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Bridge collapse in Miami
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:01:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/15/2018 7:54 PM, wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:24:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite Terrible ... whatever the cause is. Just heard that it was designed to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane and last for at least 100 years. It was pre-stressed to handle enormous loads. It lasted one day. Engineering screw up? Construction screw up? 7 people are dead ... more injured. ... And it’s claim is to be a “feat of engineering?” My wife's bet is they guess wrong about how cold it is here and they tried to put a load on green* concrete. (*not properly cured) One news report I heard was that they were doing stress tests on it. Kinda dumb with heavy traffic driving under it. I heard that too and that is a 0 dark 30 thing. They should not be doing any rigging or testing without closing the road below. They even close the interstate here when they are swinging bridge members over the road. The people in Miami do have a bad reputation for doing dumb things tho. They have a new high speed train on a piece of track with grade crossings about every mile. Needless to say deaths are getting to be a regular thing. |
Bridge collapse in Miami
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:19:14 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/15/2018 8:10 PM, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/15/2018 7:54 PM, wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:24:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite Terrible ... whatever the cause is. Just heard that it was designed to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane and last for at least 100 years.* It was pre-stressed to handle enormous loads. It lasted one day.* Engineering screw up?* Construction screw up? 7 people are dead ... more injured. ... And it’s claim is to be a “feat of engineering?” My wife's bet is they guess wrong about how cold it is here and they tried to put a load on green* concrete. (*not properly cured) One news report I heard was that they were doing stress tests on it. Kinda dumb with heavy traffic driving under it. I didn't hear about any equipment on the bridge.* I saw that they were built off-site and set into place in sections. The news report said they were doing stress tests *after* it was put in place. But, you know how the news is. Everyone's trying to get an "exclusive" and half the time the news is dead wrong. Thank you, Donald. I was wondering how long it would take you to get Trump into this thread. |
Bridge collapse in Miami
- show quoted text - I heard that too and that is a 0 dark 30 thing. They should not be doing any rigging or testing without closing the road below. They even close the interstate here when they are swinging bridge members over the road. The people in Miami do have a bad reputation for doing dumb things tho. They have a new high speed train on a piece of track with grade crossings about every mile. Needless to say deaths are getting to be a regular thing. .... Maybe it was a new study to see what’d actually happen if it DID fall in? |
Bridge collapse in Miami
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/15/2018 8:29 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/15/2018 8:19 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/15/2018 8:10 PM, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/15/2018 7:54 PM, wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:24:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite Terrible ... whatever the cause is. Just heard that it was designed to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane and last for at least 100 years. It was pre-stressed to handle enormous loads. It lasted one day. Engineering screw up? Construction screw up? 7 people are dead ... more injured. ... And it’s claim is to be a “feat of engineering?” My wife's bet is they guess wrong about how cold it is here and they tried to put a load on green* concrete. (*not properly cured) One news report I heard was that they were doing stress tests on it. Kinda dumb with heavy traffic driving under it. I didn't hear about any equipment on the bridge. I saw that they were built off-site and set into place in sections. The news report said they were doing stress tests *after* it was put in place. But, you know how the news is. Everyone's trying to get an "exclusive" and half the time the news is dead wrong. Thank you, Donald. Gee. As the "Dear Gabby" of rec.boats I am surprised you haven't blabbed the latest changes in the Trump administration. Donald Jr. and his wife Vanessa have announced they are divorcing after 12 years. Which greaseball kid is Donald, Jr.? The blond or the brunette? I don't do your research for you ... but since I am in a good mood ... the oldest ... with the dark hair. He knew that. He's got nothing else to do all day other than look **** up on the internet. |
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