2007-08-01 13:42:06 · 21 answers · asked by fright night 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No it has nothing to do with that, nor does it have anything to do with the Military.
2007-08-01 14:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are literally hundreds of bridges in the USA that are old and past there "use by date" as shown on a recent documentry.
The cost of retro fitting these bridges and the time needed to do the work is literaly millions of dollars and years.
The USA as neither the manpower or the equipment to fix the problem at the same time.
You can equate the problem to all the defective railways and signal systems in the U.K. which cannot be fixed at the same time either.
2007-08-02 05:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by conranger1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No not really. This Virginia boy is married to a Yankee girl from Minneapolis and I can tell you the winters are plenty hard there. Combine the extremes of weather with the constant salting of the roads and you can imagine what 40 years will do to steel truss bridge.
Our prayers should be with these folks and not heartless acrimony.
2007-08-01 20:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dont be so pathetic. You think bridges have only collapsed in the USA?? Why cant you show concern for the people who are trapped and lost their life instead of posting such an idiotic question.
2007-08-02 05:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by Ms Dee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they're cheapskates...it's just an accident. They probably didn't plan the collapse of a bridge.
2007-08-01 20:59:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No noe knows yet why the bridge collapsed, and you are an @$$ for asking that question less than 3 hours since it has happened.
2007-08-01 21:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by joby10095 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What an asinine thing to say ! You have no information for the reason of the collapse, yet you're ready to make ridiculous comments such as this ! Shame on you !
2007-08-01 20:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No... that's why they call it an accident. Where are you from? I bet your country has some major engineering blunders too.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/start.html?pg=9
I would add the Chernobyl disaster and the Union Carbide chemical spill in India to that list.
2007-08-01 21:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by polly_peptide 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am one of those yanks and this was most likely just because the bridge was old. they were doing work on it when this happened
2007-08-01 20:46:07 · answer #9 · answered by wintennis91 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This quite possibly the meanest question I have ever seen. People died on that bridge I have tons of family there am worried sick what is wrong with you?
2007-08-01 20:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by Margo is better than you are 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We ain't cheap over here Squadron Leader. I'm sitting here having a cold beer from my office fridge. You dudes can't even keep beer warm.
I drove home on the right side of the highway. You dudes drive backwards.
We have thousands of queens over here. You have one. Oops two. Forgot you.
We have the Delta Force. You have the SAS (Scandanavia Airline Squadrons).
You have itsy bitsy teene autos. We have trucks. BIG TRUCKS.
We have American Idol. You have Brits Got Talent With No Talent hosted by two queens (guess that makes 4).
We have mountains. You have.......nothing to compare it seems.
We have beautiful lakes and rivers bordering our mountains. You are surrounded by water. Halleujah!!!
I could on but going to get another cold beer. Don't you wish you had one????
2007-08-01 21:40:56 · answer #11 · answered by Too Old For Idol 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