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A long section of the towering Ponte Morandi Bridge completely collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday, sending cars and trucks on the A10 highway crashing down below. Dozens of people died in the bridge failure, officials say.
As news emerged from the chaotic scene, the death toll fluctuated several times Tuesday. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said there were 22 dead, according to public broadcaster Rai News. But Italy's ANSA news agency has reported at least 37 people died, citing the fire brigade.
Workers have found bodies and vehicles in the massive amount of wreckage left by the collapse — and at least 11 people have been pulled from the rubble alive, Italian media report.
[...] The disaster struck shortly before noon, when one of the bridge's central pillars collapsed during a violent rainstorm. A witness told ANSA that lightning had struck the bridge before the collapse.
[...] The bridge was built in the late 1960s, at a length of more than 3,600 feet. It had recently been the subject of renovation and repair efforts. Italian roadway company Autostrade says the most recent work included consolidating the viaduct's base — a project that included installing a bridge crane.
Besides the obvious news value of this event, I'd be curious of any civil engineers or structural engineers could comment on the engineering behind such things. What causes these types of crumblings to happen, and exactly how reliable is infrastructure around the world?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday August 17 2018, @02:07AM (7 children)
:)
You're sounding less and less Donald Trump-ish!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday August 17 2018, @03:08AM (6 children)
I'm still me. But the Witch Hunt has been very tiring for me. And, I didn't write the headline. That's not me. I quoted it from Fox News. Except the Exclamation Point!!!!
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday August 17 2018, @06:30AM (5 children)
You submitted 5 stories and, coincidentally, seemed to add an exclamation mark to each title. It was an attempt to exaggerate each story which was unnecessary. Had it been one or even 2 stories I would probably have simply corrected them and they might have made the front page. I left the stories in the submission queue to see if any other editors were interested in working with them. There were no takers. However, all the submissions were political and I decided that we didn't need 5 political stories. You are falling into the same trap as Aristarchus in that you think that this site should publish your own personal agenda. It is not so.
There is no witch hunt. If you wish your stories to be accepted as serious material then perhaps you might consider submitting them under another of your aliases so the the rDT name doesn't make them appear quite so trollish?
Martyb has posted political stories and, if you check, you will see that all editors have. I have released political stories where there is a chance of an intelligent discussion being generated, and I have submitted political stories for other editors to publish should they choose to do so. However, political stories remain only a small part of our output which is openly in favour of stories that have a STEM connection, even though we might sometimes interpret that definition very broadly. The site has chosen to include political stories, but it has not chosen to publish political stories in preference to those that meet the technical bias that the site was created for.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday August 17 2018, @12:40PM (4 children)
"You are falling into the same trap as Aristarchus in that you think that this site should publish your own personal agenda."
That's it! Nail on the head.
That's the words I was looking for.
Now if only Aristarchus would read that.....
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 17 2018, @09:39PM (3 children)
Aristarchus fell into a trap? No wonder he has not been submitting of late. But you are wrong, Gaaaaaark. Aristarchus' only agenda was to counter the obvious alt-right libertarian STEM Deep State bias of SN. QAnon reads SoylentNews!!
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday August 18 2018, @09:14AM (2 children)
And, as if by sheer coincidence, the only other nick that users this IP hash is 'Aristarchus'. Hi Ari!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @10:08AM (1 child)
Check your data, JR. You could be mistaken.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday August 18 2018, @11:21AM
There are only 2 users of this hash, Anonymous Coward and Aristarchus, who last used it on 3 Aug. However, it is a hash and not a unique IP, so there could be a hash collision. Unlikely, but possible.