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Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
miami.cbslocal.com ^ | 03/15/2018 | Staff

Posted on 03/15/2018 11:32:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: BunnySlippers

ABC has press conference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMR0irwxSkc


341 posted on 03/15/2018 1:32:53 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Or the firm of Dewey Scruop & Howe.


342 posted on 03/15/2018 1:33:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

I don’t understand why the center support was not there..................


343 posted on 03/15/2018 1:33:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

‘Well excuuuuuuse....meeeee!”


344 posted on 03/15/2018 1:34:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BunnySlippers

Did he say they are “going Spanish? !!!!”?


345 posted on 03/15/2018 1:35:55 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: JME_FAN

I saw what appeared to be some rebar in one of the more close-up pictures on this thread.


346 posted on 03/15/2018 1:36:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Paradox; Red Badger

So much for not tying up traffic.


347 posted on 03/15/2018 1:38:18 PM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

MEDIA: “Its Trump’s Fault!”


348 posted on 03/15/2018 1:39:08 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: RinaseaofDs
Imagine this during a class change with 75 people inside of it.

It would have had the proper suspensions in place by they time they allowed folks to walk across it. It wasn't finished yet.

349 posted on 03/15/2018 1:40:33 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: BunnySlippers

I tire of these “press conferences” that do nothing much more than praise everyone involved in an active situation. I say get away fro the cameras and concentrate on the rescue efforts! They can kiss each others arses after the scene is under control
(I shall now step off my soap box)


350 posted on 03/15/2018 1:41:43 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: al_c

I don’t have a lot of confidence that once it was “finished” that it would have been safe.


351 posted on 03/15/2018 1:42:00 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Will88
That would be an interesting turn of events. I'm trying to imagine what a crane could drop that would be heavy enough to cause a bridge collapse.

This bridge was designed to withstand the stress of a Category 5 hurricane.

352 posted on 03/15/2018 1:42:04 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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To: BunnySlippers

Eyep


353 posted on 03/15/2018 1:42:07 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: MagUSNRET

Well, now that it is 100% Espanol .... I no comprende anything.


354 posted on 03/15/2018 1:43:39 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Romulus
I saw what appeared to be some rebar in one of the more close-up pictures on this thread.

As Romulus put it, "That is probably not rebar, but the ends of post tensioning steel."

355 posted on 03/15/2018 1:43:52 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: MagUSNRET

1000% agreement !


356 posted on 03/15/2018 1:44:09 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: dfwgator
I don’t have a lot of confidence that once it was “finished” that it would have been safe.

With the proper suspension in place, it probably would have been. Unfortunately, they built it in the wrong order.

357 posted on 03/15/2018 1:44:44 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: Doogle

It may as well be over.
They couldn’t have TWO press confs?


358 posted on 03/15/2018 1:45:05 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Alberta's Child
Usually you build the supporting elements (the suspension tower, in this case) FIRST.

I followed the construction of the new Tilikum Crossing bridge in Portland, OR. They did exactly that with the tower first and then cables put in place as each section advanced toward the center. At completion the cables received final tensioning.


359 posted on 03/15/2018 1:45:48 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: MagUSNRET
.. was especially impressed with the fire dept. guy and his (unblemished) helmet on, him being 1/4 mile from the scene and all !

spit

360 posted on 03/15/2018 1:46:02 PM PDT by tomkat
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