we live about 15 miles from the site. I almost drove down there to witness the blast which occurred at 8:08 am.
Instead I settled into watching a live TV feed from KXAN...funny thing, the blast knocked out the video so we couldnt see it live...
I stepped outside and approx 30 secs later I heard the rumble.
Landlines are knocked out, a sewer line got cut and fiber optics cable got cut, and on top of that, the north end of the bridge failed to detonate....
I wonder how long before they find fractures/flaws in the new bridge that parallels the blown up bridge?
So far, no loss of life except some carp.....maybe some endangered fresh water mussels, too....
Have you driven across the new one? It’s all kinds of wavy so I can only imagine what this might have caused. At one time there was talk of saving the old bridge because of “what if” there was damage to the new one or there was a major accident on it. I’m surprised PETA wasn’t there protesting for the fish. Starke Dam is right down from it but would the rubble somehow wash down (yeah, it’s heavy) and cause problems? They left the old Lake Buchanan as a walking bridge.