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bridge collapses in Taiwan

Started by Anonymous, October 01, 2019, 06:47:34 AM

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Anonymous

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With all the earthquakes Taiwan gets, they should be used to falling bridges.

Anonymous

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What caused that?

Anonymous

:ohmy:  :swoon:



Wow, lucky there was light traffic on it at the time.  



Are you familiar with the legendary original Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state, Fash?  It was known as Galloping Gertie due to its poor design, and did have a spectacular collapse in 1940, less than six months after it was opened.  No one was killed.

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Wow, lucky there was light traffic on it at the time.  



Are you familiar with the legendary original Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state, Fash?  It was known as Galloping Gertie due to its poor design, and did have a spectacular collapse in 1940, less than six months after it was opened.  No one was killed.

No, I'm unfamiliar with it.

cc

Yes, good there was light traffic. How many hurt or killed, Fash?



Here's the famous Tacoma Narrows .. no one killed



Since built it rolled an amount varying with  wind strength ... earning it its name from some expression common at the time ... then only 6 months old it got wind that was more it could survive



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I really tried to warn y\'all in 49  .. G. Orwell

Anonymous

At least twenty people injured cc.

Anonymous

Quote from: "cc"Yes, good there was light traffic. How many hurt or killed, Fash?



Here's the famous Tacoma Narrows .. no one killed



Since built it rolled an amount varying with  wind strength ... earning it its name from some expression common at the time ... then only 6 months old it got wind that was more it could survive



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Yikes.

cc

Ew.



https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-arch-bridge-collapse-at-least-4-dead-2-remain-missing">4 dead; 2 missing



The collapse occurred hours after a typhoon swept through Taiwan, but it wasn't clear if the storm triggered the collapse.
I really tried to warn y\'all in 49  .. G. Orwell

Bricktop

Meanwhile it Italy...



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43 killed.



Perhaps we need to re-evaluate how we engineer bridges.

caskur

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The truck didn't make it.



I hate crossing bridges. I love photographing them though. Some of my rellies are engineers.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "Bricktop"Meanwhile it Italy...



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43 killed.



Perhaps we need to re-evaluate how we engineer bridges.
There was a bridge collapse in Quebec.

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