Houston ship channel closed as Cirque de Greenpeace hangs from the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman bridge

[clapclapclap 9000]

I think they're protesting something.  Some lanes closed on the bridge between Baytown and La Porte.  Not sure why they are quoting the Galveston County Sheriff's Office when this is entirely within Harris County and the tweet is from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.  Media not Mensa? 

Watch live!

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/greenpeace-activists-hanging-from-fred-hartman-bridge-to-stop-ship-channel-traffic/285-33d1c828-fd39-4221-8556-f341db2ebbf3

Edited September 12, 2019 by clapclapclap
1,000 words substitute

[clapclapclap 9000]

"* It's Greenpissed." - Oobe

[NeverMarryAStripper 22254]

I suppose none of those activists utilized any fossil fuels to get to their protest against oil.

[Dewey 3329]

Really makes the bridge "pop"

[Victorious1 181]

any chance of afternoon thunderstorms?  I wouldn't mind watching that live...

[SHOOTER12 8883]

32 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

I think they're protesting something.  Some lanes closed on the bridge between Baytown and La Porte.  Not sure why they are quoting the Galveston County Sheriff's Office when this is entirely within Harris County and the tweet is from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.  Media not Mensa? 

Watch live!

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/greenpeace-activists-hanging-from-fred-hartman-bridge-to-stop-ship-channel-traffic/285-33d1c828-fd39-4221-8556-f341db2ebbf3

Target practice errbody!

[Deej 77688]

They should have tied their ropes around their necks. 

[AUS-97HORN 11998]

hey, if you are gonna protest, make sure its a pointless gesture where no one has any idea why you are fucking up their commute today,.

[Lat22 4073]

Are you telling me that every tanker that goes under that bridge is cutting that close?

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

1 minute ago, Lat22 said:

Are you telling me that every tanker that goes under that bridge is cutting that close?

No, but they can't risk them dropping something onto any ship or otherwise having a chance to harm the traffic or the channel below and make it worse. 

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

5 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

hey, if you are gonna protest, make sure its a pointless gesture where no one has any idea why you are fucking up their commute today,.

Protesting oil in Houston seems a bit of a pointless gesture, probably with a negative return considering most of the bridge and highway traffic in that area is just people trying to get to their jobs.... in the energy industry. 

[Iceman 2964]

Cut the ropes and drop em into the channel.

They love nature?  Put em in nature.

[Cajun 11771]

Oh, the fun I'd be having with my drone right about now....

[MissingInAction 25520]

These are the situations which make me regret giving up Falconry.

Edited September 12, 2019 by MissingInAction

[CHEF DIESEL 126]

41 minutes ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

No, but they can't risk them dropping something onto any ship or otherwise having a chance to harm the traffic or the channel below and make it worse. 

Harbor pilots won't run a ship underneath a spectacle such as this.

[atomheartbevo 90582]

1 hour ago, Victorious1 said:

any chance of afternoon thunderstorms?  I wouldn't mind watching that live...

 

[High Plains Drifter 11167]

43 minutes ago, Iceman said:

Cut the ropes and drop em into the channel.

They love nature?  Put em in nature.

 

While I agree with the sentiment, I wouldn't consider the Houston ship channel "nature".

[Smax 3800]

Water hoses like they do to ships

[HornsOverIthaca 2339]

Unleash the Bees!!!

[ztejas 44114]

1 hour ago, clapclapclap said:

I think they're protesting something.  Some lanes closed on the bridge between Baytown and La Porte.  Not sure why they are quoting the Galveston County Sheriff's Office when this is entirely within Harris County and the tweet is from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.  Media not Mensa? 

Watch live!

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/greenpeace-activists-hanging-from-fred-hartman-bridge-to-stop-ship-channel-traffic/285-33d1c828-fd39-4221-8556-f341db2ebbf3

Nice of them to clarify it is indeed a channel and not a sound. 

[wood 11748]

1 hour ago, clapclapclap said:

Media not Mensa? 

Biggest understatement in the history of understatements.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

Need Dave Matthews' tour bus to the bridge at once.

[El Diablo 4232]

1 hour ago, AUS-97HORN said:

hey, if you are gonna protest, make sure its a pointless gesture where no one has any idea why you are fucking up their commute today,.

See, if they were protesting something like trawler nets messing with the migration of pilot whales or something similar then this protest would work symbolically. As it is? Nope.

[SHOOTER12 8883]

37 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Nice of them to clarify it is indeed a channel and not a sound. 

Wut??? I didn't hear anything.....

[Wally Pryor 5393]

They going to be hanging out until late Friday morning. 

Have fun, everyone. 

[Jshep34 2425]

Give them thier 24 hours to hang out but let them know if not up after 24 hours and 1 minute, cables get cut. Its screwed up traffic bad. For the oil industry thats pretty good. All the care, trucks stuck in traffic burning fuel now have to go top off again.

