[owelles]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Our bridges are all relatively new. Hoover Dam isn't going to crack, and if it did the water wouldn't come anywhere near Las Vegas.

True, but Boulder City would become, like many Southern Nevada homeowners, underwater.

[von949]

http://ens-newswire.com/2013/03/20/c...re-grade-to-d/


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[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by owelles

The biggest concern probably would be Hoover Dam, in the unlikely event that an earthquake ever hit near it.

If a quake ever hits the one place I would TRUST being is the dam

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by owelles

True, but Boulder City would become, like many Southern Nevada homeowners, underwater.

ROFLMFAO

have you EVER been to BC or the Dam? BC is a thousand feet about the lake lever and it the dam breaks water runs downhill not up ....

[irishspy]

Today a article came out on MSN that over 66,000 bridges in the USA are deemed unfit. With the increase in traffic increased weight loads and mother nature it is a recipe for many disasters. Congress is just sitting around as usual doing nothing instead of being pro active and only reactive after the damage is done.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by ddrhazy

Isn't the flooding issue just a natural problem due to the hard soil's inability to absorb water? It's not like engineers can dig a huge underwater basin to alleviate the problem.

Yes. Many people think LV soil is sand. It's not. It's heavy clay for the most part. The flood control systems have been vastly improved over the years. It used to be that a car would float away on Charleston every time it would rain.

[skugelstadt]

Originally Posted by newopty

Another bridge collapsed last night this time in Washington State. Obviously, the US has a major infrastructure problem. Are there any bridges, tunnels or anything else to be concerned about in the Las Vegas Valley?

Apparently an overloaded truck caused the initial damage

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by irishspy

Today a article came out on MSN that over 66,000 bridges in the USA are deemed unfit. With the increase in traffic increased weight loads and mother nature it is a recipe for many disasters. Congress is just sitting around as usual doing nothing instead of being pro active and only reactive after the damage is done.

Americans want to be safe, and the best way to achieve that is building more prisons, not replacing worn out bridges!