Fiery Crash Collapses California Freeway

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

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!

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

[Morrigoon]

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.

[Alex]

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.

[wendybeth]

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.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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

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

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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

I think it was even in an Alpine or Magnavox commercial a number of years back.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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

But did you cosine it? That's what I want to know.

Me, I'm working on a tangent.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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.

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

[Mousey Girl]

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.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

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.

Every driver in NoCal exceeds the speed limit. And if you don't join them, they get all pissy at you. I remember when the 580/680 interchange was mid-construction back in the 90's, and there was this one spot where the road did an S-curve while dipping down to go beneath an underpass. If you didn't take that bit at the same speed as you had the previous straight stretches, you were an impediment to the rest of the traffic. (Scared me to death, I'll tell you, and I impeded traffic many times there!)