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ColdNoMore 03-17-2018 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Packer Fan (Post 1524053)
Stop watching the fake news, you would not know about the Miami collapse. I had to look it up when you posted this. TV Daily sun is the only news worth reading. Wish I could get it sent to me in Wisconsin. BTW - The new bridge is Beautiful.

Ed
Seriously? :oops:


You think only "fake news" covered the collapse of a brand new pedestrian bridge...that killed multiple people?


If the news source you watch didn't cover it...then I think we know which one is fake. :ohdear:

Chellybean 03-17-2018 09:08 AM
Folks i would worry more about the condition of our existing bridges and infrastructure.
Our Bridges in this country are ready to collapses .
Just a FYI.
The one in Miami is some major Engineering Screw-up and such a shame of life lost.
The I 4 construction has taken 3 Lives i believe in the last 2 Years.
Just some FYI.
Thank God we live in paradise.

graciegirl 03-17-2018 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 1524267)
Folks i would worry more about the condition of our existing bridges and infrastructure.
Our Bridges in this country are ready to collapses .
Just a FYI.
The one in Miami is some major Engineering Screw-up and such a shame of life lost.
The I 4 construction has taken 3 Lives i believe in the last 2 Years.
Just some FYI.
Thank God we live in paradise.
I do so agree. But I hold my breath everytime I go under 466 in my golf cart and pray the engineer that designed the tunnel was in the top half of his class.

Lottoguy 03-17-2018 09:26 AM
Yep, it takes all kinds...

biker1 03-19-2018 09:26 AM
Usually, failures are not the result of design flaws (the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the Hyatt Regency Kansas City notwithstanding). Typically, the problems are in the construction (i.e. the implementation of the design). Regardless, I don't dawdle in the tunnels ;-)

The investigation of the FIU bridge failure might take a year or more.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1524274)
I do so agree. But I hold my breath everytime I go under 466 in my golf cart and pray the engineer that designed the tunnel was in the top half of his class.

Packer Fan 03-19-2018 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1524225)
Seriously? :oops:


You think only "fake news" covered the collapse of a brand new pedestrian bridge...that killed multiple people?


If the news source you watch didn't cover it...then I think we know which one is fake. :ohdear:
My point was, you would be much happier not watching the news and hearing about every catastrophe on earth all the time, most of which have no affect on you. When did TOTV become a bunch of snowflakes? yikes....

pauld315 03-19-2018 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Lottoguy (Post 1524002)
Am I the only one who saw the photo on the front page and thought at first it was the bridge that collapsed yesterday in Miami? The artist rendition was actually of the new golf cart bridge that will go over the Florida Turnpike.
I'm sure the newspaper front page was already passed the point of making a change. I'm also sure those at the Sun probably also cringed when they saw it too.

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You have no idea if the new bridge is being constructed with the same technique that was used and developed by FIU. You also have no idea what company is being used to make the bridge.Or, are you now saying that any bridge construction is unsafe ?

Goldwingnut 03-19-2018 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pauld315 (Post 1524904)
You have no idea if the new bridge is being constructed with the same technique that was used and developed by FIU. You also have no idea what company is being used to make the bridge.Or, are you now saying that any bridge construction is unsafe ?
Now, now, Paul, don't go trying to use logic and common sense on this issue, you know you'll never win against paranoia and speculation, no matter how right you are.

pauld315 03-19-2018 03:39 PM
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queasy27 03-20-2018 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Packer Fan (Post 1524861)
My point was, you would be much happier not watching the news and hearing about every catastrophe on earth all the time, most of which have no affect on you.
Well, then. I guess there's living in the bubble and then there's living inside the bubble > crawling down a sinkhole > paving the top with concrete (airholes optional) > covering your ears > singing la la la la.

stan the man 03-20-2018 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 1524130)
sometimes the comments here just make you shake your head....
amen

bmarlo767 03-20-2018 09:21 PM
This picture is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the design of the bridge in Miami. In Miami it was within a University complex and this one is in open area. ??

Chi-Town 03-20-2018 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bmarlo767 (Post 1525311)
This picture is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the design of the bridge in Miami. In Miami it was within a University complex and this one is in open area. ??
True, but my reaction upon seeing the artist's rendition was to think of the Miami bridge, both special purpose and spanning multiple lanes. It wasn't a lasting thought.

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