37 mph wind topples Trump's wall 15

[BUGGAR]

What more can I say!

 

[JohnRBaker]

Well, if proximity is part of the equation:

"No one was injured in the incident at Calexico, California, about 50 miles west of Yuma."

As for my comment about Trump being aware of who the contractor was... Well, if prior behavior is any indication, who's to knows...

After all, you confirmed that for two years now, Trump has been pushing for that North Dakota company to get the contract for the entire job. Perhaps they've been getting chunks of the wall all along.

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[IRstuff]

JRB, fixed; a pesky period snuck in.

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[IRstuff]

SLSCO, based on Galveston TX, according to
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-wall-under-construction-california-high-winds-santa-ana-falls-over[/url]

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[3DDave]

Surprisingly, the trees could not only support themselves but also the weight and the wind load from the panels.

Interesting to call them a new border wall instead of replacement border wall. Foxnews buried the lede.

 

[waross]

Strong winds gusting to 30 mph?
Must be nice to live in such a nice placid climate.
We had winds here overturning semi-trailers on the highway a few days ago.

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[BridgeSmith]

Strong winds gusting to 30 mph?
Must be nice to live in such a nice placid climate.
We had winds here overturning semi-trailers on the highway a few days ago.

I hear ya. We call it a breeze until it hits at least 50mph. We get semis turned over all the time, despite the Highway Patrol's best efforts to restrict travel for light/high profile vehicles on the roads when they expect those 60 and 70 (sometimes 80) mph gusts.

Napping semis

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[BridgeSmith]

If one 50' to 100' section of the miles and miles of border wall, that happened to tilt over during construction, by a contractor that Trump has no connection with, and obviously wasn't supervising, is all you got, then you're really grasping at straws.

Did any of you guys blame Obama for this:
Federal Government Liable for Harvey Flooding

And how could we forget the infamous Cash for Clunkers Program?




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[mtu1972]

To speed up the wall construction we should look for the Chinese contractors that built two hospitals in 10 days. They’d have a 14 day delay, while kept in isolation, before they could start work.

gjc

 

[waross]

If one 50' to 100' section of the miles and miles of border wall, that happened to tilt over during construction, by a contractor that Trump has no connection with, and obviously wasn't supervising, is all you got, then you're really grasping at straws.

Actually there is a little more than that, but it's pointless to bring it up.
The hurricane forecast by government decree was amusing.
Interference in the JEDI procurement?
Lobbying for his favorite contractor, Fisher Sand and Gravel?
Is there any record of the political contributions made by the contractor responsible for the "Blow Job"?
Still waiting for the government position as to how strong the wind really was.

Bill
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[BridgeSmith]

Lobbying for his favorite contractor, Fisher Sand and Gravel?

...as opposed to all the under-the-table lobbying and bribes by other government contractors, which no one seems to care about. At least Trump's advocacy was 1) out in the open and 2) unpaid. Need I even mention the name Biden?




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[BridgeSmith]

SLSCO, based on Galveston TX...

I didn't see that info in the story. Did I miss it? Was it in the video? I haven't found any info on who the contractor is.

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[hokie66]

And meanwhile, counting in Iowa goes on. Talk about a disaster. They couldn't run a chook raffle.

 

[CWB1]

Strong winds gusting to 30 mph?
Must be nice to live in such a nice placid climate.

When I lived 3.5 hours south of Detroit in mid-northern Indiana we often had 70+ mph gusts overturning semis, hence the lights alongside freeways requiring semis to stop when flashing for high wind events. I don't recall local infrastructure ever failing bc of the wind per-se, just the occasional power line being hit by falling trees or debris. Comically close now in Detroit, 50 mph winds regularly shut down sections of the city due to a massive number of falling lines.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Speaking of wind, we're in the middle of another Santa Ana wind event here in SoCal, only this time it's a cold (59˚) wind. Last week's wind event brought 80+˚ temps.

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[waross]

A few years ago I was following a semi on a very icy highway.
The wind was strong but not enough to topple trucks.
Normally when you're following a semi all you can see is the back door of the trailer.
This day, every time there was a strong gust of cross wind I could see the whole side of the trailer.
Scary

Bill
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[BUGGAR]

Y’all remember the VW Bug shuffle. The early VW’s were sensitive to crosswinds and while driving across the SFO Bay Bridge, a sudden cross gust would make all the Volkswagons sidestep about two feet to the side, all in unison. Luckily they were small and the lanes wide.

 

[DM61850]

I was on a fun flight in a small cesna during the winter in Oklahoma. My boss ,a flight instructor on the side, flew us from Chickasaw to Wichita Falls to pick up one of his students. The student flew the plane back from Wichita to Chicksaw. We came into Chickasaw at night and the wind was blowing hard. It was kind of a rough ride back because we were lighter with not having as much fuel. So, when we get to my bosses airport, we have to crab in due to the wind being cross to the landing strip. The student approached and turned the airplane it felt like more than 45 degrees into the wind and revved up the engine to keep the plane's path straight on with the runway. Near approach, he whipped it back around just before the tires touched. He nailed it but it was a little unnerving with it being at night, him being a student, and having to crab in at such a sharp angle.