The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-15-2018, 02:29 PM

Hope everyone is OK, but looks bad.

**Frownland** · 03-15-2018, 02:31 PM

There are already several confirmed deaths unfortunately.

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-15-2018, 02:34 PM

It was apparently some sort of "instant bridge" that was installed in just a few hours. Seems like someone didn't quite go through all the details like you would when planning the construction of a traditional bridge. Seems crazy to risk it if it was a sort of experimental technology. I wonder how many of these have been installed before, if any. In any case, seems like tragedy resulting from hurried decision making.

Terrible no matter what the case.

OccultHawk · 03-15-2018, 02:55 PM

Yeah

It’s called corruption

Who needs code when money is exchanging hands

**Frownland** · 03-15-2018, 02:58 PM

OSHA's gonna pitch a fit and fire or fine two people to make it all right.

OccultHawk · 03-15-2018, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

OSHA's gonna pitch a fit and fire or fine two people to make it all right.

They’ll fire a bricklayer and dock some engineer for the time he spent under the debris.

The Batlord · 03-15-2018, 06:13 PM

So walk that way I guess.

Chula Vista · 03-15-2018, 08:21 PM

There's some engineers and safety inspectors feeling like complete crap tonight. Justifiably so.

OccultHawk · 03-16-2018, 07:37 AM

Parts of Puerto Rico are still without water and power.

grindy · 03-16-2018, 07:55 AM

So that's why Black Francis has been gone so long.

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03-15-2018, 02:58 PM	#10355 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	OSHA's gonna pitch a fit and fire or fine two people to make it all right. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-15-2018, 08:21 PM	#10358 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	There's some engineers and safety inspectors feeling like complete crap tonight. Justifiably so. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

03-16-2018, 07:37 AM	#10359 (permalink)
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03-15-2018, 02:29 PM	#10351 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Hope everyone is OK, but looks bad.

03-15-2018, 02:34 PM	#10353 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	It was apparently some sort of "instant bridge" that was installed in just a few hours. Seems like someone didn't quite go through all the details like you would when planning the construction of a traditional bridge. Seems crazy to risk it if it was a sort of experimental technology. I wonder how many of these have been installed before, if any. In any case, seems like tragedy resulting from hurried decision making. Terrible no matter what the case.

03-16-2018, 07:55 AM	#10360 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	So that's why Black Francis has been gone so long. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*