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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:05 PM Jan 2020

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



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.

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UH OH, Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jan 2020 OP
No worry, Mexico will pay for the repairs. 42bambi Jan 2020 #1
LOL NurseJackie Jan 2020 #3
Those Mexican trees are the only thing holding the wall up lunatica Jan 2020 #2
There's a lot of fail in this photo. bluedigger Jan 2020 #4
Also so close to a street with through traffic? The whole thing is so sketchy. nt crickets Jan 2020 #8
So... SHITLER boondoggle to build it, now to retrieve it!1 UTUSN Jan 2020 #5
The Mexicans will fix it better! Mopar151 Jan 2020 #6
It looks like a clever boy with a rope could get over that thing with ease. n/t trackfan Jan 2020 #7
Leave a 5' post, every 8' Mopar151 Jan 2020 #9
Just need a ladder MoonlitKnight Jan 2020 #10
What do you expect when your president is a con man? Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #11
That doesn't look like a new section of wall FBaggins Jan 2020 #12
Karma's a funny bitch! Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #13

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. Those Mexican trees are the only thing holding the wall up
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:13 PM
Jan 2020

If they weren’t there the fallen part would act like a reverse domino effect, pulling more wall down with it.

I wonder in what way it’s going to be the Democrat’s fault.

bluedigger

(17,077 posts)
4. There's a lot of fail in this photo.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:33 PM
Jan 2020

To begin with, why would you build a barrier wall so close to mature trees like that?

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
6. The Mexicans will fix it better!
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:47 PM
Jan 2020

Cut it up with torches, load it on an old truck, and head for the scrapyard! Cut it to 4' lengths, and it becomes "prepared #1", for some mo' tequila!

I have several friends in the business. Shrewd and canny, clever, and keen observers. To quote Dad: A good junkman can tell how much money is in your pocket, how bad you want the part, and what you stuffed in your pockets while you were in the yard!!

FBaggins

(26,697 posts)
12. That doesn't look like a new section of wall
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:28 AM
Jan 2020

Looking at Google Maps, It looks like it's around 874 Christobal Colon in Mexicali... and is far from new.

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