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Offline ziggy

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JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« on: August 01, 2007, 08:55:38 PM »
Bad deal about I-35!!!
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Re: JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2007, 11:19:42 PM »
I'm good.  Thanks for asking, my friend.   Very scary as 35 W is always busy, it was rush hour so there was extra traffic and the bridge has been under construction so there were workers on there.  Further, the Mississippi at that point has strong undertow from the dams and locks in the area.

The only weird part for me is that it I had been planning to meet my mom for dinner this week.  Only random scheduling conflicts prevented us from picking Wed which would have put her on the bridge around that time. 

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Re: JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2007, 07:52:03 AM »
Glad to hear that you, your family & friends are OK jn. 
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« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2007, 10:01:34 AM »
Thank goodness for scheduling conflicts.  Good to hear you guys are okay.   
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Re: JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2007, 10:59:41 AM »
What a nightmare that must have been. We just had an overpass under construction collapse just north of Sacramento. 88 tons of steels came down on top of a FedEx truck passing underneath at that moment. The girders fell in front and in back of the cab of the truck, crushing it to the ground, but the driver was in between (barely) and escaped with only a few scratches and a sprained ankle.

What is up with the lack of safety standards of current work crews doing construction on bridges?
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Re: JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2007, 12:31:17 PM »
Quote from: jn on August 01, 2007, 11:19:42 PM
I'm good.  Thanks for asking, my friend.   Very scary as 35 W is always busy, it was rush hour so there was extra traffic and the bridge has been under construction so there were workers on there.  Further, the Mississippi at that point has strong undertow from the dams and locks in the area.

The only weird part for me is that it I had been planning to meet my mom for dinner this week.  Only random scheduling conflicts prevented us from picking Wed which would have put her on the bridge around that time. 



Wow...I am VERY glad to hear that scheduling conflicts prevented your mother from being on the bridge.   

JoMaL...don't forget the big issue up in the Bay Area with that freeway collapsing as well.  What the heck are these civil engineers and/or these contractors doing?
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Re: JN, Talk to me, are you OK???
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2007, 01:38:52 PM »
I think aging freeway repair/construction everywhere is scary.
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« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2007, 02:34:11 PM »
Quote from: Reality on August 02, 2007, 01:38:52 PM
I think aging freeway repair/construction everywhere is scary.

Especially in California where we have the most worthless government agency...Caltrans.

Cali residents...have you ever NOT seen a group of Caltrans workers with one guy doing work and the other 5 standing around?
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« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2007, 07:50:51 PM »
What would that cost, like 2 months in Iraq?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/bridge_safety

WASHINGTON - More than 70,000 bridges across the country are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis, and engineers estimate repairing them all would take at least a generation and cost more than $188 billion.
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