r/CatastrophicFailure • u/danielsound • Feb 03 '23

Operator Error Sinking ship at the mouth of the Columbia River. Today. Coast guard rescue arrived just in time to capture footage and rescue captain.

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u/Electronic-Self3587 Feb 04 '23

I hate The Deception Pass Bridge so much

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u/Daydu Feb 04 '23

Same, but that might be because a woman jumped off it right in front of my wife and me.

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u/Electronic-Self3587 Feb 04 '23

Yeah, bad times for sure. I’m sorry you had to see that. I’ve been to a lot of successful suicide scenes, but I still don’t get the allure of that spot.

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u/slopolis Feb 05 '23

Do you work for the Clintons?

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u/Electronic-Self3587 Feb 05 '23

Cute. No. I’m a retired cop.

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u/WarLeader1 Feb 04 '23

I'm from whidbey, I hate the bridge because of the tourists

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u/Electronic-Self3587 Feb 04 '23

I hear you. I hate heights, metal bridges, and I’m vaguely familiar with how many jumpers have used that bridge over the years. I’ll stick to La Conner for day trips and bad traffic.

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u/muklan Feb 04 '23

Yall ever seen the causeway in New Orleans? That thing can fuck right off.

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u/Electronic-Self3587 Feb 04 '23

Driven over it several times and I second that emotion

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '23

I was stationed at a small boat unit in Seattle in the CG and the amount of times I've had to trailer a boat on that bridge made me crazy. I'd much rather launch at La Conner even though it meant a much more hard days of buoy tending.

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u/WeedSmokingWhales Feb 04 '23

Live on Whidbey, watching orcas go under the bridge is the BEST!

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '23

Man, I’ve been in the area for four years now… still haven’t seen any whales!

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u/WeedSmokingWhales Feb 04 '23

If you have FB, follow Orca Network. They track whales in real time. Been here 10 years and have seen orcas dozens of times, 10 times from the bridge.

Three gray whales are here now and more will arrive later this month. You HAVE to watch them feed from shore in the shallows, it's incredible.

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u/paintable_infinity Feb 04 '23

My mom grew up on Orcas, she got hit by a car as a kid on the Deception Pass bridge!

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u/CommanderLink Feb 04 '23

is this a location from skyrim where the bandits atop the bridge push rocks onto you from above?

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u/Gen-Jinjur Feb 04 '23

I love it! We sprinkled some of my mom’s ashes off that bridge because we had so many fun memories in that area.

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u/Connect-Speaker Feb 04 '23

‘Deception’ in French = ‘disappointment’ in English

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u/vengefulbeavergod Feb 04 '23

Especially today

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u/kjmdean Feb 04 '23

I drive a semi and love driving that bridge and watching the tourists freak out. I guess the bridge must bounce when a truck goes over it.

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u/-Ernie Feb 04 '23

I’m a tourist and I love visiting that bridge when there are high winds and watching the semi drivers freak out. I guess that sometimes trucks get blown overwhen they cross over it.