Really bad backhoe (off topic)
A backhoe in Baltimore MD has set a new standard, and it was unmaned at the time. It seems while as flatbed was transporting a backhoe around the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), the backhoe hit a pedestrian bridge that spaned the road. The bridge collapsed onto the road, killing 1 person and sending 3 others to the hospital in critical condition. Details are on the Baltimore Sun's web site at http://www.sunspot.net/content/storyserver.cgi?storyid=1150080223022 Greg U urban@cs.umbc.edu
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Gregory Urban said:
The bridge collapsed onto the road, killing 1 person and sending 3 others to the hospital in critical condition.
Further, the bridge may not be removed by AM rush hour..... That while we are in a record-busting heatwave and a looming water shortage. But at least unlike last week's wreck of a truck carrying a ton or so of blackpowder that blocked I95 @ Disfunction Junction outside DC; the closed section of the B'more Beltway *has* 3 alternatives. NANOG issue: major transportation disasters like these put sharply larger loads on the telco infrastructure, as we experienced in a blizzard a while back. Will your "he can log in from home" plan work? Are you able to cope w/a sudden new peak in dialin demand? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 12:35:49AM -0400, Gregory Urban wrote:
A backhoe in Baltimore MD has set a new standard, and it was unmaned at the time. It seems while as flatbed was transporting a backhoe around the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), the backhoe hit a pedestrian bridge that spaned the road. The bridge collapsed onto the road, killing 1 person and sending 3 others to the hospital in critical condition.
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