So weird to be reminded that for most of the country that footage is not just part of the popular consciousness.

The Puget Sound area has a proud tradition of things falling down.

Omg, I remember the Husky Stadium thing, Alex. My mom was friends with Paul Lydig, the builder, and that was not a good time. A few years prior, a major mall project he was working on was blown away by freak high-winds.

We've had a little drama played out here this past week regarding this bridge:
Stuck in Spokane.

I've sine it a billion times and I'm not a local *shrug*

I have a feeling the driver is going to be hurting for a while. They are saying now that he was going faster than the posted speed limit.

Everybody goes through there faster than the posted speed limit unless traffic is bad.

Saw it in person this morning. They've already cleaned up a bit but it is still an impressive sight (and site).

That's the case in a lot of places in California. The way I look at it, for all the time we spend stuck in traffic, we have to go 90 MPH the rest of the time to get an overall average of 65 MPH.

It's also an unusually low speed limit (50 mph). Its a long arcing stretch on a slope. Kind of fun to take at speed in a car. A lot more fun in a tanker truck, I imagine.

My new word for the day...........Hydrodemolition.

We went across that bridge on our SoNapa Tour. How bizarre to arrive home to this news !