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IF traffic could not be bad enought in Atlanta.... it just got worse

Discussion in 'General' started by ttt637, Mar 30, 2017.

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  1. Gorilla George

    Gorilla George WIN

    Exactly.

    I can't stand all of the conspiracy theorists with their WTC "inside job" bullshit. It isn't necessarily a matter of heat "melting" the beams, it is a matter of the heat weakening them enough that they can't structurally support the overhead load. Then once one single beam weakens, that load is transferred to the next one, if it is also weakened, then it will fail...which mean now that same load is divided amongst even less beams, that are also being exposed to extreme heat. It becomes a domino effect.
     
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    Gorilla George, Mar 31, 2017
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  2. elvee

    elvee Well-Known Member

    GDOT condemned the south side of 85 an hour ago. It is sounding like the stored materials belonged to DOT, or DOT was responsible for allowing it to be stored there.
     
    elvee, Mar 31, 2017
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  3. caferace

    caferace No.

    I have that scene memorized. The whole movie, actually. :D

    -jim
     
    caferace, Mar 31, 2017
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  4. R Acree

    R Acree Banned

    Whoops...we can expect a change in project specs.
     
    R Acree, Mar 31, 2017
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  5. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    MARTA did it.
     
    Jed, Mar 31, 2017
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  6. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

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    MELK-MAN, Mar 31, 2017
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  7. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    I've got a 100 bet to the Roadracing World Action Fund its open in 45 days or less.

    Already have a track hoe tearing up the dropped section. Fire cleared out everything else underneath there.
     
    Mongo, Mar 31, 2017
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  8. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    They were talking about that on the news - 38 days is what I heard.
     
    Mongo, Mar 31, 2017
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  9. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    GDOT owned it - storage for DOT equipment/supplies and parking for the HERO trucks.
     
    Mongo, Mar 31, 2017
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  10. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    I shared a pic of the fire on facetubes from right after it started, just one pile of the spools on fire. I'm guessing either homeless dude making dinner, someone stealing copper, or someone stored a barrel of shit next to the spools they shouldn't have.
     
    Mongo, Mar 31, 2017
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  11. caferace

    caferace No.

    Track hoes. Invaluable. :D

    -jim
     
    caferace, Mar 31, 2017
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  12. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    In so many ways :crackup:
     
    Mongo, Mar 31, 2017
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  13. roy826ex

    roy826ex Been around here a while

    Well then that's pretty stupid. Certain things have no business under, near or even attached to a bridge.
     
    roy826ex, Mar 31, 2017
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  14. caferace

    caferace No.

    I've been a lot of places, and it's incredibly common for shit to be stored under bridges and raised freeways. That ain't gonna change. I'm just waiting for it to be called a terrorist attack. :D

    -jim
     
    caferace, Mar 31, 2017
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  15. Newsshooter

    Newsshooter Well-Known Member

    A very hot one. :)
     
    Newsshooter, Mar 31, 2017
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  16. Resident Plarp

    Resident Plarp drittsekkmanufacturing.com

    I don't see a traffic problem here.

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    Resident Plarp, Mar 31, 2017
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  17. deepsxepa

    deepsxepa Hazardous

    also remember WT7 nextdoor and BBC announcers saying on a live broadcast it had dropped while it was still standing in the background.

    sometimes WTF is in order, over 200 Architects & Engineers now agree.

    this bridge doesnt seem all that suspicious though.
     
    deepsxepa, Mar 31, 2017
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  18. roy826ex

    roy826ex Been around here a while

    Yes I know and it goes on a lot. We have had vagrants start fires under bridges here and do damage to the bridge. One in particular I just worked on last year that is about to go to bid for repairs. A vagrant couple got into a fight under the one they were living under on I-20 westbound here in Jackson. The female doused the guy with gasoline and set him and his belongings on fire. Result was damage to the steel girders and the concrete deck slab.

    That entire deck section under the two lanes will have to be replaced along with some girder repair. MDOT will shut down a whole two westbound lanes and get the job hopefully turned around over a weekend.
     
    roy826ex, Mar 31, 2017
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  19. caferace

    caferace No.

    I like all the tire tracks in the grass. :D

    It'll grow back better. It has plenty of time. The Walking Dead folks could have used some of that footage in Season One.

    -jim
     
    caferace, Mar 31, 2017
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  20. caferace

    caferace No.

    Was he made out of magnesium?

    -jim
     
    caferace, Mar 31, 2017
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