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Miami pedestrian bridge collapses killing several, police say

Discussion in 'United States' started by navigator2, Mar 15, 2018.

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  1. Wildjoker5

    Wildjoker5 Well-Known Member

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    Why do all that work when you can just convince women come into your place of business to kill their baby voluntarily?
     
    Wildjoker5, Mar 16, 2018
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    No I said your the fool for such a completely absurd and ridiculous comparison. Man up and just admit that it makes no sense. Comparing gun death to pedestrian bridge collapse deaths are you ****ing kidding me?
     
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    Covfefe, Mar 16, 2018
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  3. Covfefe

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    Huh?
     
    Covfefe, Mar 16, 2018
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  4. Wildjoker5

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    Liberals have convinced millions of women to kill their babies at their eugenics clinics.
     
    Wildjoker5, Mar 16, 2018
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    They probably thought the bridge would safely hold long enough for them to build the suspension part later.
    It would have been too expensive and inconvenient, they thought, to stop the flow of traffic until the bridge was fully completed.
     
    kazenatsu, Mar 16, 2018
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    Professor Peabody, Mar 16, 2018
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    A poor design for sure. I walked on similar concrete walkway at the Kansas City Hyatt 3 months before it fell and crushed so many in 1981.
     
    Greataxe, Mar 16, 2018
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    Those are the safe ones.
     
    PARTIZAN1, Mar 16, 2018
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    And only 6 lives but whomis counting lives.
     
    PARTIZAN1, Mar 16, 2018
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    First, it's not using a tragedy to be inspired by one to discuss ideas for policy changes. Second, it's not trolling to bring up the issue of gun control and advocate for more of it.
     
    Durandal, Mar 16, 2018
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    If they killed them, then why haven't they been arrested and charged with murder?
     
    gamewell45, Mar 16, 2018
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    Lives are priceless. I'm not about to put a dollar figure on them.
     
    Talon, Mar 16, 2018
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    Of course I was being sarcastic!
     
    PARTIZAN1, Mar 16, 2018
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    Labouroflove, Mar 16, 2018
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    You do understand sarcasm right?
     
    PARTIZAN1, Mar 16, 2018
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    That's the universal problem of travel: you can't see everything.
     
    jay runner, Mar 16, 2018
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    Here's the deal: concrete is fantastic in compression, but in tension, not so much.
     
    jay runner, Mar 16, 2018
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    The I-35 bridge is still standing.
     
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    Professor Peabody, Mar 17, 2018
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    Just an update:


    “Although the evaluation is ongoing, the assessment has determined that errors were made in design of the northernmost nodal region of the 174-foot-long span, where two truss members were connected to the bridge deck. These design errors resulted in (1) overestimation of the capacity (resistance) of a critical section through the node comprised of diagonal member 11 and vertical member 12; and (2) apparent underestimation of the demand (load) on that same critical section. Additionally, the FHWA evaluation determined that the cracking observed in the node prior to the collapse is consistent with the identified errors.”
    https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HWY18MH009-investigative-update2.pdf
     
    DivineComedy, Nov 16, 2018
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