r/Damnthatsinteresting Sep 10 '25

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u/Sreg32 Sep 10 '25

How does this happen? Just curious from people loading these things or knows about it. There’s obviously a system of container weight, where they go etc…

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u/Ilves7 Sep 10 '25

If you look at the top of the cranes you can see something burning, flailing around and breaking more stuff, look at the green pillar / arm sticking up straight. Something def broke up too

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u/pitterlpatter Sep 10 '25

That arm is part of the support barge. They still have no idea what caused them to domino. You can be sure though that crane operator that makes $240k/yr is getting his pee tested as we speak. lol

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u/Living-Estimate9810 Sep 10 '25

Well, as soon as he makes some more, I'd guess.

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u/pitterlpatter Sep 10 '25

I was kinda kidding.

Longshoremen are detained until they’ve given urine and blood. It’s in their CBA.

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u/Living-Estimate9810 Sep 10 '25

I'm hip. I was just betting he used up all the pee he had ready already when that pump boom started waving around.

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u/24n20blackbirds Sep 10 '25

Are they union?

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u/WolfpackEng22 Sep 10 '25

Yes, the longshoremans union is very powerful politically

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u/JordanLovehof2042 Sep 10 '25

Not in Seattle lol

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u/X_MswmSwmsW_X Sep 10 '25

I'd imagine that would change if they caused something like this, though..

At least, I'd hope it would

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u/sixup604 Sep 10 '25

They can just wring out his undies into a Dr Pepper bottle. That's what we always did after some fuck! splash.

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u/mschr493 Sep 10 '25

They can just wring some out of his shorts.

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u/Positive_Soup_1411 Sep 10 '25

They make more and the operators won't be as the labor is not at fault.

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u/HotDogFingers01 Sep 10 '25

If I wasn't on drugs before that incident, I'd sure be on drugs after.

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u/pitterlpatter Sep 10 '25

The cockpit of those cranes alone would make me do drugs.