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re: 2 Men Died Attempting to Jump a Drawbridge in Calcasieu Parish
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:20 pm to Dead End
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:20 pm to Dead End
quote:
The ramp has to be longer, right?
I don't think there is much of an elevation change ramp as to open the bridge, it just swings out into the bayou. Looking at it on GE, there appears to be a very slight incline, but it's only 15 feet long.
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:20 pm to ShoeBang
I bet someone on the OB knows these guys or at least someone who does. I hope they're reading
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:21 pm to YOURADHERE
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:22 pm to 9Fiddy
quote:
e longer, right?
I don't think there is much of an elevation change ramp as to open the bridge, it just swings out into the bayou. Looking at it on GE, there appears to be a very slight incline, but it's only 15 feet long.
Ok, that makes sense.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:22 pm to Sao
Boudreaux and Thibadoux's last ride.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:22 pm to captainahab
quote:
Good baws, but shite at meth.
quote:
FIFY
Solid, lol.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:23 pm to YOURADHERE
Their last words to each other must have been something like:
"Billy-Bob, are you sure we can do this?"
"No problem Bubba, I've seen it done on tv a thousand times. Now hold my beer"
"Billy-Bob, are you sure we can do this?"
"No problem Bubba, I've seen it done on tv a thousand times. Now hold my beer"
This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:26 pm to 9Fiddy
quote:
Measured the gap on Google Earth
55.5 yards
That's assuming the portions of the bridge don't raise to create an angle, which they do. So assuming half of the western ramp portion to the far east spot on the eastern portion it is really closer to 58 yards... but I know, we are talking educated guesses and semantics here.
Guard arms are located almost at the beginning of the bridge railing so we know they had no more than 55 yards of space to accelerate according to google maps.
This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:26 pm to LSUlefty
quote:
2 people died, yet I'm laughing. Is that wrong?
Of course not.
If I was kin to these baws and got the phone call that they died trying to jump a 150' gap between bridge ramps, I think I'd laugh too.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:33 pm to slackster
Since the names haven't been released, I'm going to put a guess their middle names have to be something like Ray, Wayne, DeWayne or Earl. These names always pop up when redneck Texans do crazy shite.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:37 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:
Looking at the pic above with it opened, they wouldn't have made it going 100 mph
Ignoring drag, they would have needed an exit velocity of ~50 mph to go 160 feet if the ramp was at a 45 degree angle. Not impossible, but they would have lost a ton of speed once they hit a 45 degree ramp, so they needed to be hauling arse to have a chance.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:38 pm to Sao
TX guys trying to do FLA things.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:38 pm to YOURADHERE
quote:
80 yards or so
What the hell where these dudes thinking!?
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:41 pm to Sterling Archer
quote:
What the hell where these dudes thinking!?
I think it's obvious they weren't.
We thank them for their sacrifice.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:44 pm to YOURADHERE
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:45 pm to YOURADHERE
Day-ummmm.
I'm gonna do a tall shot tonight in honor of these baws.
I'm gonna do a tall shot tonight in honor of these baws.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:47 pm to slackster
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This post was edited on 11/22/20 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:48 pm to BayouNation
Wait. Does the very end of the road tilt up when the bridge is open to help keep you from driving off the end of it?
That was their ramp? That's fricking priceless.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:48 pm to YOURADHERE
Good thing that gene pool won’t get a chance to reproduce
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:55 pm to ShoeBang
Thought they arrested him last week in Florida for burning his wife's house down.
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