[AT] Scrap iron

[Gene Dotson]

    That I-90 bridge collapse was compliments of the EPA. A
construction crew was water-sand blasting the bridge and the EPA
mandated the the water to be removed from the site. The pontoons
were being used as as holding tanks for the water till it could
be removed to a recycling facility. During the weekend when the
crew was not working, the unexpected storm came up and the
excess runoff with the water held for recycling was more than
the pontoons would support.

                Gene



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:12 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] Scrap iron


: John:
:
: It's not the weight of the material, it's the weight of the
water the hull
: is capable of displacing. :-)
:
: We had long sections of an I90 floating bridge fall into Lake
Washington out
: here a few years ago. The concrete pontoons didn't fail; they
filled with
: water and sank taking the bridge with it. But thanks to your
federal tax
: dollars, a new I90 bridge with more lanes was built. I have
often wondered
: what commuter opened all the hatches just before a storm!  :-)
:
: Dean A. Van Peursem
: Snohomish, WA 98290
:
: I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key
to the
: storeroom door
:
:
: www.deerelegacy.com
:
: http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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