Sentences with phrase «from collapsing bridges»

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Hours before the collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University on Thursday, the engineering company for the bridge held a meeting to discuss a crack on the structure, according to a statement from the university released early Saturday.

They said the collapsed bridge makes it difficult for them to access their farms, especially during the rainy seasons and some farmers have sustained various degrees of injuries by falling from it into the river while crossing, due to decayed wood slabs on it.

«This resolution will set the stage for true legislative relief from Obamacare that Americans have long demanded while ensuring a stable transition,» Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi of Wyoming said, just after 1 a.m. «The Obamacare bridge is collapsing and we're sending in a rescue team.»

While changes in escape - stair width, firefighter communications systems and the addition of sky bridges (all noted by Lamster) can only improve life safety in tall buildings, they do not prevent structural collapse resulting from fire.

In this month's issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load - bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic collapses.

When a man's premonition saves them from a fatal bridge collapse, several unfortunate souls learn that Death will not be cheated.

«Independence Day» writer - producer Dean Devlin's directorial debut, «Geostorm,» promises a whole lot of CG - heavy destruction porn in the first trailer released Wednesday: explosions, monster waves, collapsing buildings and bridges, and even a giant airplane falling from a very darkened sky.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao directed Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today to award $ 10 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help begin repairs on the bridge over Atlanta's I - 85 near Piedmont Road which collapsed during rush hour as a result of intense heat from a fire below.

When the I - 35W bridge collapsed some years back, people from all walks of life came together both to participate in the rescue and to make sure those who had lost someone in the incident were taken care of.

Visit the Grotto (where you can often see rainbows made from wave spray and sunshine), the Arch (with its spectacular views of the 12 Apostles in the late afternoon), London Bridge (originally a natural archway, which collapsed in 1990, becoming a bridge without a middle), and the Bay of IsBridge (originally a natural archway, which collapsed in 1990, becoming a bridge without a middle), and the Bay of Isbridge without a middle), and the Bay of Islands.

You'll have to carefully time your jumps from one careening mine cart to the next, or channel the spirit of Indiana Jones as you hop across a collapsing bridge while a massive boulder nips at your heels.

For the past few years it has been hard to ignore America's crumbling infrastructure, from the devastating breach of New Orleans's levees after Hurricane Katrina to the collapse of a big bridge in Minneapolis last summer.

1281 - 2 Very Severe winter mentioned in many accounts from Christmas until march — great abundance of snow and frost caused the collapse of 5 arches of London bridge.

in 2008, the Wilkins Ice shelf began collapsing; its ice bridge to Charcot Island failed in 2009, and it is continuing to lose area; in 2010 so far, the period from January to June is the warmest six months on record.

Claims from last week's collapse of the I - 35W bridge could reach $ 1 billion, with private contractors and insurance companies likely to bear the brunt of any liability, legal experts tell the Star - Tribune.

Stories of loss and trauma were arriving by the box load at attorney Susan Holden's Minneapolis office all day Wednesday, the deadline for people to apply for damages from a $ 36.64 million fund allocated by the Legislature for victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.

When the I - 35W bridge collapsed some years back, people from all walks of life came together both to participate in the rescue and to make sure those who had lost someone in the incident were taken care of.