Infrastructure and public safety once again come to the forefront with the collapse of the I5 Bridge in WA. It’s looking like investigators are focusing on a truck that passed through the area shortly before the accident and whether it struck the overhead supports, knocking the span out of alignment. That would take quite a bit of force, unless other issues were at play (including corrosion and a lack of redundancy in structural support).

Time will tell what happened, but thankfully no one was killed in this collapse.

It’s a reminder that we are spending far too little on maintaining and upgrading existing infrastructure.

And it’s not just public use structures - it’s states that refuse to mandate building storm shelters that can and do save lives.

Much more here.