[Reagan1k 3042]

I'd hate to be the newest Greenpeace recruit who has to help them change those diapers when they come back up.

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

9 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Give them thier 24 hours to hang out but let them know if not up after 24 hours and 1 minute, cables get cut. Its screwed up traffic bad. For the oil industry thats pretty good. All the care, trucks stuck in traffic burning fuel now have to go top off again.

That's a heck of a good point. Let's protest "oil" by making people burn more of it while we are in their way.  

[Hank Scorpio 17924]

I agree with everyone on this thread, we need to murder them quickly. 

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

They are saying on the radio news that every now and then the "protesters" at the top of the bridge are wandering into traffic and stopping cars just for the hell of it.

HCSO says that as soon they hit 24 hours tomorrow everyone on the bridge is getting arrested. 

[Wally Pryor 5393]

And what if they don't come up after 24 hours??  Local sheriff guy has already said they weren't going to risk life or limb to get these loons. 

So, loons going to be loons and maybe they just stay for awhile longer than 24 hours. 

 

[Jshep34 2425]

They never worked with law enforcement over this. They drove there. They are using cell phones. Thier Saftey gear is made from foss fuels. everything about this protest is counterproductive. Fossil fuels is used in almost everything. "Big oil" isnt making thier money from gasoline sales, its from byproducts used in the making of gasoline. I believe the ring leader up there Piper (perfers she and her as her pronouns) needs to be arrested immediately.

 

 

[Johnny Sack 8397]

31 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I agree with everyone on this thread, we need to murder them quickly. 

Would lower their carbon footprint.  

[Player 4606]

10 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

And what if they don't come up after 24 hours??  Local sheriff guy has already said they weren't going to risk life or limb to get these loons. 

So, loons going to be loons and maybe they just stay for awhile longer than 24 hours. 

 

If they don't voluntarily get off the bridge tomorrow, then the CEO of ExxonMobil gets to tie a rope around one of the protestors on the end... 

[Wally Pryor 5393]

27 minutes ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

They are saying on the radio news that every now and then the "protesters" at the top of the bridge are wandering into traffic and stopping cars just for the hell of it.

Meh.  Those saps in Houston are still JV material when it comes to this.  

Austin knows how to work traffic in the right fashion.  We were all disappointed that the bus didn't make a right turn. 

 

[Surly Bevo 25664]

Monday's Saint's win coupled with a bad Oldtimer with Cheese finally pushed Icono over the edge

[Js1 87055]

14 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

They drove there. They are using cell phones. Thier Saftey gear is made from foss fuels. everything about this protest is counterproductive. 

[Pato del Muerto 53380]

Where is this Fred Hartman bridge?

PS climbing rope is made of nylon, which was created by DuPont from petrochemicals. 

Edited September 12, 2019 by Pato del Muerto

[MissingInAction 25520]

3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Monday's Saint's win coupled with a bad Oldtimer with Cheese finally pushed Icono over the edge

Dont forget methcock.

[huge 3828]

I dont usually CR but I wander how many Houston D disagree with this.  Or if this is just all Trumpkin complaints.

 

(ducks)

[RPM 26580]

18 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Where is this Fred Hartman bridge?

Never knew it was called anything other than Houston Ship Channel Bridge.

The obvious solution here is a few HPD helicopters hovering under them and slowly climbing.

[Jshep34 2425]

Where is this Fred Hartman bridge?
PS climbing rope is made of nylon, which was created by DuPont from petrochemicals. 

Baytown ,tx. 35 minutes east of houston.

[Scraps 13763]

Ill give yall a live look in about 30 min

[Pato del Muerto 53380]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Ill give yall a live look in about 30 min

Get some dead rats from your restaurant visits and throw them at the protesters 

[Bevo 13832]

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

These are the situations which make me regret giving up Falconry.

Shit, Falconry, just let loose a couple dozen pigeons.

[deadshank 24654]

[El Diablo 4232]

Send in PETA, tell 'em the Greenpeacers are wearing animal pelts. Or maybe get some of them monocle sneks and let 'em snek slither down the ropes and do what monocle snek do. If they're using nylon rope get the Californians involved, tell 'em there's a danger of getting plastic into the waterways.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11858]

Why doesn’t someone just toss a match in the ship channel?  Show’em what their really protesting against!

[Your Mom 4960]

I, for one, applaud their protest and invite them to come do it again in the Hill Country later in the spring.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13387]

8 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

 If they're using nylon rope get the Californians involved, tell 'em there's a danger of getting plastic into the waterways.

I’m in the Bay Area right now and can confirm 100% these fuckers don’t truly  care about plastic/garbage getting in the waterways. The homeless population’s volcanic-like explosion has tons of waste flowing into the waterways. It’s astonishing how rapidly this place is going down hill.