Heart breaking news from Florida...... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-international-university-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-sweetwater-florida-live-updates/ Multiple deaths and...

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-international-university-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-sweetwater-florida-live-updates/

Multiple deaths and injuries.......

bahmer

proud republican wrote:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-international-university-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-sweetwater-florida-live-updates/

Multiple deaths and injuries.......

Heard it on the news.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

proud republican wrote:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-international-university-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-sweetwater-florida-live-updates/

Multiple deaths and injuries.......

They were testing the bridge's strength, but did not close the roadway for traffic...big mistake.

bahmer

peter11937 wrote:

They were testing the bridge's strength, but did not close the roadway for traffic...big mistake.

Not to smart.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

peter11937 wrote:

They were testing the bridge's strength, but did not close the roadway for traffic...big mistake.

How much do you want to bet that it somehow will be tied to President Trump???.......

peter11937 Loc: NYS

proud republican wrote:

How much do you want to bet that it somehow will be tied to President Trump???.......

Why not? Everything else bad for the last 100 years is fault, isn't it?

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

peter11937 wrote:

They were testing the bridge's strength, but did not close the roadway for traffic...big mistake.

When I saw on the news that they were doing a stress test on the bridge while leaving the roadway open to traffic. Sounds like criminal neglect to me.

Mike Easterday

That was criminal negligence. Someone should be going to prison .

Mike Easterday

That was criminal negligence. Someone should be going to prison .

boatbob2

WHY,was a pedestrian bridge 32 feet wide? WHY,did that bridge have a roof on it?,,Why was it made so tall??WHY,use a different (new) way to build a pedestrian bridge? WHY,self cleaning concrete (what the hell is that) just paint the damn bridge every 2 or 3 years, Im NOT an engineer,BUT,I can design a bridge that WONT COLLAPSE.,Using tried and true methods of construction, Something tells me,that the re-inforcing steel,was not there in needed quantities,(or wrong size) somebody should be going to jail...

bahmer

boatbob2 wrote:

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They should of at least clossed that road down to do their testing. If you are doing testing then you are not sure how everything is going to react. That means for safety you make sure no people are around to get hurt. It is common sense to vacate and are where testing is going on. That way if there is a mishap no one will be injured. That company is going to be facing a very large lawsuit and may go bankrupt because of it.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

So far 6 people are confirmed dead...The are expecting death toll to rise......They are planning to charge responsible for this tragedy!!!

GmanTerry

bahmer wrote:

They should of at least clossed that road down to do their testing. If you are doing testing then you are not sure how everything is going to react. That means for safety you make sure no people are around to get hurt. It is common sense to vacate and are where testing is going on. That way if there is a mishap no one will be injured. That company is going to be facing a very large lawsuit and may go bankrupt because of it.

It is truly unimaginable. I'm an Engineer and I have never seen anyone test any structure for strength and disregard public safety. Someone made a terrible decision but that person, being a public official, will never be held responsible or lose their Engineering license.

Semper Fi

bahmer

GmanTerry wrote:

It is truly unimaginable. I'm an Engineer and I have never seen anyone test any structure for strength and disregard public safety. Someone made a terrible decision but that person, being a public official, will never be held responsible or lose their Engineering license.

Semper Fi

I was a project engineer in the machine tool industry and we never tested a new machine without first testing each and every element of the machine in a dry run and then after everything checked in a dry run did we ever start loading the machine. Even then it was loaded incrementally until we were at full capacity. Thus was a total disregard for human life.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

bahmer wrote:

I was a project engineer in the machine tool industry and we never tested a new machine without first testing each and every element of the machine in a dry run and then after everything checked in a dry run did we ever start loading the machine. Even then it was loaded incrementally until we were at full capacity. Thus was a total disregard for human life.

They Engineering found a crack on the bridge,but message didnt go through until after the tragedy!!!!..I smell a lot of law suits coming!!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/florida-bridge-cracks.html