Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "Barge crashes into Galveston bridge, spilling oil into river" video.

What are you if you intentionally ignore the fact that bridges get knocked off their piers ALL the time? Port Isabel Causeway was knocked into the Intracoastal Waterway just a few days after 9/11/01 by a barge tow and you probably never heard a word about it. We lose a few road bridges here in Flash Flood Alley every damn year. Heck, a flash flood knocked the heavy steel footbridge into the wet weather creek at my tiny Hill Country ranch a few months ago.
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The Pelican Island Causeway is in NO way a "key" transportation asset. It can easily be temporarily replaced by a spare ferryboat or two from Port Aransas just like the Port Isabel Causeway was when it got knocked into the water by a barge tow in September 2001. In addition to some shipyards and tank farms, Pelican Island also has the Texas A&M university Galveston campus and a public park with two World War Two US Navy vessels you can visit. What's your actual point?
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@zombieat There hasn't been rail service across this bridge in decades, but the road bridge is of local importance (and is still functioning). The Francis Scott Key Bridge is FAR more economically significant to a much larger region.
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@reallystraightguy2716 I know! 🤣
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That is NOT a river! It's the (saltwater) Galveston channel. Try getting facts right or stop calling yourself "News." All you had to do was pop open a map.
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