Ouch. That sort of thing happens every so often, but that one looks historically bad.
Built before the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse, also caused by collision with a freighter, and which led to new construction standards to prevent bridges collapsing this way.Ouch. That sort of thing happens every so often, but that one looks historically bad.
If I'm thinking of the correct collapse, when that one was replaced/repaired, one of the improvements was to have big buffers/bumpers for ships to hit before hitting anything important, which could be added to any bridge.Built before the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse, also caused by collision with a freighter, and which led to new construction standards to prevent bridges collapsing this way.
Yes, that is correct.If I'm thinking of the correct collapse, when that one was replaced/repaired, one of the improvements was to have big buffers/bumpers for ships to hit before hitting anything important, which could be added to any bridge.
"But we can't afford to upgrade our infrastructure, guys! It's not like anything bad will happen anyway!"
There are times where I feel like Brazil is South America's Florida.Brazilian woman brazenly wheels elderly man’s corpse into bank to co-sign a loan for her: ‘Uncle, are you listening?’
In a mind-boggling scene straight out of “A Weekend at Bernie’s,” a Brazilian woman reportedly wheeled the corpse of an elderly man into a Rio de Janeiro bank Tuesday to try to ge…nypost.com
That's kinda americentric. Maybe it's really Florida that's N. America's Brazil?There are times where I feel like Brazil is South America's Florida.
Isn't that also Americentric?That's kinda americentric. Maybe it's really Florida that's N. America's Brazil?