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To: TXnMA

From the video I saw, it appeared that both ends of the span collapsed at the same time - no slow motion - and immediate.


79 posted on 08/09/2007 4:34:50 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( Vote for Duncan Hunter in the Primaries for America's sake!)
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To: Paperdoll
"From the video I saw, it appeared that both ends of the span collapsed at the same time - no slow motion - and immediate."

Must be a different video from the one that I studied -- frame-by-frame -- using diffferential transparency mode to reveal minute changes in position. According to that video, the collapse took a full quarter-minute, with the deck collapse over the south main piers occurring only after the main span was completely in the water and the "splash wave" had subsided.

If you have a URL, please share it with me. I'd love to study the video you saw -- thanks!

116 posted on 08/10/2007 5:25:50 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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