Bridge Collapse in MN....

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

Pigeon poop....

That's what our government is saying. Kind of a hard one to swallow.

[cannon_fodder]

Well porky, not really that hard to believe if you have ever had something metal under a tree for any period of time.  The obvious problem is that EVERYONE knows that moisture + ammonia + iron = accelerated rust.  So why wasn't the bridge repainted or, at very least, inspected?

No matter the cause, barring another super elaborate government plot (this time to make itself look incompetent), the main cause of the collapse was a failure to adequately inspect.  If adequate inspections saw the problem it could (should) have been fixed.

[Porky]

Well CF, I guess we need to start preparing for an outbreak of bridges falling down..... due to bird poop.