I pray for the people who went through this and also their family's..I pray they will be able to cope with the tragedy's and move on with their lives..which it will be so hard to do..
Later when I watched a safety expert saying that the river was too rapid for him to send in his divers, I came to the conclusion that what brought the structure down was water erosion and "Cavitation".
I will take bets that during any previous inspections of this bridge nobody thought to send down divers to inspect the bases of these verticle legs.
Absurd it is. Sickeningly, it’s all too real, though...
The author wishes it were "biting" satire, but it only rises to the level of "lame"
This event served as a means for the rabble-rousers to hit the “play” button on their canned speeches and patented rants.
The fact is, this catastrophe was waiting to happen probably for some time now. The structure was simply obeying immutable laws of gravity and the shear point of metal fatigue. Under-engineered when first constructed (to meet a cost-containment requirement, no doubt), the bridge design proved inadequate because of something that has been made part of all newer Interstate bridge designs - redundancy in the primary support. The design of this bridge was rather like a toothpick creation, in which the failure of one toothpick at a critical juncture led to the dominos-like collapse of the entire structure.
Study of the points of failure on this bridge should be made the focus of all courses in bridge design at civil engineering schools everywhere.
The Romans built bridges that have stood for over 2,000 years, which is a testament to something.
it was global warming caused it....local affiliate news babe being interviewed by the national parent news network (i was jumping around...dont remember which), said something about how the temperatures had been “... near 100 for at least a week now” when asked by an equally vapid network type if there was any possible explanations for the collapse.
Yes darling that concrete and steel just goes to hell at 100°F. What a moron.
Simply inexcusable for the bureaucrats to be so wrapped up in new building they forget the basic fundamental maintenance of the existing infrastructure.
Thank God our Republican Govt Pawlenty got re-elected. If the DFL ran everything in this state, they would all ready be using this disaster to be demanding massive tax increases so they could waste even MORE money of stupid “transit” projects” while neglecting the infrastructure people actually NEED!
It scares me when I tell if your joking.
Swiftean satire. Angry more than funny (which is ok). Thanks for posting.
My biggest concern will be all the politicians that will start lining up, thumping their chests with indignation, and imposing all sorts of rules and regulations on bridges, and infrastructure.
You can see the hearings, and committees that are coming, and people being hauled in front of them. These committee members will act with righteous indignation, and tear into the accused. It will become pathetic.
Yes... if negligence was involved it should be taken care of, but it will again turn into a circus.
It reminds me of the scene in Gettysburg, when John Bufford, makes a similar speech before the battle of Gettysburg happens. He sees the slaughter of Union soldiers taking place if Bufford's calvary doesn't stop the advance of Lee's Army.
I watched 2 Mustangs collide last week at the EAA Airventure. One pilot was killed. These guys are the cream of the crop, but sometimes there are things that take place beyond our control. After the accident everybody wanted to play armchair quarterback and ask how could this happen?
Sometimes things just do. A reminder to me that God is still in control.
Satire? Hell I thought it was a NYT editorial!..........
I have grown so tired of some people are more important than others because of their age or sex. Isn’t that racist and discriminatory too?
Pelosi really ought to come to grips with reality. She along with manyof her fellow congressmen, voted FOR the war, and now are voting against the war after this nation has already committed to it.
The infrastructure is crumbling because of the welfare state. TOO many people sucking off the teet, and not enough supporting the infrastructure including MS PElosi and her rich comerades, (edwards with his 1200.00 haircuts and Gore with his just ridiculous lifestyle.
What about global warming...wasn’t that at least a contributing factor to this bridge collapse???
It was I-35W not I-35 westbound. I-35 is a north south freeway even when it splits into eastern and western sections at Minneapolis-St. Paul and Dallas-Ft. Worth. I know it’s satire, but the author needs to get the basic details right.
The writer needs to do his research.
Bush’s fault......
If only we had spent MORE MONEY on DIVERSITY programs then the bridges would still be standing.
And welfare too~! If they only got to sit home more then they would not have been on their way to work on that bridge