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Ohiogal

(31,657 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:07 PM Jan 2020

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.

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.

“We are grateful there was no property damage or injuries," said Pitones.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/portion-of-us-border-wall-in-california-falls-over-in-high-winds-and-lands-on-mexican-side/ar-BBZsFPw


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Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side (Original Post) Ohiogal Jan 2020 OP
Mexico should send dumbass a bill for damages. cos dem Jan 2020 #1
Our tax dollars at work! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #2
I don't understand how that's possible drray23 Jan 2020 #3
Yahweh hath spoken. klook Jan 2020 #4
Did they just pour the concrete yesterday? captain queeg Jan 2020 #5
Why wasn't it Ohiogal Jan 2020 #6
Exactly. When they build a bridge it's supported by "false works" to provide temporary support. captain queeg Jan 2020 #22
Low bidder, trump crony matt819 Jan 2020 #7
37 mph? Trump farts with greater velocity than that. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2020 #8
"I'm the best builder.." superpatriotman Jan 2020 #9
So... SHITLER boondoggle to build it, now to retrieve it!1 UTUSN Jan 2020 #10
Ha! 🐕💨 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 #11
The wall is as weak as the fool that ordered it. Talitha Jan 2020 #12
Mother Nature bdamomma Jan 2020 #13
Perfect kind of wall for tunnelling under. Damn thing has no foundation at all it seems. hedda_foil Jan 2020 #14
Don't you love seeing piles of tax payer money being totally wasted? sinkingfeeling Jan 2020 #15
bullshit. uncle ray Jan 2020 #16
Must be a connected high profit, low-quality Contractor delisen Jan 2020 #17
Or it could be the Bluth Company. Initech Jan 2020 #18
I was very impressed with the quality of the trees on the Mexican side of the wall. haele Jan 2020 #19
Indeed dalton99a Jan 2020 #21
Hahahahahahaha! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #20

drray23

(7,587 posts)
3. I don't understand how that's possible
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:10 PM
Jan 2020

We were told it was a beautiful wall, a perfect wall, the best wall ever build.

captain queeg

(10,035 posts)
5. Did they just pour the concrete yesterday?
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:26 PM
Jan 2020

If it was more than a couple days ago this is a joke. Especially since 37 mph wind is really not a big deal

uncle ray

(3,153 posts)
16. bullshit.
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:28 PM
Jan 2020

it's due to shoddy design and shoddy construction practices.

anyone who's put up a simple privacy fence can see that.

haele

(12,581 posts)
19. I was very impressed with the quality of the trees on the Mexican side of the wall.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jan 2020

The trees that are the same height as the wall and kept enough of it upright to stop a Domino effect in wall failure....
They look to be Sycamores. Good fencing trees.

Haele

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