Last Tuesday the San Francisco Bay Bridge was closed. A 5,000-pound steel beam and two steel tie-rods crashed down on the upper level of the bridge. These parts had been holding together a key support structure for the bridge. Fortunately, only 3 vehicles were damaged and no one was hurt. But, the commute between San [...]
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Traffic Disaster in the Bay Area
31 octobre 2009 · Pas de commentaire
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Okay, so that was a complete surprise to me; was it to you?
10 octobre 2009 · Pas de commentaire
I awoke this morning and heard the report that Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. First I thought that maybe I wasn’t quite awake and that I hadn’t heard the name correctly. But, of course, I had. I continued to be stunned for most of the day. And I guess I wasn’t [...]
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