Uhm, that’s not exactly a “crack” but otoh should be thankful that journalists didn’t bothsides and let the sheared pillar run an opinion piece on its upbringing
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Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 11:25:09 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️ -
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mybarkingdogs (mybarkingdogs@tech.lgbt)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 11:29:53 JST mybarkingdogs @thomasfuchs
#AltText News video with quote of "'Tallest' giga coaster in North America closes after discovery of a crack in support pillar." Video shows coaster going on track, with support pillar waving around, almost completely sheared from metal fatigueY I K E S
(seriously those people who were on there were super lucky, that could have gone at any time.)
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Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 11:29:53 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️ @mybarkingdogs thanks adding the alt
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Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 11:41:54 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️ @hankg it’s at a right angle to the top
of the weld between the two cylindrical structures, where there is the greatest movement stress—don’t think it’s too weird a location.Maybe weld wasn’t done well or something like that.
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hankg (hankg@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 11:42:00 JST hankg @thomasfuchs What a bizarre fracture location. It is totally sheared off though. Scary. I wonder how long it was running like that. -
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aburka 🫣 (aburka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 13:04:56 JST aburka 🫣 @thomasfuchs You're remembered for the rules you break
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Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 23:36:51 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️ @jrconlin duct tape
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jr conlin (jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 23:36:52 JST jr conlin I'm sure a bit of tack welding will fix that right up.
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