Horse Racing Forum - PaceAdvantage.Com - Horse Racing Message Board

Go Back   Horse Racing Forum - PaceAdvantage.Com - Horse Racing Message Board > Off Topic > Off Topic - General


Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
Old 03-16-2018, 12:26 PM   #31
davew
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 22,452
The stoplight was red when the bridge fell and there are pictures with a couple vehicles side by side with just headlights and a little of hood sticking out - everyone in those vehicles are dead and if there a couple vehicles directly behind them, flattened by the cement slab.
davew is online now   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-16-2018, 12:53 PM   #32
Clocker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom View Post
Why was any federal money used at all?
0 sense to that.

And, as Clocker says, there is a stop light and cross walk.
Beyond that is natural selection at work.

If a college kid can't cross a road........
The University said the bridge was needed because the crosswalk was too dangerous. And the crosswalk was too dangerous because too many students ignored the traffic signals. And those same students are going to use a near-by bridge?

The bridge was built using newly developed accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques. Those techniques were developed and promoted by the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC).

By coincidence, ABC-UTC is a federally funded program at Florida International University. In addition to $14 million in federal money to build the FIU bridge, the ABC-UTC program at FIU was funded with $5 million in fed money.
__________________
A man's got to know his limitations. -- Dirty Harry
Clocker is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-16-2018, 04:21 PM   #33
Tom
The Voice of Reason!
 
Tom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,446
Are they smart enough to navigate stairs?

Hry, build any damn you want but, YOU pay for it, not me.

THIS is why taxes are still way too high - throwing away money on feel good shit that benefits no one.

When I was 4 years old. I crossed main street on my own.
I didn't need no steenking bridges.

Decent, innocent people died for no reason, other that Floriduh has dumb-ass college students.

Explains the hanging chads.
Dumber than dirt in Floriduh.
__________________
Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
Tom is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-16-2018, 04:26 PM   #34
Clocker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom View Post
Are they smart enough to navigate stairs?
You don't even need to be that smart to be a Dem candidate for president today.
__________________
A man's got to know his limitations. -- Dirty Harry
Clocker is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 11:06 AM   #35
JustRalph
Just another Facist
 
JustRalph's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,611
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ucflj-MsJBI
__________________
WE ARE THE DUMBEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET!
JustRalph is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 12:54 PM   #36
Clocker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph View Post
How about a hint? I don't click on blind links, especially to youtube. But that's just me. Or is it just me?
__________________
A man's got to know his limitations. -- Dirty Harry
Clocker is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 01:10 PM   #37
OntheRail
Registered User
 
OntheRail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 6,297
Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph View Post
That will be invaluable to the investigation. You can see the span deform on the right side at the 7 sec mark almost right under the guy standing on top. Makes one wonder if it was stressed during the move? Maybe that right hand turn over the crown of the road caused some flexing.. cracking.
__________________
Remember To Help Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center.
OntheRail is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 01:19 PM   #38
OntheRail
Registered User
 
OntheRail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 6,297
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocker View Post
How about a hint? I don't click on blind links, especially to youtube. But that's just me. Or is it just me?
Odd I could of sworn it said DASH CAM VID OF COLLAPSE or maybe I'm psychic ... either way JR has never put up an ill link.
__________________
Remember To Help Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center.
OntheRail is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 01:21 PM   #39
Clocker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
Quote:
Originally Posted by OntheRail View Post
Makes one wonder if it was stressed during the move? Maybe that right hand turn over the crown of the road caused some flexing.. cracking.
Oops.

Quote:
MIAMI (Reuters) - The engineer overseeing a newly built footbridge that crumbled onto a Miami roadway, killing at least six people, had called the state Transportation Department two days before the collapse to report cracks found in the span, the agency said on Friday.

But the engineer’s message, including his assertion that the cracking posed no safety issue, was left on the answering machine of a department employee who was away from the office at the time, and it was not retrieved until Friday, a day after the tragedy, according to the agency.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...-idUSKCN1GS16M
__________________
A man's got to know his limitations. -- Dirty Harry
Clocker is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 02:02 PM   #40
Tom
The Voice of Reason!
 
Tom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,446
How can a stress test be allowed with live traffic underneath?
This is not incompetence, it is criminal.
Jail time is called for here.
__________________
Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
Tom is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 02:10 PM   #41
Clocker
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 17,095
Quote:
Originally Posted by OntheRail View Post
Odd I could of sworn it said DASH CAM VID OF COLLAPSE or maybe I'm psychic ... either way JR has never put up an ill link.
I never said he did. But I want a hint that it might be something interesting to me before clicking on anything on the web.
__________________
A man's got to know his limitations. -- Dirty Harry
Clocker is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 02:18 PM   #42
fast4522
Registered User
 
fast4522's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 14,397
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom View Post
How can a stress test be allowed with live traffic underneath?
This is not incompetence, it is criminal.
Jail time is called for here.
Exactly right, and if those contractors put bids in for building the wall it is a cinch they are SOL.
fast4522 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 02:42 PM   #43
jocko699
Resurrectionist
 
jocko699's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Cheyenne, Wy
Posts: 3,615
Munilla Construction has been investigated by OAHA 7 times in the past 5 years for potential violations. It seems they were cited 11 times.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establ...7&endyear=2018
__________________
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
jocko699 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 03:13 PM   #44
davew
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 22,452
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom View Post
How can a stress test be allowed with live traffic underneath?
This is not incompetence, it is criminal.
Jail time is called for here.
I suspect those who said a stress test was going on are wrong. There was a man up there on the roof and they were bringing up tools and supplies (because the bridge was months away from being complete).
davew is online now   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 03-17-2018, 03:23 PM   #45
boxcar
Registered User
 
boxcar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 46,883
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom View Post
Are they smart enough to navigate stairs?

Hry, build any damn you want but, YOU pay for it, not me.

THIS is why taxes are still way too high - throwing away money on feel good shit that benefits no one.

When I was 4 years old. I crossed main street on my own.
I didn't need no steenking bridges.

Decent, innocent people died for no reason, other that Floriduh has dumb-ass college students.

Explains the hanging chads.
Dumber than dirt in Floriduh.
Except for those of us who live in the Swamp. There you have to be smart to survive.
__________________
Consistent profits can only be made on the basis of analysis that is far from obvious to the majority. - anonymous guru
boxcar is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Reply




Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

» Advertisement
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright 1999 - 2023 -- PaceAdvantage.Com -- All Rights Reserved
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program
designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.