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2018-03-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

FIU Bridge Collapse: Slo-Mo Video & Armchair Analysis

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Posted by gorb 2018-03-19 11:51|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I don't know what happened to the embeds. They worked fine for preview, but when I checked it said "The webpage cannot be found".

Posted by gorb 2018-03-19 11:58|| 2018-03-19 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Collapse link

Analysis link

Posted by gorb 2018-03-19 11:59|| 2018-03-19 11:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't know what happened to the embeds.

Rantburg does that sometimes. Sometimes if a moderator goes into the Edit function without changing anything, the problem resolves itself. It looks like somebody did that.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-03-19 14:29|| 2018-03-19 14:29|| Front Page Top

#4 It must be the periwinkle wand. :-)

Posted by gorb 2018-03-19 17:10|| 2018-03-19 17:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Oooohh after a careful viewing of the video, I know exactly what caused the collapse!

If you view the top video, you see a guy on top of the bridge on the left. He was too fat and the extra weight made the bridge do a "London bridge".

All joking aside, it appear to me the left most strut broke at the base, starting a 'domino' effect. Hard to be sure as it all happened so fast. I did notice in an earlier video of the bridge being installed that base seemed rusty to me.

Guess we'll have to wait for the experts to figure it out.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2018-03-19 22:46|| 2018-03-19 22:46|| Front Page Top

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