Galloping Gertie: The Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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You're probably going to get a lot more hits on this since Google has their riddle of the day :
Your name is Galloping Gertie. How many furlongs long are you?
7 months ago 19
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Poor Tubby :(
3 years ago 16
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Well done. I show this video to my physics class as an introduction to their bridge project.
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If it only takes a light of wind to make it self-propelling...wouldn't it be a good idea to purposefully create a structure like this that twists and bends? The kinetic energy could be harnessed for clean power.
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Poor doggy :'(
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I would have liked the old bridge if it was a little safer...
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People must have been different back then--who today would look at a bridge that bucked and twisted in the wind like that and think, "I think I'm going to drive over that."
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@Buff78 Buff, I thought I had already apologized for my ill-conceived comments. (Maybe I only sent the apology directly to the narrator.)
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@itomas You seriously have too much time on your hands and issues of inadequacy. Go read Swift's "Tale of Tub," before you continue you ill-conceived career as a critic.
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Excellent job making the documentary.
As for the thin bridge design- that was just following along a trend that existed for bridges opened in the thirties. The single deck GWB in NYC didn't have a truss originally, the Bronx Whitestone didn't either. The Tacoma bridge could have survived if it had appropriate cable stays and openings in the side girders to let the wind go through.
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Answer is fucking 9
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I'm not sure why anyone would think the narration is so good. Afterwards, hopefully, the narrator learned how to end every sentence without tailing off in volume and clarity. I found it difficult to listen to. It sounded a lot like a young student reading the text for the first time.
itomas 8 months ago
@itomas We made this video in 8th grade, so yes, young student :)
Minodora4 8 months ago 2