#collapse

Well, today was the day. One year ago to this day Baltimore's Key Bridge was destroyed early in the morning darkness. There has been even more content about this showing up on various local (and some national) media. Some of this concerns memorials for the victims, while others discuss blame for ...

Imagine the scene of a disaster, one where a good number of people lost their lives and scores of others were injured. A structural failure caused by bad designed and execution coupled with poor maintenance, this disaster struck fear into the hearts of many, not just locally, but world wide. This...

The other day today I spoke to my mom and we were discussing a trip we both made to Florida a long time ago, to visit with a family friend. That trip was made when I was five years old, and that was also the time I first went to Disney World. We were there…

I don't know, maybe I am too harsh with my condemnation of that Gulf Coast monster. But all I know is that the sight of it triggers something that causes extreme dread to well up within me. So much so that I want to look away from images of it. I have no idea why…

Ironically the Sunshine Skyway was one of the first of that kind to be built in the US. It was the real start of that design “fad” here in North America. I don't know what it is about that particular bridge, but I keep having nightmares about it. Never had any about the Key or…

So now I watch as the skeletal remains of that once mighty work horse, the Key Bridge, are slowly dismembered and carted away. Day by day until less and less will remain, until one day the river is devoid of the last traces of it. Ships and boats will come and go from the harbor,…

When I drove across the bridge two years ago, I was somehow able to force that dark imagery out of my mind. I was even able to briefly enjoy the scenery and the warm sunny afternoon as I made the transit across and back. But then, in March of this year came the terrible event…

When Monsters Die (And those I have met, and have yet to meet) Introduction: These writings are part of a journal that I began roughly four months ago in response to my reaction to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. In this journal I detail my mental turmoil from past even...