Top Ten Things About to Fall Down
April 8, 2008 Leave a comment
by twit
Thank you Popular Mechanics, for this lovely roundup of “The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now” and apparently, are doing not much, if anything, about…
“going nowhere”
“Repairs aren’t due to start until 2010″
Industrial Canal Lock in New Orleans
“Construction is expected to take 12 years”
“Municipal lines running beneath the streets lose massive volumes of water” … “A similar situation is found throughout the country.”
“still no decision” … hmm… sounds familiar…
“a 1-in-6 chance that [it] will fail” … “The Army Corps of Engineers has been working on improvements, but funding is limited”
“an outrageously low “sufficiency rating” of 2 out of 100 in the National Bridge Inventory.” but the Seattle Viaduct gets a 9… which means “basically intolerable,” apparently…
“despite the ongoing construction work, the danger of collapse hasn’t been significantly reduced, and probably won’t be for years”
“Ongoing efforts to investigate and repair the levees have been met with opposition from local officials”
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
“among the worst in terms of near-misses on the runway”
More fun:
The Church of the Apocalyptic Kiwi 
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