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Since when do bridges ever fall down? Can anyone think of any other example ever (I mean, without sabotage involved)? I've only heard of, like, jungle rope bridges, or model bridges made out of toothpicks and glue collapsing.
Sorry for the sarcastic tone, but that can be the way I react when bad shit happens.
I need to learn about engineering, because it seems counter-intuitive to me when a whole structure collapses all at once like that. I always imagine that just one part of a structure would cave in, maybe just one pillar. I felt the same way when the twin towers went down.
When I lived in Minneapolis near the U, I drove on that bridge constantly. I suppose even for someone who uses it a lot, the statistical probability is pretty low that he or she would be on it when it fell. The chances of an everyday tragedy like a car accident or a stroke is probably higher. Still, I guess I'll never *completely feel safe on a bridge again.
Sorry for the sarcastic tone, but that can be the way I react when bad shit happens.
I need to learn about engineering, because it seems counter-intuitive to me when a whole structure collapses all at once like that. I always imagine that just one part of a structure would cave in, maybe just one pillar. I felt the same way when the twin towers went down.
When I lived in Minneapolis near the U, I drove on that bridge constantly. I suppose even for someone who uses it a lot, the statistical probability is pretty low that he or she would be on it when it fell. The chances of an everyday tragedy like a car accident or a stroke is probably higher. Still, I guess I'll never *completely feel safe on a bridge again.