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State officials 'on site' at Carowinds amusement park after visitor exposes potentially deadly coaster crack
foxnews.com ^
| By Louis Casiano , Adam Sabes | Fox News
Posted on 07/04/2023 4:45:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN
North Carolina labor officials are looking into an amusement park roller coaster after a visitor spotted a crack on one of the ride's support pillars last week.
Jeremy Wagner posted to Facebook on Friday that he discovered the crack in the Fury 325 giga roller coaster at the Carowinds amusement park and notified officials. The ride was temporarily shut down.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:45:13 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: V_TWIN
A little gorilla glue and it’ll be good as new.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:46:51 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:47:40 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: V_TWIN
The scariest part of this is that they continued running the roller coaster AFTER the crack was discovered and reported. Imagine 30+ people being flung off that thing if it had completely come apart.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:48:04 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
To: V_TWIN
To: Reno89519
Wow!
One look at that and any thinking person shuts it down immediately.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:50:38 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:51:04 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: FreedomPoster
See my link #7.
Apparently those aren’t employed at the park.
And haven’t been for quite some time apparently if their regulatory issues are anything to go by.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:52:12 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: gov_bean_ counter; V_TWIN
This one is serious enough you’ll need some zip ties to hold it together while the gorilla glue sets up, duct tape won’t do.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:52:34 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:53:43 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
All jokes aside, this park got lucky…
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:54:07 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Their customers were luckier.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:55:35 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: FreedomPoster
...you’ll need some zip ties...I bet if you had some zip ties big enough they'd hold it on their own. That plastic stuff these days is serious business. I have to break out the power tools just to get stuff open or remove ties.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:55:50 AM PDT
by
AnglePark
(My opinion is the most worthless thing I own.)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:56:08 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:56:46 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: mewzilla
Folks who’ve visited the park should take a look to see if their pics have any of that part of the coaster.
I would be interested in knowing how long a crack, that crack has been there.
If there’s any CCTV in the park that would show footage.
And what the park knew and when it knew it.
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posted on
07/04/2023 4:59:23 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: Reno89519
Yeah I heard he reported to park officials and they blew him off so he had to call fire rescue.......somebody needs to answer for that.
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posted on
07/04/2023 5:00:43 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: gov_bean_ counter
All jokes aside, this park got lucky… No, the engineers who designed that thing did their job. There were sufficient safety factors built in so that a single structural failure like that wouldn't allow a catastrophic collapse.
To: mewzilla
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posted on
07/04/2023 5:08:23 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: V_TWIN
The Oceangate roller coaster in the Stockton Rush Park.
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posted on
07/04/2023 5:09:00 AM PDT
by
dforest
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