Posted on 02/01/2014 4:20:44 PM PST by steve86
After spending weeks searching for what might be blocking the Highway 99 tunneling machine, officials say there’s another problem: Bertha is running hot.
Adding to the trouble, project managers say they don’t know why.
High temperatures near the machine’s cutting face prompted contractors to stop mining after the drill advanced a total of 4 feet in test runs Tuesday and Wednesday. And that ended Bertha’s attempt to resume mining after an eight-week layoff. . . .I t took weeks for Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) to pump away enough groundwater to safely allow an 11-day inspection of the front end, which found a concrete chunk and some steel pieces from a pipe Bertha struck Dec. 3, but no major obstacles.
With steel pieces out of the way, the continued overheating suggests a deeper challenge than, say, taking a fork out of the kitchen disposal.
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February 1, 2014 at 11:58 AM
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Jeff, the guy in charge of Bertha, is too busy and too distracted trying to date one of the only women on the site. He calls her and sends multiple texts during work to her on her work phone which is state property. So there's one of the true reasons. Jeff is too preoccupied trying to get a date he forgot to go to work and stay there. How do I know? I work on the site and watch her gush every time she looks at her phone. No I'm not jealous, I do have a problem with people not doing their work at work.
Got anthropomorphism?
Illustration that goes with the article (can’t be posted here, I guess).
http://seattletimes.com/ABPub/2014/01/31/2022807873.gif
Speaking as the person who built the TBM’s for the Chunnel as well as the ones for the Seattle Bus tunnel.
Sounds to me like they may have a bearing problem in the head. Or could be bad sensors. I found that 50% of the problems were do to the sensors going bad(just like of your car).
Bertha is running hot. I am sure Bubba is pleased.
I hate anthropomorphism and so does my cat.
That's what I thought, too. Maybe the steel pipe put an over-limit side load on one of the bearings.
Perhaps the only good news here is that the City of Seattle...and NOT the State of Washington is on the hook for any additional costs.
Or, it could be this.
Seattle Tunnel Drill Uncovers Possible Alien Activities
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/ufo_extraterrestrials/2013/12/27/7434.html
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Many speculated that Big Bertha could have hit the side walls of one of the many alien bases on Earth.
Feliks Banel, Seattle’s historian elaborated on the history of the place 100 years ago. As a working waterfront, the object could be a part of a locomotive or a part of an old ship. However, he also did not discount the possibility of the presence of UFOs and extra-terrestrial activities.
“Maybe it’s some ancient artifact, maybe there is an ancient civilization here that goes way back that nobody’s even considered.”
Can say for sure Algore is pleased. Finally, incontrovertible proof of Glowbull Warming.
... wow... what an insightful post...
Getting close to a deep fissure filled with magma?
I’m not superstitious, knock on wood.
So let me get this straight, Jeff is causing this other girl to gush, while Bertha gets hot?
Sounds like a soap opera...
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