Fiery Crash Collapses California Freeway
 

Maybe you've already seen this on the news, but OMG

Yeah, I'm guessing it will be a while before I get a seat on BART again. Good thing I'm not on my old commute anymore because my bus used that bit of road and there are no good alternatives.

What I like best about the story is that the driver walked away, called a cab, and got himself to the hospital. What I want to know is how the hell you get a cab driver to pick you up in West Oakland at 4 in the morning with a giant fireball in the background.

No way could that freeway collapse just from the heat of the gasoline fire....I suspect a government conspiracy.

OK, you have me rolling...

Thank goodness the drivers survived, but poor guys. Second degree burns are probably more painful than death. I wish them a low-pain recovery filled with morphine and vicoden.

Good luck to commuters.

One thing I"ve been wondering is:

Can the state (or the fed; who pays for an interstate repair like this?) sue the driver's insurance coverage?

Probably....but who has the kind of coverage that would pay for something like this?.....My coverage max's out at $100,000.....not enough to even pay for the cleanup let alone new construction.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P0Fi1VcbpAI

I went accross this bridge(well, not this exact bridge but the one that replaced it) durring an ice storm....very scary!

For some reason, I have been seeing a LOT of footage of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in the last couple of months. The explanation on the failure of the bridge was surprisingly: aerodynamics. The bridge actually acted like an airplane wing with the heavy winds.

Is that "Galloping Gertie"? I hate watching that footage of the guy who gets out of his car and leaves his dog in it and the bridge breaks.