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To: traumer

What is strance about this is that traffic had been reduced in both directions if reports I heard are true. One would think the load was probably 1/2 what it normally was. Why would it fail now if these plates were the issue?


9 posted on 08/08/2007 7:43:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Good question, but conspiracy theories (about terrorism) will only get you flamed from some quarters.


16 posted on 08/08/2007 7:57:28 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Why would it fail now if these plates were the issue?

One Freeper tied it to the obesity crisis.

17 posted on 08/08/2007 7:57:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (A man who will not defend himself does not deserve to be defended by others.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Why would it fail now if these plates were the issue?

A fatigue crack can move through material very slowly, even over a period of years. The final failure through the overloaded remaining material can happen at any load.

I've seen fatigue cracks that leave only 5% of the original material remaining before a rapid final break.

18 posted on 08/08/2007 7:59:13 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: DoughtyOne
What is strange about this is that traffic had been reduced in both directions if reports I heard are true. One would think the load was probably 1/2 what it normally was. Why would it fail now if these plates were the issue?

Due to Bush's terrible economy and Bush's high gas prices, only 1/2 of the normal traffic was necessary for the bridge to fail, because Bush's Global Warming had already weakened the plates, and they failed, even before Al Queda could blow them up because Bush didn't catch them due to Bush's quagmire in Iraq.

36 posted on 08/08/2007 10:05:59 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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