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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: 1, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday August 16 2018, @08:42PM (1 child)
I'm American. And so is Fox News. Well, you said something nasty about Americans. And American News Media. You tried to get a rise out of us. You succeeded, because I answered. I replied. And got down-modded for my trouble. And now you're pretending you don't understand my answer, my reply. I think you understand. It's very very easy to understand. Fox News is American news media. They had a story about Spain. I'm American, I thought it was very interesting. But the Chief Editor here -- you, @janrinok -- turned it down, you said folks here wouldn't be interested. And now you're saying, you think American news doesn't have stories about the rest of the world. And Americans don't want to read them. WRONG! You believe we're not interested in stories about the rest of the world. So you reject our Subs with stories about the rest of the world. So we don't have discussions about those stories. So you don't see anything that goes against your belief that we're not interested. Etc!!! Little circle there.....
About our alt-right, I don't know what the hell you are talking about. I'm very fair to our alt-right. Very fair. And my Subs are very fair. I go with Fox News as much as possible, sometimes they're critical, I think they're very fair. You did something VERY STRANGE. You "accepted" 3 of my Subs about our alt-right and alt-left. Thank you. But you didn't run them. In the Subs Queue it said, "merge janrinok" and there were my Subs, 3 different stories in one Sub. The story about the violent protest in California. The story about Antifa pouring water on Charlie Kirk & Candace Owens. And the story about Patriot Prayer's peaceful rally in Portland. Mostly peaceful. You put them all together and it's now erased. Or hidden. And some other Subs I did, you rejected those. With a pathetic excuse of, I'm politically biased. And I use exclamation points. I'm absolutely biased. So are you. And so many biased stories get run -- much much more biased than mine. People don't even try to be fair. I try very hard. I don't put in a lot of my own opinions. And I tell folks about the stories on Fox News, they're very fair. Very balanced. They know there's MANY SIDES to stories. My Subs are the least biased you've ever seen in your entire life.
You keep saying, oh, you don't like politics. You don't like the stories about politics. The people that run the site decided to have stories about politics. Editor @martyb ran one just a little while ago, about our immigration plan. The story about the bridge, obviously very political. You came and tweeted about how Europeans don't want to hear about "the same old political stories." Going back to, I guess, 1967 when they put up the bridge. Well, so many folks are tweeting, "look at these old stories, they said the bridge was VERY UNSAFE." People didn't want to hear the same old political stories. They didn't pay attention to those. And they died (RIP!!!!). And you don't want us to pay attention to our alt-left, our alt-right. Because, I guess, they bore you. Like, up until yesterday, so many folks were bored by old political stories about some old bridge in Genoa. They didn't pay attention to it. And it was a DISASTER for them. For you stuck-up Europeans.
And I don't know what the hell you're talking about, about my Subs from this morning about our alt-right. I didn't make any. Because of your goofy messages and actions. Rejecting my Subs without reading past the headline. We had some wonderful events last weekend with our alt-left and alt-right. We had Unite the Right 2 in Washington -- very peaceful because of our brave Law Enforcement. And a much bigger rally in Bedminster. Where I met Bikers for Trump. Great time, beautiful pictures from that one. But I didn't make Subs for those. Because, big waste of time, I knew you'd reject them. You thought I made Subs this morning -- I didn't -- I guess they're already rejected? You say Subs are rejected "after most of the Editors have looked at them." I doubt that. I doubt that. Because you say they were turned in this morning. And in America it's afternoon, folks are still working very hard, or just getting off work -- more and more folks working here. So I think a lot of the Editors didn't get to see those Subs. And I wonder who rejected them. I don't have Casinos any more. But if I did, I'd bet it was you. You thought they were submitted by me, so you rejected them, am I right? I'm central-right, by the way. Not alt-right. But I think there are some fine people in our alt-right. Bikers for Trump, very fine people. Very tough.
And possibly you're thinking, "oh, he's a politician. If we put his Subs on the website, it helps him out." It does get my name out there, that's true. But you put up A LOT of VERY NEGATIVE stories about me and my Party. Then I say, "what about the 157,000 JOBS?" I did a Sub about the 157,000 new jobs in July. And you rejected that one. Because I put an exclamation point in it. Really pathetic excuse, in my opinion. I did a Sub about how MILLIONS of Americans are getting off Food Stamps, rejected with no message. And I did a Sub about my sanctions against Iran, how they're very positive for our Stock Markets and Oil prices. You rejected that one without reading past the headline. Because I put an exclamation point in the headline. You said that was the reason, that's a very dumb & pathetic reason. The Editors run the negative stories, you reject the positive. And you say you don't support any Party. But the stories that make me & my Party look bad go up. You turn down the positive news about us. And if you think about it, that helps the Dems. Big league!!!
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday August 17 2018, @06:45AM
Try looking at these - all posted by me:
Oh gosh - they are all politics! And that is only going back top the beginning of June. You only see what you want to see.
If you wish to be considered as a serious contributor stop acting like a troll. You can't have it both ways. Use one of your other nicks.