Monday, July 14, 2008
Clearance
Oops.
12 Comments:
By 
Anthony, at
Mon Jul 14, 11:36:00 PM:
By 
, at
Mon Jul 14, 11:46:00 PM:
Where was that taken? The canopy certainly didn't take much lateral load to fail. Just another example why more states, and most of the rest of the world, needs to build as if there was going to be an earthquake.
By Khaki Elephant, at
Tue Jul 15, 12:11:00 AM:
Were any animals harmed in the filming of this piece?
By JPMcT, at
Tue Jul 15, 12:37:00 AM:
Looks like the driver of the truck won't make that mistake again. I suspect they buried him in a pizza box.
By , at
Tue Jul 15, 12:44:00 AM:
By , at
Tue Jul 15, 05:04:00 AM:
AP's latest show of professionalism: Associated Press Journalist Gleefully Dreams of Pulitzer While Terrorists Murder Women in Front of His Rolling Camera
By , at
Tue Jul 15, 05:30:00 AM:
Looks like the driver of the truck won't make that mistake again. I suspect they buried him in a pizza box.
Actually, this was on Ace of Spades the other day. The driver and his son survived, miraculously.
By Cardinalpark, at
Tue Jul 15, 12:41:00 PM:
Imagine the hell that guy is getting from his wife...
By , at
Tue Jul 15, 05:03:00 PM:
what a tool!
This is the type of guy that cancels out my vote.
By Bezzle, at
Wed Jul 16, 07:04:00 PM:
They don't build trucks like they used to.
By , at
Wed Jul 16, 10:17:00 PM:
Mike....
That depends. If that canopy was designed to resist an 8.5 earthquake then I would say that truck has more than enough horsepower to do the job!
By Sotosoroto, at
Thu Jul 17, 08:15:00 PM:
From MW's link, it looks like this happened in northeast Texas, where the seismic requirements (and hurricane requirements) are minimal. Judging from that, and how the column at the right tore from the roof, I'd say no, there wasn't much of any accounting for lateral loads in the structural design.
