Brian Gongol




We obsess over terrorism and immigration, but ignore the real and practical hazards right in front of us: Medicare insolvency, worn infrastructure, and over-building in high-risk areas along the coasts and in earthquake-prone regions


His hypothesis is that differential expansion and contraction of the concrete and metal components may have aggravated existing fatigue, which was a known problem. Four victims are known dead, and at least eight other people are missing, though that might be an underestimate. The photos of the disaster site are really amazing. Related: Only Ohio has more century-plus bridges than Iowa.
