[Vision2020] A 1.6 million-pound megaload, huh?

[Tom Hansen]

One thing, Mr. Dredge.

The bridge you reference is nowhere near ID-200 or Lake Pend Oreille (for that matter).

http://bridgehunter.com/id/bonner/30120/ 



Here.  Maybe this'll help . . .



That blue dot indicates where I and my iPad were when the photo was taken yesterday at about 1 pm.

Let me know if you need more help.  I have another photo and a couple videos of the bridge in question

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
  

> On May 20, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ken writes:
> > Yes, I am replying to myself in order to transmit some interesting information
> > from bridgehunter.com that includes results from a bridge inspection in August, 2012:
> >
> > http://bridgehunter.com/id/bonner/30120/ 
> 
> If megaloads are planned to cross this bridge, expect a lot of bellyaching from Tom and others.  If it's just people driving their cars over it who are risk of death and injury, expect no one to care.  You need to keep in mind that the megaload movements need to be blocked because their payload is intended for water purification.  That's the real outrage.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:02:47 -0700
> From: kmmos1 at frontier.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A 1.6 million-pound megaload, huh?
> 
> 
> On 5/20/2014 12:57 PM, Kenneth Marcy wrote:
> 
> On 5/20/2014 12:25 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:
> What an asinine thing to say.  But, if we’re going for the truly absurd, which both Scott and Gary seem to want, saying that a best case scenario for those objecting to the mega-loads would be a catastrophic bridge collapse is like saying that a best case scenario for those who worship at the 2A alter is for more school shootings so that one will eventually happen in a school where a 2Aer has a gun to “take out” the goblin and hence make the ideal 2”A trumps all” case.
> 
> 
> Your use of the words goblin and catastrophic bridge collapse remind me of a new book title -- Raising Steam -- which is the 40th volume in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of humorous fantasy entertainments.  I borrowed the audio book version of this title from the local library and used it to acclimatize myself to a new pair of headphones -- wireless ones this time -- and was quite pleased with the performance of the audio performer Stephen Briggs of Terry Pratchett's text.
> 
> The relevance of this material to the matter at hand is merely to note that, unlike in Discworld, when it seems necessary to move very heavy loads across bridges that may be either non-existent or not designed for such heavy loads, additional calculations and engineering are strongly advised.  In this world, unlike in Discworld, solutions involving the surreptitious use of magical municipal assets are not available.  Getting and applying the knowledge of the sliding rule, as one of the book's characters would suggest, is a prerequisite for becoming a master engineer and successfully solving such problems.
> 
> Yes, I am replying to myself in order to transmit some interesting information from bridgehunter.com that includes results from a bridge inspection in August, 2012:
> 
> http://bridgehunter.com/id/bonner/30120/ 
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
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