Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, March 31, 2017

Not Fun to Be in ATL Now

Traffic is going to be a four-starred bitch.
Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday night after fire officials extinguished a massive fire on I-85 in Atlanta that led to the collapse of a bridge on the crowded interstate.

Posted by on or about 11:43
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8 comments:

Borepatch said...

That's really going to throw a wrench into the gears. There's no good alternatives - diverting traffic onto 75 N will make a terrible situation on 75 into an impossible one. I don't see how the surface streets can do much to route traffic there either.

Yuk.

3/31/2017 12:08 PM
dinthebeast said...

This guy made a video of him looking on Google Maps and he found a bunch of PVC pipe stored under the overpass that he says is probably the accelerant that heated the fire up enough to collapse the overpass.
We had a gasoline tanker burn up and take down an overpass here in Oakland back in '07, so I guess it does sometimes happen.
Anyway, the guy has a lot of interesting videos about engineering and airplanes and mostly he's trying to cover the situation at the Oroville dam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUFAD28Kf0

-Doug in Oakland

3/31/2017 3:55 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Reports this morning of traffic up 50% on the perimeter (I-285), which is already a mess most of the day. Five mile backups reported on surface streets...

"Several months" to replace the three panels on each side...the collapsed panel and the two adjacent plus the same three on the other side. Five lanes of concrete each way for about 150 yards+, good luck.

3/31/2017 4:35 PM
deadstick said...

PVC an accelerant? Color me skeptical.

3/31/2017 5:37 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Accelerant, IDK...but as toxic as it is under flame, the people driving through the smoke and sitting nearby may have some issues.

3/31/2017 8:09 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Pipes now identified as HDPE, which will burn at over 1,700 degrees...if it catches.

Three people arrested, only 350 ft to replace, each side.

3/31/2017 8:58 PM
deadstick said...

OK, that makes more sense. HDPE would work as the fuel, but the accelerant remains unknown (or at least undisclosed). It should take more than a homeless guy's campfire to light it up...

4/01/2017 8:47 AM
Comrade Misfit said...

One time, a semi caught fire on the Cabin John Bridge just before the afternoon commute. The load was PVC light covers. That closed the bridge for hours. It was a hell of a mess, but at least the bridge wasn't damaged very much.

4/01/2017 10:42 AM

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