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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:46 PM Jan 2020

Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side

37mph gusts. That’s not that strong

What geniuses are building this they don’t pay attention to weather forecasts?

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/29/politics/us-border-wall-falls-over-high-winds/index.html

(CNN) Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border.

The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.

Agent Carlos Pitones of the Customs and Border Patrol sector in El Centro, California, told CNN that the sections that gave way had recently been set in a new concrete foundation in Calexico, California. The concrete had not yet cured, according to Pitones, and the wall panels were unable to withstand the windy conditions.


The National Weather Service reports that winds in the area gusted as high as 37 miles per hour Wednesday. Video from CNN affiliate KYMA shows the metal panels leaning against trees adjacent to a Mexicali, Mexico, street as the wind whips up dirt from the construction site on the other side of the border.


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Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side (Original Post) Roland99 Jan 2020 OP
Haha! I hope Mexico sends a bill for the clean up! Coventina Jan 2020 #1
Beat me by seconds! Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #2
Don't wave too hard. You'll knock over more wall with the wind! Roland99 Jan 2020 #3
Doesn't take much, apparently Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #11
Symbolic of the asshole who came up with the fence idea. lpbk2713 Jan 2020 #4
PLEASE tell me that section was put up by Fisher Sand and Gravel. tanyev Jan 2020 #5
Another story that should go viral....nt 2naSalit Jan 2020 #6
Quick, somone post a pic of it with people using it as a ramp to get over the border. WyattKansas Jan 2020 #7
Even his "promises kept" are just shams. Beartracks Jan 2020 #8
This is a sign they're rushing the process to please tRump. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #9
Desert winds are unpredictable and GUSTY !! alittlelark Jan 2020 #10
So does it belong to Mexico now? trof Jan 2020 #12
Might as well! Roland99 Jan 2020 #13
Nice that they put the wall up next to CLIMBABLE trees. Totally Tunsie Jan 2020 #14

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
1. Haha! I hope Mexico sends a bill for the clean up!
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jan 2020


on edit: now that I see the picture, I feel sorry for the poor trees it fell on.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
4. Symbolic of the asshole who came up with the fence idea.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:50 PM
Jan 2020



If it folds that easy they can just hitch up a donkey
to it on the Mexican side and pull it right down.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
5. PLEASE tell me that section was put up by Fisher Sand and Gravel.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:51 PM
Jan 2020


A company that President Trump urged military officials to hire for border wall construction has been awarded a $400 million contract to build a span of new barrier across an Arizona wildlife refuge, according to a Defense Department announcement Monday.

North Dakota-based Fisher Sand and Gravel won the contract to build in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Ariz., the Defense Department said, with a target completion date of Dec. 30, 2020.

‘He always brings them up’: Trump tries to steer border wall deal to North Dakota firm

Trump has repeatedly pushed for Fisher to get a wall-building contract, urging officials with the Army Corps of Engineers to pick the firm — only to be told that Fisher’s bids did not meet standards. Trump’s entreaties on behalf of the company have concerned some officials who are unaccustomed to a president getting personally involved in the intricacies of government contracting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/north-dakota-company-that-trump-touted-gets-400-million-border-wall-contract/2019/12/02/9c661132-1568-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
7. Quick, somone post a pic of it with people using it as a ramp to get over the border.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:53 PM
Jan 2020

And write: Trump keeping his promise to build a Trump Wall.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
9. This is a sign they're rushing the process to please tRump.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jan 2020

Good construction practices would require adequate curing of concrete foundations before attaching panels subject to wind loads.

As we know from plenty of experience, construction firms can be badgered or bribed to rush schedules.

If tRump's good at anything, it would be the abuse of contractors....

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
14. Nice that they put the wall up next to CLIMBABLE trees.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:49 PM
Jan 2020

Not that it would give any of those crazy Mexicans any ideas, though! Dumbasses...

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