Watch your comms line if you're working near the old Miami River bridge pilings

Last week my buddy's line got snagged and cut on some rebar we didn't see, he lost comms for a solid 90 seconds before his tender got him back. Anyone else had issues with hidden debris there?

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4 Comments

max_torres443mo ago

Heard a crew talking about that same spot last month, said they found a whole shopping cart down there.

sage_green1mo ago

The old shopping cart thing matches what I see at the store, people dump stuff in the weirdest places and then it just stays there. It's like the city version of how junk accumulates in forgotten corners, out of sight and out of mind until someone accidentally finds it. Feels like every drainage spot or bridge shadow ends up as a slow museum of things people wanted gone.

wren6383mo ago

Wait, did you mean the old Flagler Street bridge? The Miami River has a few spots like that, but the worst rebar I've seen is usually by the old railroad pilings further east. What depth was your buddy working at when it happened?

stone.lisa3mo ago

That 90 second comms loss is no joke. Was your buddy on a hard-wire system or wireless when his line got cut? I've seen wireless get spotty down there, but a physical cut on a hard-wire is a whole different level of bad news. Makes you wonder what else is buried in the silt besides rebar and shopping carts.