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

[0xdeadbeef 1697]

just spitballing here...maybe there's an option where we don't have to remove them....

 

[Scraps 13763]

I feel the environment getting better by the minute

[Reagan1k 3042]

I'm assuming they'd only accept rescue/body recovery by wind or solar powered boats in the event they fell into the channel. 

I hope that was stipulated by one of their clan.

It's been a while but I think there is still a Clipper in Galveston that could get to them in a few days.

[Iceman 2964]

If their argument is so compelling, why haven't more( any) folks stopped buying oil?

Edited September 12, 2019 by Iceman

[SquishMitten 10493]

4 hours ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

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. 

Right? That'd be like protesting deforestation by tying yourself to a tree around a bunch of loggers. 

[Pato del Muerto 53380]

[clapclapclap 9000]

51 minutes ago, RPM said:

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

Well there's 3 of them.  610 is The Big Bridge (it was the first one built), Beltway 8 is The Toll Bridge, and this one is The Baytown Bridge (or The La Porte Bridge if you're geodyslexic.)

Edited September 12, 2019 by clapclapclap
Mulva

[RPM 26580]

1 minute ago, clapclapclap said:

610 is The Big Bridge

That's the one I was thinking of.

[Wally Pryor 5393]

1 hour ago, Reagan1k said:

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

Taking it in stride as long as Elaine is impressed. 

 

[Scraps 13763]

18 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Well there's 3 of them.  610 is The Big Bridge (it was the first one built), Beltway 8 is The Toll Bridge, and this one is The Baytown Bridge (or The La Porte Bridge if you're geodyslexic.)

"Ship Channel" Bridge to me has always been the 610 bridge.  

Fred Hartman Bridge has always been the Fred Hartman Bridge.   

 

Others in the area may see it differently, but that has always been the case for this local 

[Trey3216 15451]

26 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Pissin' in the wind, bettin on a losing friend

Makin' the same mistakes we swear we'd never make again 

[EMAWesome 101]

I'm kind of curious.  What is the mosquito situation in Houston like?  

[Trey3216 15451]

Just now, EMAWesome said:

I'm kind of curious.  What is the mosquito situation in Houston like?  

[Trey3216 15451]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

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.

I say go drop some sugar or honey all over them, and the rope, and then release a couple million fire ants onto the rope.  

Edited September 12, 2019 by Trey3216

[ztejas 44114]

45 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

just spitballing here...maybe there's an option where we don't have to remove them....

 

Goddammit I was going to post this. Take your rep

 

[Bevo 13832]

44 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Well there's 3 of them.  610 is The Big Bridge (it was the first one built), Beltway 8 is The Toll Bridge, and this one is The Baytown Bridge (or The La Porte Bridge if you're geodyslexic.)

What is the name of the bridge on 45 going to Galveston?

[Trey3216 15451]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

What is the name of the bridge on 45 going to Galveston?

The Hydrazine Highway  

[NeverMarryAStripper 22254]

Are they seriously shutting down the ship channel for 24 hours?  Won't that cost somebody millions of dollars?  Seems like greenpeace would be liable for for monetary losses.

[Scraps 13763]

What is the name of the bridge on 45 going to Galveston?

A clusterfuck

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Where is this Fred Hartman bridge?

Between Baytown and La Porte. The part of the Ship Channel that goes underneath it is basically where the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou hit the northern end of Galveston Bay. 

[staboner 5069]

3 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

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

lol. yeah this board can read like a festival of old man bitching eh

[El Diablo 4232]

1 hour ago, Bevo said:

What is the name of the bridge on 45 going to Galveston?

Gedes Bridge.

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

Apparently the Sheriff's office has decided to move in early. 

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Edited September 12, 2019 by crimsonlonghorn

[MissingInAction 25523]

3 hours ago, Bevo said:

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

Do you even Falconry, bro?

[clapclapclap 9000]

 

[Iceman 2964]

2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Are they seriously shutting down the ship channel for 24 hours?  Won't that cost somebody millions of dollars?  Seems like greenpeace would be liable for for monetary losses.

But the protest is so peaceful.

Why would they be responsible for anything?

[Bevo 13832]

22 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Do you even Falconry, bro?

No, but death by grackle isn't so fun either. Friend of mine at UT had to take an EE Final with birdshit on his shoulder.

[Iceman 2964]

2 hours ago, staboner said:

lol. yeah this board can read like a festival of old man bitching eh

Pragmatism run rampant...

[ChickenSandwich 9927]

Fuck these cunts

[ChickenSandwich 9927]

And the city needs to send a bill for the Overtime and rescue effort at a minimum. 

[tx 3 putt 78535]

Fishing rod + Popeyes chicken sandwich 

[crimsonlonghorn 2313]

Notice that when they did the same thing in Portland, Oregon a few years ago, they were up there for almost two days and eventually let themselves down. Law enforcement never seriously tried to remove them and kept saying how "dangerous" it would be and "let this play out".

These guys try the same thing in Houston and are there for 12 hours and HCSO comes over the side to get them. My guess is that they were there only about as long as it took to get the response team together and come up with a plan. All of the "We'll let them stay for 24 hours" was just talk. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13713]

If you let them stay, someone will get the idea of hanging there permanently to shut down the ship channel. Their allies could used drones to bring them supplies.

[wood 11748]

18 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

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. 

 

Off the charts attention-seeking.

[wood 11748]

14 hours ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

Apparently the Sheriff's office has decided to move in early. 

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So people had to risk their lives to get the PsOS of that bridge? Unreal.

[wood 11748]

17 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

I'm assuming they'd only accept rescue/body recovery by wind or solar powered boats in the event they fell into the channel. 

I hope that was stipulated by one of their clan.

It's been a while but I think there is still a Clipper in Galveston that could get to them in a few days.

Only boats made without any use of petrochemicals ... which probably rules out the solar boat.