Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (20 Viewers)

[TheRealJRad]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ne...-barriers-only-crash-rated-10-mph-2025-01-04/

10 mph seems to be insufficient

They seriously used a company called 1-800-Bollards? That sounds comically made up

 

[efil4stnias]

They seriously used a company called 1-800-Bollards? That sounds comically made up

I had to look it up. It's a real company lol

Looks like they sell, but do not install. I think you have to go with a true security company that would sell/install.

I'm almost positive that $$$ was the main reason.

My word 1800bollards.com.

Lolol

 

[Goatman Saint]

Seriously? I mean it’s not like the French quarter is never used. I mean come on it’s gotta be one of a small handful of streets that should have some sort of solid well thought out long term way of closing that section off securely. And they get bollards like in front of WalMart to stop trucks to larger semis from raising havoc? Come on city of New Orleans. Do better

 

[Sailorsaint]

They seriously used a company called 1-800-Bollards? That sounds comically made up

They are a TEMU supplier.....

 

[GrandAdmiral]

SMH.

New barriers coming to Bourbon Street not designed to stop truck attacks like on New Year's Day

The rating of the new system “is exponentially, far less than what they currently have,” an owner of a bollard manufacturing company said. Here's more.

www.nola.com

That's insane...

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Low bid, or some “wink, wink; nudge nudge” deal by the Council?

Like others have already said, might as well just pull the worst police cruiser out of the NOPD fleet and park it there.

 

[Yatman]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ne...-barriers-only-crash-rated-10-mph-2025-01-04/

10 mph seems to be insufficient

might as well leave the "archers" deployed

according to teevee news they're rated for 3000 pounds at 60mph

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

watching EPL on WDSU and they broke in with an FBI update and the update seems to be Landry reading a sheet of paper with remembrances of the victims
not sure how this is 'Breaking News'

 

[Yatman]

grandstanding to obfuscate, fbi too

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

grandstanding to obfuscate, fbi too

if I'm able to translate the FBI update: "FEAR, FEAR, FEAR, BE AFRAID, BE SCARED"

 

[Madmarsha]

watching EPL on WDSU and they broke in with an FBI update and the update seems to be Landry reading a sheet of paper with remembrances of the victims
not sure how this is 'Breaking News'

They finally got to the FBI update.

What are meta glasses?

 

[efil4stnias]

watching EPL on WDSU and they broke in with an FBI update and the update seems to be Landry reading a sheet of paper with remembrances of the victims
not sure how this is 'Breaking News'

Do ypu have YouTube TV? It's on NBC 4K channel

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

They finally got to the FBI "update".

15 minutes in
trip to Egypt, trip to Canada
2 trips to NO wearing meta glasses riding a bike through the Quarter

 

[Madmarsha]

15 minutes in
trip to Egypt, trip to Canada
2 trips to NO wearing meta glasses riding a bike through the Quarter

He set the fire at the AirBnB.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

fire at the bywater place was deliberately set and went out by itself before it reached the accelerants (could have been a much bigger fire)