, Peep, Jaspurr, Pink, Jilltosa, BL, Eburg, Weasel, Ezee, Bggolden, T40, ssrl, Maxie, Nrstooge, Omasawyer, Paulie, jicaji, LB, and All!

Such a tragic morning for the Baltimore community. 
Sending prayers for those who died, the survivors, their family, friends, rescue workers, and community from the Baltimore bridge collapse.



Tsk, good game last night for Iowa.... thanks for Jaspurr's report. So glad she's okay.

Tig, beautiful spring bouquet... thanks for snow pics, lots of work for you. 

{{{Lisa}}} so glad to hear this wasn't your bridge... how awful for your ex SIL... terrible accident, I'm so sorry 

Kb, Puff Thanks for info on bridge collapse. so sad 

Puff, enjoy your trip to Saint Lucia 

Phyl, thanks for nature video and rrp blog.... and more info on bridge collapse.

Clynn, "Captain and Tennille's muskrat love" ... love the Red-Headed Woodpeckers. We have 12 species of woodpeckers here. I love the one I call "The Cardinal" but it is really called the "Acorn Woodpecker"

[LisaG1967]

tsk - Thanks for the video from jaspurr.  When I saw you posted that here, I figured I might have an email from her, too. 

Phyl - Oh, I know how high that bridge is, cause my bridge is 1ft. higher at center span.  Those people have been on my mind all day. 

Lani - Thank you.  And, thanks for the Royal update.   

[baziunc]

Howdy Beakers!

So sorry about the awful ship and bridge collision and collapse of the Key bridge in Baltimore!!    Prayers for families and friends of the victims.


Yes, the job of a Harbor Pilot is extraordinarly dangerous!  I used to date a Tug Boat Caption here, who escorted large container ships in and out of the area's port. I visited on their tug boats, and rode them in the river sometimes (shhh! don't tell!).    He was the person who, LOL, I've mentioned proposed to me twice... but I never accepted either time.    Anyway, I also spent a lot of time at the office of that Tug Boat Company, and got to know the other tug captains and crew, and also the Harbor Pilot, who worked with my boyfriend there. My boyfriend delivered the Harbor Pilot to the rope hanging down the side of those giant container ships, communicate with the other tugs and the freight ship while the Harbor Pilot climbed the rope to the deck of the container ship, and would pick him up when the Pilot was ready to climb back down the rope. It's a very, very delicate operation, with several tugs on both sides of the large ship, in constant communication with each other, and the Harbor Pilot in constant communication with the container ship. Climbing and descending those rope ladders was part of a highly coordinated and delicate procedure, with so many opportunities for accidents, so good working relationships, coordination, and highly skilled tug and ship operators were imperative! The tugs look so small next to those giant container ships, but, actually, many of those tug boats are very large!! It was kind of funny, that when I joined a very small gym, it turned out that the owner, who was my personal trainer back then, was the son of the Harbor Pilot who worked with my boyfriend! LOLOL! He and I discovered that after I had been working out there for a year!!  One day the gym owner was doing some studying, and I asked him what it was (he already had a masters in exercise science), and he said he was studying to become a licensed Harbor Pilot, like his father. !! That prompted me to mention that I knew a Harbor Pilot in the area, by the name of "x," who worked with my boyfriend, and lo and behold! he said that's my father!!  Then he asked who my boyfriend was, and he knew him, of course, through his father. Who woulda thunk it??  !! 


Take care, All! 


P.S. It's been almost a week since I went for a walk.  It's very pretty here today, so I'm thinking about a walk... maybe soon... maybe.



 

[baziunc]

TSK, I missed it earlier - Thanks so much for posting that excellent video with the description showing the progression of events related to the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse after the container ship collided with it when it was leaving the harbor. I'm going to re-post that video here that you posted earlier. It's 6 minutes long, and lines up with the updated information on the TV reports now, too.

It's an excellent explanation showing the sequence of events, as known at that time, with the excellent description by a knowledgeable perosn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk - Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore

[BrokenLug]

BL - I found it right away on google maps...google maps won't let me copy the picture I have of it open in another tab, but the address is 2251 Overlook Drive. I grew up at 2132 Overlook Dr..
Unfortunately last google map driver drove in the winter so you will see it between two homes and in back of what could be described as a yard of snow..

kb that's one heck of a tree to the left of the driveway by the stone bridge.   
It's not naturally occurring in that region I would think.
I'm not exactly sure what kind of Pine it is but I would hazard to guess it's from the time of the Waleswood Estate.   

[kbshcb]

BL - I found it right away on google maps...google maps won't let me copy the picture I have of it open in another tab, but the address is 2251 Overlook Drive. I grew up at 2132 Overlook Dr..
Unfortunately last google map driver drove in the winter so you will see it between two homes and in back of what could be described as a yard of snow..

kb that's one heck of a tree to the left of the driveway by the stone bridge.   
It's not naturally occurring in that region I would think.
I'm not exactly sure what kind of Pine it is but I would hazard to guess it's from the time of the Waleswood Estate.   

very cool catch, BL!...I'll have to investigate if I can. I copied the pic and asked the group just now. We shall see.

