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2015-09-13 Arabia

Mecca crane collapse: Saudi king says findings will be made public

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Posted by Fred 2015-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 many construction companies take cranes out of operation when surface wind speeds get to 25 mph because the wind speed at 20', 40', 60' etc. gets worse

if the crane is lifting something and a 50 mph wind gust hits it, the operator could easily lose control

having said that, the thunderstorm that hit Mecca on 9-11-2015 was much stronger than the norm and the operator was perhaps unprepared for something like that

Posted by lord garth 2015-09-13 01:00|| 2015-09-13 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 True. Yet you at least STOW any load on that arm when not operating, or in a storm. Securing it obviously cannot be done on such a holy site built upon the sand.

Posted by newc 2015-09-13 02:04|| 2015-09-13 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 They said the wind was swinging the load which was swinging the crane.

Posted by newc 2015-09-13 02:07|| 2015-09-13 02:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Inshallah

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-13 07:48|| 2015-09-13 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Global warming.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-09-13 08:37|| 2015-09-13 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Halliburton Wind-Control Division™

Posted by Frank G 2015-09-13 09:08|| 2015-09-13 09:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I've looked at the photos. Lots of cranes at the site. Were they working that day despite the weather? Were none of them shut down on account of the weather forecast?

Posted by Steve White 2015-09-13 11:21|| 2015-09-13 11:21|| Front Page Top

#8 There is no chapter on basic physics in the Koran, so it is a non- preventable Insh'Allah moment. End of story.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-09-13 13:08|| 2015-09-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Physics is un-Islamic. So is cause and effect.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-09-13 14:39|| 2015-09-13 14:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Mecca crane collapse `act of God`: Engineer [LINK]

Engineers have a different definition of "Act of God" than do Muzzie whackos.

HT: Drudge

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-09-13 17:04|| 2015-09-13 17:04|| Front Page Top

#11 I'll save everyone the time.

"It was the Jews."

No more to see, go home.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-09-13 18:13|| 2015-09-13 18:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Massive crane thingies can no more be brought down by wind than a modern skyscraper be brought down by jet fuel. There fore all signs point to Kenya as builder.

Posted by Shipman 2015-09-13 19:29|| 2015-09-13 19:29|| Front Page Top

#13 HISTORY CHANNEL GUY > " NOW I DON'T WANNA SAY IT WAS ALIENS, BUT IT WAS ALIENS"!

Obligatory.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-09-13 23:35|| 2015-09-13 23:35|| Front Page Top

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