Washington State West Side Major Bridge Collapse on I-5, Meanwhile Feds Have Funds for War and Bullets, Not for Safe Bridges for US

One of the many US and Washington State bridges deemed unsafe by engineers collapsed on Thursday, May 23, 2013, on the much-traveled I-5 corridor between Seattle and the Canadian border, over the Skagit River in the Mount Vernon area.

"The bridge carries about 67,000 cars a day, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

It was built 1955, according to KOMO, and was listed by the Federal Highway Administration as "functionally obsolete."

That category is for bridges that may have narrow lanes or shoulders, or spans that don't provide enough vertical clearance to let tall trucks pass, according to Washington's DOT."

http://www.kxly.com/news/washington-bridge-collapse/-/101270/20286368/-/gm8wbfz/-/index.html

Like a Hollywood Movie: Driver Survives I-5 Bridge Collapse into Washington River.
By Alister Jamieson and Bill Dedman. NBC News.
"The bridge was of a "fracture critical" design, as are 18,000 bridges nationwide, meaning it could collapse if even one part failed.

Even after the bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis in 2007, a haphazard system of inspections continued, with federal authorities choosing not to require re-inspection of all the fracture-critical bridges"

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/24/18465755-like-a-hollywood-movie-driver-survives-i-5-bridge-collapse-into-wash-river?lite

 

"Governor Inslee Estimates Repair Cost at $15 Million; Official Say Detour Route Already Crowded." By Jack Broom and Steve Miletich. May 24, 2013. The Seattle Times.

"Backups of 40 minutes to an hour can be expected today in the detour route around the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River — and could grow worse over the weekend — state transportation officials said."
http://seattletimes.com/html/home/index.html

Editorial by Editor of Washington State Spokane Area:
The effect of this bridge crumbling from a truck is the same as if blown up.
The same thing happened in Oklahoma, where school children were crushed to death during a tornado instead of having a simple shelter where they could wait out the storm.

The stark question is this: Why are kids being kept in schools in tornado zones without schools being build with simple shelters? Because it's too much money to build a shelter. Why are people driving on bridges rated "functionally obsolete? If this bridge had been replaced in a timely manner with a new design without the overhead supports, but underbridge supports, then no one would have ended up in the water, and everyone's Memorial Day weekend travel plans in this area would be simpler and quicker. Why are obsolete bridges kept for people to risk their lives on? Because it's too much money to build safe bridges.
However, servants in our government using our tax money to make killing toys is not too much money.

Drone Makers and Their Friends In Washington [DC].
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jul/05/drone-makers-friends-washington/
SAN DIEGO —" ...the drone caucus? Officially, it’s the Unmanned Systems Caucus. Primarily, the caucus advocates for drones — those pilot-less planes infamous for their role targeting insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They’re used as a spy tool in Iran, a drug-fighting tool in Mexico and an anti-smuggling tool along the U.S.-Mexico border.


Predator Drone Strikes: 50 Civilians Are Killed For Every 1 Terrorist, and the CIA Only Wants to Up Drone Warfare
"...multiple independent reports confirm that Obama is severely downplaying the wreckage that these drone strikes inflict...the CIA is deliberately targeting those who show up after the sight of an attack, rescuers, and mourners at funerals as a part of a "double-tap" strategy eerily reminiscient of methods used by terrorist groups like Hamas."
http://www.policymic.com/articles/16949/predator-drone-strikes-50-civilians-are-killed-for-every-1-terrorist-and-the-cia-only-wants-to-up-drone-warfare


http://www.infowars.com/big-sis-ignores-congressmans-demand-for-briefing-on-bullet-buys/

It's past time to bring our troops home from useless and deadly undeclared wars around the globe. Bring our troops home, and create jobs for building and planting in Our Country. With our servants in Washington D.C. and others spending precious money and time on millions of bullets, guns, tanks, drones, etc., and no money on our bridges and children, our lives and the lives of our kids are literally collateral damage and small blips on the war machine radar manned by psychopaths who enjoy watching people suffer.

We the People have a Right and a Duty to Tell OUR Public Servants How to Spend Our Tax Dollars. We must not let them tell US how they are spending it.

http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml