I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington

Collarspace Discussion Forums

Home Login Search

I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 9:09:48 PM

MalcolmNathaniel

Posts: 1394
Joined: 9/20/2010
Status: offline

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57586023/i-5-bridge-collapses-in-nw-wash.-people-in-water/

Profile

Post #: 1

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 9:27:48 PM

poise

Posts: 9509
Joined: 7/3/2010
Status: offline

I remember watching, in horror, the news regarding the I-35 bridge collapse in Minnesota almost 6 years ago.
I hope there were no casualties in this one.

_____________________________

When the path ignites a soul, there’s no remaining in place.

(in reply to MalcolmNathaniel)

Profile

Post #: 2

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 10:21:48 PM

MalcolmNathaniel

Posts: 1394
Joined: 9/20/2010
Status: offline

It looks like there aren't any at this point:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57586023/no-fatalities-in-i-5-bridge-collapse-in-nw-wash/

(in reply to poise)

Profile

Post #: 3

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 10:23:33 PM

FrostedFlake

Posts: 3084
Joined: 3/4/2009
From: Centralia, Washington
Status: offline

That could have been so much worse.

Let's see now, 1955. Carry the 2. Hmmm. Works out to around 58 years.

It happens also that '55 is when the three point safety belt was patented. And it wasn't till '68 that dual brakes became standard. That should give you a clue about the safety standards in place when the bridge was built.

But, of course, we are not fools. It is just a fluke this bridge was not replaced when we rebuilt all the rest of them to modern safety and earthquake standards.

No... wait... we spent that money on war...

_____________________________

Frosted Flake
simul justus et peccator
Einen Liebhaber, und halten Sie die Schraube

"... evil (and hilarious) !!" Hlen5

(in reply to poise)

Profile

Post #: 4

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 10:30:49 PM

thishereboi

Posts: 14463
Joined: 6/19/2008
Status: offline

Wow, I am glad no one was hurt.

_____________________________

"Sweetie, you're wasting your gum" .. Albert

This here is the boi formerly known as orfunboi

(in reply to MalcolmNathaniel)

Profile

Post #: 5

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/23/2013 11:22:29 PM

calamitysandra

Posts: 1682
Joined: 3/17/2006
Status: offline

I just read that there are thought to be 2 cars including occupants in the water.
I hope that is just false reporting, and everybody got away safe.

_____________________________

"Whenever people are laughing, they are generally not killing one another"
Alan Alda

(in reply to thishereboi)

Profile

Post #: 6

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 12:12:30 AM

SeekingTrinity

Posts: 1834
Joined: 5/29/2012
From: The 'burbs of Portland, OR
Status: offline

According to the news tonight, they pulled 3 people from the water. The good news at this point is no fatalities.

Officials are thinking an oversize truck might have hit some overhead beams that were integral to the bridge's structure and that may have caused the bridge to collapse.

Bad news is that this is that it's going to be a bitch detour-wise to get around the collapse to head north or south

(in reply to calamitysandra)

Profile

Post #: 7

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 1:09:22 AM

FrostedFlake

Posts: 3084
Joined: 3/4/2009
From: Centralia, Washington
Status: offline

quote:

Officials are thinking an oversize truck might have hit some overhead beams that were integral to the bridge's structure and that may have caused the bridge to collapse.

Yeah. That sometimes happens, when stuff ain't stowed right. So the explanation is really a straight out admission the design was unsafe. Strike that, IS unsafe. They can't just put it back the way it was, because we don't do things that way anymore, because it isn't safe, because a truck might hit it, just as one seems to have, predictably.

We should probably actually do what the original bridge designers expected we would and replace all the old bridges because they are old.

_____________________________

Frosted Flake
simul justus et peccator
Einen Liebhaber, und halten Sie die Schraube

"... evil (and hilarious) !!" Hlen5

(in reply to SeekingTrinity)

Profile

Post #: 8

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 9:01:20 AM

SeekingTrinity

Posts: 1834
Joined: 5/29/2012
From: The 'burbs of Portland, OR
Status: offline

Exactly my thoughts too...probably a bad bridge design that just is antiquated given the vehicles that travel our highways nowadays. It might have been sufficient back then when it was built, but things are so vastly different now.

(in reply to FrostedFlake)

Profile

Post #: 9

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 6:04:17 PM

LookieNoNookie

Posts: 12216
Joined: 8/9/2008
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: calamitysandra

I just read that there are thought to be 2 cars including occupants in the water.
I hope that is just false reporting, and everybody got away safe.

Everyone's out.

(in reply to calamitysandra)

Profile

Post #: 10

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 6:51:59 PM

TheHeretic

Posts: 19100
Joined: 3/25/2007
From: California, USA
Status: offline

So did the driver suffer a momentary loss of control at exactly the wrong moment, or did the ignorant fuck actually try to haul an oversize load through a space it wasn't going to fit through in the first place? There are signs posted, y'know.

Thank God nobody died.

_____________________________

If you lose one sense, your other senses are enhanced.
That's why people with no sense of humor have such an inflated sense of self-importance.

(in reply to LookieNoNookie)

Profile

Post #: 11

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 7:03:32 PM

LookieNoNookie

Posts: 12216
Joined: 8/9/2008
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

So did the driver suffer a momentary loss of control at exactly the wrong moment, or did the ignorant fuck actually try to haul an oversize load through a space it wasn't going to fit through in the first place? There are signs posted, y'know.

Thank God nobody died.

Trucker had a load a smidge toooooooooo high....bridge down....asphalt down.

(in reply to TheHeretic)

Profile

Post #: 12

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/24/2013 7:20:16 PM

FrostedFlake

Posts: 3084
Joined: 3/4/2009
From: Centralia, Washington
Status: offline

So, he's INSURED... right?

_____________________________

Frosted Flake
simul justus et peccator
Einen Liebhaber, und halten Sie die Schraube

"... evil (and hilarious) !!" Hlen5

(in reply to LookieNoNookie)

Profile

Post #: 13

RE: I-5 Bridge collapses in Washington - 5/25/2013 8:20:33 PM

Aswad

Posts: 9374
Joined: 4/4/2007
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: FrostedFlake

So, he's INSURED... right?

Fuck, I hope so... can you imagine getting stuck with the bill for that bridge?

IWYW,
— Aswad.

_____________________________

"If God saw what any of us did that night, he didn't seem to mind.
From then on I knew: God doesn't make the world this way.
We do." -- Rorschack, Watchmen.

(in reply to FrostedFlake)

Profile

Post #: 14