At the moment I'm trying to deal with no city plows/salt in my neighborhood yet, no mailman either. And, I can't open the back doors...

Glad I don't have to go anywhere especially when I hear many other suburbs/cities have done salt/plowing since early this morning.
I dislike that I can't plan my days around this stuff when so many others can just go la di da.

[kbshcb]

BL - forgot to add:

Someone who just moved to my city from New Jersey posted today on our Community fb page:
Why haven't they dropped salt here...this is at 3pm in the afternoon after snowing on top of ice all day!
Important part:
She said they do in NJ.

I replied They do in cities from Minnetonka to Rogers....just not here.

I expect an onslaught of negative comments....just helping out a fellow New Jersian.

[Puff]

Phyl    You also got info from Dr. Segal on temps.  He brought up a good reminder.  We have to remember we are more delicate than the metal bridge work.  Wonder at what temp our bodies go into shock.  Plus, as tsk mentioned, I also watched another replay only watching moving lights across the bridge, most of late vehicles traveled from right to left.  The last 4 I saw, two looked like trucks, last two cars.  Can't tell from the vid where the bridge ends out of the left side.  A couple looked like they were very close between making it and not making it.   They're using sonar underwater looking for metal.  Can't tell without actually seeing the finds what they found.  There has to be a lot of beeps between all the metals of the bridge, vehicles, and loaded trailers/cargo.

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[LisaG1967]

Phyl    You also got info from Dr. Segal on temps.  He brought up a good reminder.  We have to remember we are more delicate than the metal bridge work.  Wonder at what temp our bodies go into shock.  Plus, as tsk mentioned, I also watched another replay only watching moving lights across the bridge, most of late vehicles traveled from right to left.  The last 4 I saw, two looked like trucks, last two cars.  Can't tell from the vid where the bridge ends out of the left side.  A couple looked like they were very close between making it and not making it.   They're using sonar underwater looking for metal.  Can't tell without actually seeing the finds what they found.  There has to be a lot of beeps between all the metals of the bridge, vehicles, and loaded trailers/cargo.

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Puff - Tried to find you a video of the bridge, so you could see what the bridge looks like.  It has a long entrance ramp area before you actually get on and off the bridge.  Hope you can view it.

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=840654307869791

[LisaG1967]

Have a good night, everyone!

[karengramke]

80 degrees for the high today!  Still no snow!
Baz, love your  story  of your old flame!   Watched a lot of tugs in Mobile and surrounding area.  Had lunch on an Italian coal  ship and the walk up the side of the ship was something!
Lani, thanks for the  update on the  Albies!  Interesting  interactions!
 Lisa, good video.  I think there is a similar bridge in North Mobile.  It is a short cut off of I 65 to the east.


Rain expected tomorrow and cooler temps as well!

Have a good evening and seds

[tsk34]

LANI   All good on the albie front - thanks for the update.      I think the "Cardinal" is a much better name for that acorn woodpecker.

BAZI   Great story about the Harbor pilot/tugs and your boyfriend.  You have a much better insight than most of us.  Mozart was something else!!

BL   Thanks for the different perspective on the stone bridge and now house and pine.

LISA   That was a good video.  From the perspective the news reports are the bridge looks like tiny sticks just falling down  Incredible.

[kbshcb]

I read it's now reported there were no vehicles on the bridge when the ship hit thanks to heroic police officers who jumped into action.

Only the 8 maintenance workers were on it, 2 recovered, 6 assumed perished.

The sonar must have been picking up metal from the bridge early on.

[Phyl]

NTSB and other officials holding news conference now on FNC. Exactly what I had feared and hoped not to happen. 
Praying The Father holds these families close and they Him.
My Dad worked on a tug boat on The Mississippi River in the late 1940's and early 1950's out of  Ashland, KY tons of goods were shipped on those
barges . He'd be gone for days as they sailed up and down the Miss. Mom had two boys---toddlers, my brothers---and it all to do herself. Farm girls are good stock.



Lisa I know you knew about the Key bridge height.    All I've done today is think hope and pray for those victims of the bridge collapse.
That's all any of us have done, I'm sure.  Great video BTW

Lani love those Albies  ; thanks for the report on the Royals, all appears 'good'; love that  acorn woodpecker. We have the Hairy and the Red Bellied.
A pair of Hairys we've named 'Harry and Harriet'. 

Puff Dr. Segal is always right---the human body is the most delicate organic machine made.  When I heard what he said on 'Outnumbered' this Am
my heart sank and I got teary.  That water temp is fridged ---just 5 degrees above freezing. Still one can always hope---there is always 'Hope'.

[Phyl]

Good Evening and Good  Night Everyone...
thinking of those who perished today and their families. Still hoping someone is
still alive. 


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