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BREAKING: Motorway bridge COLLAPSES – dozens of motorists feared dead as cars plunge 100m
Daily Star (UK) ^
| August 14
| Charlotte Ikonen
Posted on 08/14/2018 4:12:54 AM PDT by PghBaldy
The Morandi Bridge has collapsed in the northern Italian city of Genoa.
The bridge, a part of the A10 motorway, is about 100 metres tall, Italian media say.
There are unconfirmed reports that cars may have been involved.
Photographs from the scene show huge sections of rubble on the ground underneath the middle of the bridge.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Local News; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bridge; genoa; italy; morandi; morandibridge
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To: Yo-Yo
“... it was a weakened concrete pylon that failed, not a terrorist attack. “
Tony Soprano’s construction firm?
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posted on
08/14/2018 7:06:05 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: yesthatjallen
Definitely. Two bright flashes coming from the base of the bridge support, most likely terrorism.
62
posted on
08/14/2018 7:25:17 AM PDT
by
OregonRancher
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
To: SMGFan
63
posted on
08/14/2018 7:41:16 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: wbarmy
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posted on
08/14/2018 7:56:14 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: yesthatjallen
I looked at the video from points 18:40-18:44 and slow motioned it. There does appear to be a flash. If you slow mo it as you watch it appears more pronounced.
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posted on
08/14/2018 8:22:08 AM PDT
by
CaptainK
("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
To: Fresh Wind
From the ABC story above
Witnesses said the bridge toppled after it was struck by lightning.
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posted on
08/14/2018 8:32:40 AM PDT
by
CaptainK
("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
To: PghBaldy
Massive corruption or incompetence the construction of the bridge
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:26:37 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
To: CaptainK
Guessing lightning, ungrounded properly, blew the concrete away from the steel. removing either the steel or the concrete results in the failure.
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:33:33 AM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: PghBaldy
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Sounds like a compression failure of a PCC slab.
Rare, but it happens sometimes when excessive rebar is used in the design.
This is why engineers need to be tested thoroughly in the licensing process.
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:38:28 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: CaptainK
Every tall building in the world is designed with the possibility of lightning strikes. If designed properly, there is no damage.
Surely the designers of this bridge took that into consideration. It’s not rocket science.
And again, that bridge lasted 50 years or so before it collapsed. I can’t believe this was the first time lightning struck.
I wonder if copper thieves stole the ground cables?
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:40:30 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "I am Batman!")
To: wbarmy
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Compression failures are always sudden and catastrophic.
Tension failures usually give abundant warning, except when they’re caused by quakes.
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:43:19 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: mewzilla
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>> “It’s Italy. My bet is corruption.” <<
My bet is incompetence.
It tends to be prevalent in “Public” projects.
One of the best arguments against socialism in any form.
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posted on
08/14/2018 9:46:19 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Fresh Wind
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Grounding cables probably had nothing to do with it.
Lightning causes tremendous heat, which is an enemy of reinforced concrete.
73
posted on
08/14/2018 9:49:09 AM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: PghBaldy
74
posted on
08/14/2018 12:30:24 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: yesthatjallen
I can’t imagine why the entire tower at the base would fail like that from design, corrosion, etc. I was thinking what if a train derailed and hit it? I haven’t watched the video.
And once the base of the tower by the little building went, it dragged the two upper parts of the two towers farther away.
Wow.
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posted on
08/14/2018 12:38:24 PM PDT
by
21twelve
To: PghBaldy
The flashes look to me like flashes you would see when a building is being razed with explosives. I am not buying the lightning strike story.
76
posted on
08/14/2018 12:48:45 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: editor-surveyor
Why don't skyscrapers topple when hit by lightning?
Answer? Grounding cables.
77
posted on
08/14/2018 1:51:29 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "I am Batman!")
To: Fresh Wind
Steel frame structures are their own grounding cable.
78
posted on
08/14/2018 2:13:07 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: 4yearlurker
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Cutting charges don’t make a big flash.
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posted on
08/14/2018 2:14:55 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
08/15/2018 12:31:16 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Trump: "I am Batman!")
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