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Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:28 pm
by andy at handiwork
Seems there was a security camera saw the Minneapolis bridge collapse.
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:35 pm
by jj
...and amazingly, no commentator has yet tried to blame Al-Qaeeda !!
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:41 pm
by andy at handiwork
Wait for it though. How about, 'If so much money wasn't being spent on 'Homeland Security' more could be spent on the several thousand sub standard bridges in the US that are known to require work.'
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:41 pm
by jj
Almost like the UK, eh?
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:06 pm
by Pervert
They reckon that thousands of bridges in the US are needing repaired. This one was not a high priority, in spite of carrying over 100,000 vehicles a day, and was scheduled to be replaced in 2020.
Wonder what the urgent repair bridges are like.
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:18 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
70,000 bridges was the figure quoted
All with the same warning level
The bridge featured here was due for repair in 2020 even though it was deemed as structually flawed in 1990!!!!!
Why worry about the terrorist threat when you live in the wealthiest country on earth and this is allowed to happen
I suppose we should have expected this given the lamentable happenings in New Orleans
2nd Rant over
I feel better now,so much better now.....da da
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:34 pm
by Pervert
Don't mention N'Orleans. That still makes my blood boil.
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:58 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
It proved one thing to me incompetence in a pressure situation is deadly
Re: Bridge collapse
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:04 pm
by Pervert
It proved to me how little respect and care a government could have for those it is supposed to represent and govern. But then, all the important people (those with money) had already moved out before the hurricane struck.