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Fiery Crash Collapses California Freeway (Hey Rosie! Gas Fire Melts Steel!)
AP ^ | Apr 29, 4:45 PM (ET) | MARCUS WOHLSEN

Posted on 04/29/2007 3:41:40 PM PDT by Captain Shamrock

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A heavily traveled section of freeway that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and erupted into flames, authorities said.

Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck's driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns. No other injuries were reported.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: baybridge; gastankertruckfire; rosie
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To: Captain Shamrock

Is there a pattern to these accidents?


41 posted on 04/29/2007 4:50:01 PM PDT by sono (TITUS PVLLO in MMVIII - Paid for by the Aventine Collegium for Pullo)
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To: Captain Shamrock

The phenomenon is an enginering usage of the word creep.

Creep..... A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure. Yahoo dictionary.

For the record


42 posted on 04/29/2007 4:54:09 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Reid must go)
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To: bmwcyle
"Someone needs to rub this in Rosie’s face."

THAT was my first thought, too.

43 posted on 04/29/2007 4:54:14 PM PDT by jackibutterfly
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To: piytar
It has been proven, Kyle did it. You can clearly see the irrefuteable evidence in this "enhanced" photo.


44 posted on 04/29/2007 4:57:16 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (You're the retarded offspring of five monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel! Congratulations!)
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To: Mark was here

A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita’s all I need
A little bit of Tina’s what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am


45 posted on 04/29/2007 4:59:23 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: DrGunsforHands

Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...


46 posted on 04/29/2007 5:18:00 PM PDT by piytar
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To: driftdiver
almost a year before the overpass was restored.

Yikes. This could be a huge problem for San Francisco.

Twenty years ago, I lived in Emeryville, on a nice peninsula that goes out into the bay just north of the bridge. When I moved there in '85, I could run into The City for lunch, as it took 12 minutes to cross the Bay Bridge. In the three years I lived there, San Fran traffic reached permanent gridlock status and the trip took 1-1/2 hours at the same time of day.

THIS wreck will likely tie up everything for miles around until 2044.

47 posted on 04/29/2007 5:18:46 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!

Bush’s fault


48 posted on 04/29/2007 5:23:15 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: Phsstpok

“a gasoline tanker truck explosion inside one of the three tunnels in the hills above Oakland”

It’s the Caldecott Tunnel and the scorch marks are still visible all the way through as a grim reminder.

http://www.wetzoollamb.net/tours/caldecott/cald1.html


49 posted on 04/29/2007 5:25:34 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Miss Marple

We heard this on the radio this afternoon and my husband’s first comment was Rosie will say terrorists did this because she doesn’t belive fuel can melt steel...


50 posted on 04/29/2007 5:29:17 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn ( If you want on or off the pet and human food and drug ping list let me know)
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To: Veto!

Not if Caltrans give the emergency work to Kiewit, 6 months tops.


51 posted on 04/29/2007 5:30:52 PM PDT by Rumplemeyer
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To: Rumplemeyer
emergency work to Kiewit,

Kiewit?

Not Kuwait, I hope.

52 posted on 04/29/2007 5:47:23 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: pnh102
...Ain't no car big enough... Ain't car wide enough

to carry Rosie's load

53 posted on 04/29/2007 5:51:02 PM PDT by pointsal (q)
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To: Captain Shamrock

I was thinking that jet fuel had a higher heat of combustion than gasoline....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency

has regular gas at 125K BTU/gal,
aviation gas at 120.2K BTU/gal,
jet fuel slightly more, 127.5K-135K BTU/gal.


54 posted on 04/29/2007 6:03:34 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Mark was here

3. Taco.

4. Tuna salad.

5. Glazed donut.


55 posted on 04/29/2007 6:07:10 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: scrabblehack

Thanks, That adds to our “evidence”!


56 posted on 04/29/2007 6:25:42 PM PDT by Captain Shamrock
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To: BallyBill

I like myth busters. sorry


57 posted on 04/29/2007 6:27:49 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (IS)
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To: Captain Shamrock

That must have been one hot fire. Rush hour will suck around there for a while.


58 posted on 04/29/2007 7:00:13 PM PDT by LibKill ("RUDY GIULIANI" is just "HILLARY CLINTON" misspelled and wearing a dress.)
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To: piytar

“piytar wrote:

Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...”

I believe it’s the percent of the body covered that makes the difference. I minor burn all over your body (like sunburn) can be worse than a bad burn in one spot.


59 posted on 04/29/2007 7:20:05 PM PDT by AmericanDave (Over it's not, till over it IS Jedi....... Yoda Berra)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

<<
Any terrorist watching that would have a perfect idea of how a low manpower force could concentrate casualties.
>>

And yet, it hasn’t happened again since September 11th. Now, why would that be? Hmmmmnnnn . . . Rosie, can you offer a guess?


60 posted on 04/29/2007 7:36:12 PM PDT by noblejones (Ben Stein for President, 2008.)
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