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| Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Gallopin' Gertie" |
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Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November
7, 1940 video clip.
1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon
across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest
suspension span in the world opened on July
1st. Only four months later, the great span's
short life ended in disaster. "Galloping
Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November
7,1940.
The bridge became famous as "the most
dramatic failure in bridge engineering
history." Now, it's also "one of the world's
largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains
of Galloping Gertie were placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1992
to protect her from salvagers.
A dramatic tale of failure and success
The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows
Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows
Bridge is a great American saga. When
Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound,
it created ripple effects across the nation
and around the world. The event changed
forever how engineers design suspension
bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer
suspension spans we use today. Tags : Tacoma Bridge Gallopin Gertie Collapse Washington Puget Sound Gig Harbor Engineering Disaster landmark destination adventure travel log nature |
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Affichage : 665846
Durée : 356 s |
| The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class |
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Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren
teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and
commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is
an outspoken critic of America's credit
economy, which she has linked to the
continuing rise in bankruptcy among the
middle-class. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate
Council Lectures" [6/2007] [Public Affairs]
[Business] [Show ID: 12620] Tags : bankruptcy middle class economy |
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Affichage : 99287
Durée : 3457 s |
| Ron Paul on the Economic Collapse! |
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http://goldsilver.com Who is Ron Paul? What
does he stand for? If you want to know, then
the full-length interview at
http://goldsilver.com is the one to watch.
Ron Paul is a nine term Congressman and
Presidential Candidate whose passion is
monetary policy, Dr. Paul has served on The
House Banking Committee and The Financial
Services Committee. If anyone is in a
position to know what our country has in
store financially, it is this man. In this
amazing interview with Michael Maloney of
Goldsilver.com Presidential Candidate Ron
Paul warns what lies dead ahead for our
country if we continue on our present path. Tags : Ron Paul gold silver economy Federal Reserve inflation president candidate money Michael Maloney Bernanke debate elect |
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Affichage : 106622
Durée : 276 s |
| The inevitable collapse of the dollar |
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Euro/Dollar Rate:
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?fro
m=EUR&to=USD&amt=1&t=1y
The current account deficit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie
s_by_current_account_balance
Summary:
Americans are living beyond their means and
Asia is currently financing that. But
eventually the Asians/Europeans will stop
financing the USA and then the bubble will
burst. Also check out the 1-minute video
which I'm responding to for a quick
explanation Tags : US Dollar Collapse Crash Crisis Recession Economic Economy Currency Euro Financial Market |
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Affichage : 313680
Durée : 426 s |
| BBC Reported Building 7 Collapse 20 Minutes Before It Fell |
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An astounding video uncovered from the
archives today shows the BBC reporting on the
collapse of WTC Building 7 over twenty
minutes before it fell at 5:20pm on the
afternoon of 9/11. The incredible footage
shows a BBC reporter talking about the
collapse of the Salomon Brothers Building
while it remains standing in the live shot
behind her head.
More info at
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february
2007/260207building7.htm Tags : alex jones building seven |
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Affichage : 993957
Durée : 435 s |
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