Atlanta is f@*!

[KentState]

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/245059796-story

If you have ever driven in Atlanta, you know that traffic is miserable. Well, one of the major interstates had a fire under a bridge and the road collapsed. Spring break is also next week for many schools and tons of people drive this going either south to Florida or north to the Carolina's. I also imagine this isn't something that can be fixed in a few days as most bridges take months to construct.

 

[LevelSea]

 

[JMC2000]

It's already a nightmare to leave Atlanta on I-85N, now it will be 100 times worse with this collapse.

Oh god, the traffic on the N and NE sides of 285 is going to be pure hell.

 

[PricklyPete]

Got a huge laugh out of me

 

[foghorn67]

Okay, that is funny.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ha ha !!

Seriously though sounds like it's going to suck. Traffic is one thing that would make me go crazy if I had to live in a major city.

 

[Exterous]

Well it was nice of that fire to burn in such a straight line

 

[FeuerFrei]

Bridge is superfluous. All you need is the approach and landing ramps. At a high rate of speed you should be able to clear the gap.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Atlanta's traffic is normally fucked. Now it will be fucked throughout the night and on weekends, too.

 

[Banana]

North and south Atlanteans will evolve independently, develop unique characteristics, and perhaps even become separate species.

 

[Eug]

Bridge is superfluous. All you need is the approach and landing ramps. At a high rate of speed you should be able to clear the gap.

Isn't it a flat part that is gone? As in no rising ramp on the approach.

P.S. Off topic but my mother-in-law got criticized out of the blue in Atlanta just for having a nose ring. I was like WTF. Never been in an issue in Toronto or Montreal. Indian style piercing. She's not Indian but spent part of her life in India.

 

[IronWing]

Isn't it a flat part that is gone? As in no rising ramp on the approach.

The heat from the flames should provide a rising column of air. That should be enough.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Isn't it a flat part that is gone? As in no rising ramp on the approach.
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Noted. I read the news story after posting.
Sometimes, in these situations, a little can do spirit goes a long way though. Stiffer shocks are also a plus.

 

[zinfamous]

Dude, you just offended the entire state of Georgia, and damn near most of the south.

Still, I lol.

 

[Eug]

The heat from the flames should provide a rising column of air. That should be enough.

Ah yes. I failed to consider that. Good point.

Science!

 

[rudder]

So fuel can melt steel then? This happened last year near where I live. A truck ran into a bridge and the heat melted the steel beams so much they had to demolish the bridge and build a new one.

 

[MrSquished]

This is seriously gonna suck for a lot of folks for quite a few months. I see an uptick in the requests to telecommute for folks that live on that route.

 

[KentState]

This is seriously gonna suck for a lot of folks for quite a few months. I see an uptick in the requests to telecommute for folks that live on that route.

My employer pretty much told that has to travel past that section to work from home today. Luckily I'm always remote.

P.S. Off topic but my mother-in-law got criticized out of the blue in Atlanta just for having a nose ring. I was like WTF. Never been in an issue in Toronto or Montreal. Indian style piercing. She's not Indian but spent part of her life in India.

Idiots everywhere. While Georgia may be fairly conservative in general, Atlanta is very liberal so not sure what spurred the comments.

 

[zinfamous]

This is seriously gonna suck for a lot of folks for quite a few months. I see an uptick in the requests to telecommute for folks that live on that route.

from what I understand, that is something like 95% of people that commute to Atlanta. ouch.

 

[BoomerD]

So fuel can melt steel then? This happened last year near where I live. A truck ran into a bridge and the heat melted the steel beams so much they had to demolish the bridge and build a new one.

No. That's been syentifikaly been proven to be impossible. The CIA must have planted bombs or something, just like they did in the twin towers on 9-11.



(stolen from a different thread

 

[slag]

Weird. We had spring break the past two weeks, starting March 13th for some schools and March 20 for the rest. I didn't know many people were still on spring break.

 

[SearchMaster]

Weird. We had spring break the past two weeks, starting March 13th for some schools and March 20 for the rest. I didn't know many people were still on spring break.

We're a bit north of Atlanta and spring break starts tomorrow (or Monday depending on your perspective).

 

[Eug]

Idiots everywhere. While Georgia may be fairly conservative in general, Atlanta is very liberal so not sure what spurred the comments.

Yeah, that makes sense. They were not actually in Atlanta proper, but in the boonies just outside of Atlanta. They said it was much more conservative than what they were used to.

 

[JMC2000]

North and south Atlanteans will evolve independently, develop unique characteristics, and perhaps even become separate species.

Isn't it already like that?

Even though it's the same garbage city, half feels like Houston, while the other feels like Chicago.

 

[Eug]

North and south Atlanteans will evolve independently, develop unique characteristics, and perhaps even become separate species.

Reminds me of this one: