HAY GUYS

BlueMikey · Local time: Aug 2, 2007, 01:34 AM

I like the idea that Homeland Security had to make sure to inform us that terrorists didn't attack Minnesota.

"Yeah, we thought about attacking Washington or NYC or Boston or Philly or LA or Dallas but we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to get those fuckers who drive across bridges in Minneapolis."

Jam it back in, in the dark.

BlueMikey · Local time: Aug 2, 2007, 11:05 PM

Heh.

So:

1) A study is released in 2002 saying 30% of bridges, about 7,000, are in trouble.

2) In the 5-10 years since the 20,000+ bridges are looked at (I'd assume it would take a couple of years to produce), none fall down involving a fatality (there was one in SF a couple years ago, but that was because a truck exploded).

3) One bridge involving fatalities collapses 5 years after the study is released.

4) Congress goes apeshit, opening up the wallet. To pay to do what? Yeah, that's right: study all the bridges again!

5) In 2009 or 2010, when the study is complete, most people will have forgotten about Minnesota, meaning Congress does not release more funds to actually fix the bridges...just like after the 2002 study.

6) ???

7) Profit!!!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

BlueMikey · Local time: Aug 3, 2007, 10:46 AM

State Department of Transportation, Fed DoT, the original manufacturers of the bridge, the people working on the upgrades...it'll be class-action and they'll sue everyone to get all the documents they can before narrowing it down to one.

For example: if it's true that "they" knew the bridge had problems since 1990 and they still hadn't upgraded it by 2007, that certainly could be a valid lawsuit.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

BlueMikey · Local time: Aug 3, 2007, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Arainach

Our Highway divisions are terribly underfunded. Maintenance schedules are quite regular and the most critical stuff is done first. This accident was a fluke, not something predictable.

Also, you forget: If they DID shut the bridge down for a few months to repair it, people would've bitched then too. These people are unsatistfiable.

I didn't say it was logical, I just said there probably is a valid lawsuit in there.

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