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[K-StateFry]

It really is horrible to hear some of the stuff they're talking about on the news, I think I heard yesterday they sometimes just use a hammer when they're checking for cracks, when there another way that is better and almost foolproof way to do it.

It sucks that it takes things like this for people to stop and think about what they're doing and what they could have done better.
It seems, sometimes, we forget we only live and die once.

Heres to hoping the death toll doesn't climb much higher.

[i luv tamas!!!!!!]

These days it seems that a "job well done" is hardly done well. Companies cut corners to save a buck and hire inexperienced workers. It's my feeling that things aren't made with as much quality and care as they used to be. I would feel more safe crossing a bridge thats 100 years old verses 20 years old. I'm sure my opinion isn't popular... but that's my 2cents.

I am terribly sad to hear about the school bus... that's just so very sad Those poor people.

I agree Kat.   Here's a story. I don't know if it were the workers fault or it was just made really bad. In Peterborough [ I forget year,] the workers of peterborough made a bridge and like 50 days later or so it collapsed. So they made 1 more. It collapsed too. 1 more. It collapsed. Then they made a 4th one. It burned down but the falling snow stopped the fire from spreading. Then they made a 5th one. It is still standing today. It is cool to walk across!

Thats my story. It is kinda freaky.

[Chi]

i luv tamas!!!!!!:  Goodness, I can't believe that the city even allowed those workers to make the bridge a second time, much less a fifth!

Mimitchi:  I have more info now.  There were 60 students in the bus, and when the bridge collapsed, the bus did not actually hit the water.  The students were able to exit through the emergency back door.  None of them were killed, and about 10 were injured.

In my opinion, we've gotten so overconfident about our technology that we are blind to its faults, so when something like this happens it's almost unbelievable that we were "wrong".  I think that someday we're going to have to learn to see past that.

[Priestess of Syrinx]

Oh, no... Another bridge collapsed. A while ago an overpass near Montreal collapsed from neglect. This one fell while under construction? That's horrible.

I must agree with everyone. Things often aren't done like they used to be in terms of quality of construction (and maintenance) in these things.

Heres to hoping the death toll doesn't climb much higher.

[wonderfoul]

Yeah, there's been actually two overpasses  [viaducs? - passing over the highway] that have collapsed in Laval, only a few minutes from Montréal. I believe the first was in 2004 and was had construction work going on there, and killed one. Last year, another one collapsed, killing four. There's still a huge commission going on to figure out the faults of the last collapse.

If anyone can read French, I have several good articles that compare both tragedies.