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April 29, 2007

A Hot Flash for Rosie

Gasoline can do a number on steel.

A stretch of highway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, leaving one of the nation’s busiest spans in a state of near paralysis. Officials said traffic could be disrupted for months.

Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck’s driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns. No other injuries were reported.


And that wasn't even in a contained structure, with all the weight of tens of floors collapsing.

You need to pick a new science project, I guess. But I know you've got some time on your hands now, so all the in-depth research you do before you shoot your yap off shouldn't be a problem.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 29, 2007 06:52 PM

Comments

It's STILL Bush's fault!

Posted by: Gunslinger at April 29, 2007 09:57 PM

Laughing at the pig to the Nth degree.
We had the same happen here in Houston. Highway is shut down because of heat damaged structure.

Jeez would I like to hear the swines answer to this stuff.

Posted by: Skul at April 29, 2007 10:47 PM

Beege

Mu puter crahsed and I lost your e-mail. Can you send me one so I have your address.

Mike "Mail Bag" Guy :)

Posted by: Mike at April 30, 2007 12:25 AM

And gasoline is nowehere near as ht a fire as kerosene / jet fuel.

Same thing happened in Bridgeport on I-95 back in 2004.

Posted by: John at April 30, 2007 07:16 AM

I expect a whole bunch of conspiracy websites to find out the TRUTH!!!!

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 30, 2007 07:27 AM

The iceberg did it.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at April 30, 2007 08:06 AM

I80Truth.Org

Learn the Truth! Rove melted it!

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 30, 2007 09:33 AM

Clearly that truck wasn't carrying gasoline.

Dick Cheney had his friends from Halliburton load it up with thermite. It was then crashed on purpose and ignited by remote control after the driver had safely left the scene.

It was all a plot to make us think that gasoline fires could cause structural failures.

DUH!

Posted by: nobrainer at April 30, 2007 10:13 AM

Nobrainer, you're right; the bastiches are trying to cover their tracks...

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 30, 2007 10:31 AM

Rosie's next science project should involve a brain transplant from a yak into her skull using only a local anesthesia and a cold chisel. The result would be a horribly disfigured hybrid creature, but a vast improvement of the current Rosie model.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at April 30, 2007 11:37 AM