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2naSalit

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8. It happened during...

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 09:31 AM

Sep 2021

My time in the Lakes region, I used to go across that bridge in semis. I have always had nightmares about being on a bridge during its collapse while in a semi. This event didn't help that. In fact most of the bridges that collapsed around the country were bridges I had driven across not long before they dropped.

I am glad that Al is speaking out, wish he had a larger platform, like a seat on the US Senate or something.

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Al Franken for the WIN. [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2021 OP

he's right ! gravity can bite you hard ! bridges last only so long ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #1

Gravity is not just a theory, it's the Law. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2021 #11

Poor Al BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #2

I agree Deuxcents Sep 2021 #4

Good point Al! StarryNite Sep 2021 #3

K&R MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #5

Minnesota knows about bridge collapses IronLionZion Sep 2021 #6

It happened during... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #8

I took local roads that evening because of rush hour traffic IronLionZion Sep 2021 #15

It's not the fall; it's the landing. sarge43 Sep 2021 #7

:) Don't see many of the 0.1% in my part of our state, though, and the 0.01% Hortensis Sep 2021 #9

Or, climate ravaged seas SCantiGOP Sep 2021 #10

Yep. The yacht as well as the dingy. calimary Sep 2021 #16

That's for your average greedy right-winger. The ultra rich take helicopters and private jets. ffr Sep 2021 #12

Other states besides MN may ignore the bridge infraS. problem, but they shouldn't, in MO, SWBTATTReg Sep 2021 #13

all the U.S. STATES ! all states have bridges that need to be replaced ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #19

Without bridges nobody can drive to stores Dukkha Sep 2021 #14

You'd expect corporations could/would think that far ahead. calimary Sep 2021 #17

But... czarjak Sep 2021 #18

Excellent Faux pas Sep 2021 #20