That the late afternoon sun has melted steel;
[Melissa Hortman of the Minnesota House of Representatives] speculated that 90-plus-degree heat Wednesday and the above-normal temperatures of the past two summers may have been a contributing factor.
“Did the heat put extra strain on the steel?” Hortman said. “You wonder if this bridge was built to withstand the massive heat we have had this summer.”
Wait! There’s more from a “Senior Fellow at the virtual Clinton think tank the Center for American Progress“.
My brother also wonders if the low level of the Mississippi played a role. He writes that most of “Minnesota is currently under Moderate to Severe Drought conditions. The water level has been lower but the less-than-optimal conditions” could have been a stressor.
And here’s a sobering question. With our bridges now failing under the dual assaults of sunlight and too much air beneath them – how will they perform when faced with the global warming rivers of lava?
h/t Newsbusters
What do they feed these people? It seems to have destroyed their brain!
Wow Bill Clinton has a virtual think tank???
Where do they meet at a porno site or the Playbay mansions?
christ these people are shameless!!!
Think about it. The bridge collapsed in one of the most northern cities in the US (Alaska excepted.)
If heat destroyed bridges, how come there are any bridges at all in California, Texas, Arizona, etc.?
Do these idiot retards not think?
What next? Global Warming is the cause of cancer?
These people need to have a very large group bitchslap.
“There should be something, like the V 8 konk on the forehead, for people who have something to say without really knowing what they are talking about. But then I might have a permanent bruise on my forehead.
Posted by: Farmerboy at August 8, 2007 11:36 AM”
Farmerboy gets my vote for post of the day — for bringing the V8 headconk into the public consciousness and vernacular. This is the first time I’ve seen it referenced.
Farmerboy — give yourself a pat on the back!
we should be happy for global warming, as structural engineers know steel behaves way worse at -50C than it does at +500 C. brittle failure instead of yield, nasty stuff.
come on warming, save our bridges.
Yeah — goofy, but not the last we’ve heard of climate change. The Star says it will top the agenda of the Premier’s conference: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070808/premiers_conference_070808/20070808?hub=Canada– sigh, that means a week of media hype around this issue. Some event surfaces at least once a month so that the media (and we) don’t abandon the climate change agenda. A concern I have is that too many people have their reputations tied up in this thing to allow it to die quietly.
Im so happy that Forlorne Calvert is going to introduce an Alcohol highway at the conference. At using 1.25bbls of gasoline to make 1 bbl of ethanol we will need the tarsands for years to come.
“they talk of dreams which are but the children of an idle mind.”
Wm Skakespear
So 90 degree weather makes bridges collapse? OMG! It’s 93 outside right now so how am I going to get home tonight?
So 90 degree weather makes bridges collapse? OMG! It’s 93 outside right now so how am I going to get home tonight?
So 90 degree weather makes bridges collapse? OMG! It’s 93 outside right now so how am I going to get home tonight?
40 years ago I stronly suspect that the bridge steel was not galvanized to resist rust. In Vancouver the second narrows road bridge, the ironworkers bridge, was repaired by cutting though the deck to the supporting steel joists that were rusting and then melting zinc right on to the bare steel.
Careful who you aim that headconk at. Some pencil necked leftard might try to have you charged with a hate crime.
kingstontard – you personally already have been charged with hate crimes over at jeff davidson’s blog.
http://wheredthatbuggo.blogspot.com/
Payback time for his butt getting kicked here. Retreat. Stew. Smear.
When one draws upon comments as an example of a blog’s merit, it’s desperate.
Gee, kingstonlad, (when did you ‘tard anyway?) I’m jealous that Jeff highlighted you as a hate monger. I’m not worried though, besides his mommy, I don’t know of anyone who regularly goes there. Getting noticed in sda is the only way some of these trolls get traffic.
“Oh my goodness alby…your willingness to defend the mental enfeebled is honourable but wrong headed…”
Stephen at August 8, 2007 12:57 PM
I’m not defending her, I’m trying to point out that she only said the heat was “a contributing factor.” Apparently some here decided not to read the links, but instead read only the posts to get the story. I believe Kate is the guilty one who misquoted the woman by telling us the steel melted. Shame on you Kate, some of these people actually believe the words you post here.
“But But airplane fuel at high temperature cannot melt the steel of WTC
Posted by: Stephen at August 8, 2007 10:14 AM”
“At any rate I find that more plausible than melting steel 😉
Posted by: John Cross at August 8, 2007 11:39 AM”
Metal melting in the sun? This is Awesome news!!!!…
Posted by: The Phantom at August 8, 2007 12:38 PM
Now some of these could be sarcasm, but then again they just could be typical right-wingers.
If it was that hot then AL GORE or GREENPEACE must have been in the area you know how they produce all that HOT AIR
Hey alby, it’s nice of you to stick up for one of your eco-sheep, but let’s see if you’ll actually walk the talk.
Want to lay a bet that the final report will mention a slightly-elevated day-time temperature as a cause for the collapse? Even in the slightest? Come on, let’s see how strong your faith is.
Yukon, again I’m not defending or standing up for her, I’m pointing out the spin put on this story by the right-wing owner of this site and immediately pick up on by her right wing followers, irregardless of the truth. Nowhere did she say anything about the steel melting.
Albatross, if the sarcasm in this post is too much for you, you need to get a new hobby.
Coming to a so-called “right wing site” and saying, “right wingers are idiots” over and over is kind of pointless.
To mix things up a bit, why don’t you go to a chess site, and say “I think checkers is better”, go to a Linux site, and say “I think Windows is better”, or go to a dog fanciers site and say “I think cats are better”, and throw in some gratuitous comments about how stupid chess lovers, Linux users or dog owners are.
It would spice things up a bit for you, and give the readers of SDA a break from you.
“You wonder if this bridge was built to withstand the massive heat we have had this summer.” Melissa Hortman of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Alby, this quote tells me just how deep and well thought out this politician’s ideas are. People in authority should realize that sheeple will take their words as gospel even if there is no validity to their dribble.
If politicians come out with bullsh*t then they should expect some people to call them on it and some sarcasm.
Maybe the bridge was old and neglected like a lot of others in the states.