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David K
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SAN YSIDRO BORDER COLLAPSE/ CLOSED to U.S.
The roof over the inspection booths coming north into the U.S. has collapsed... the border is closed. Just on the news in San Diego.
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Oh boy... now that should be just great...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The roof over the inspection booths coming north into the U.S. has collapsed... the border is closed. Just on the news in San Diego.
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are you sure the entire sy border is closed?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The roof over the inspection booths coming north into the U.S. has collapsed... the border is closed. Just on the news in San Diego.
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are you sure the entire sy border is closed? |
The helicopter view on live TV was pretty clear.
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ADD:
Northbound Border Traffic Closed After Canopy Collapse
Construction Canopy Collapses On Traffic North Of San Ysidro Border Crossing
POSTED: 11:08 am PDT September 14, 2011
UPDATED: 11:35 am PDT September 14, 2011
ADD: All northbound lanes into the United States are closed. Officials are advising travelers to use the Otay Mesa border crossing.
[Edited on 9-14-2011 by David K]
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The US will go to any lengths to ruin tourism to Mexico. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
The US will go to any lengths to ruin tourism to Mexico. |
What would a simple disaster in Mexico be without a conspiracy theory.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Structure Collapses On Vehicle At San Ysidro Border
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City News Service contributed to the information in this report.
By Jose Luis Jiménez
September 14, 2011
A wooden platform or roof has collapsed onto one or more vehicles in an area under construction at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Two people were
briefly trapped following the mishap, and transported to the hospital, according to Maurice Luque, San Diego Fire Department spokesman.
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Above: San Ysidro border crossing
The Port of Entry has been closed, and structural engineers have been called in to investigate, said Luque.
Southbound I-5 is closed at the border, and commuters are urged to avoid the area, according to a Tweet by Caltrans.
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Von
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Crazy wild~i can imagine how long that suckr is lol! I hate crossing that thing~
READY SET.....................
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What a mess!! Glad i was not in line there. Nancy
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David K
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Just talked on the phone with BajaGeoff, who was heading toward San Ysidro from Rosarito and is in the detoured traffic heading for Otay... What a
mess!
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Talk about "closing" the border.... WOW... 
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what a mess .... who woulda thunk.
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Several injured in border-crossing ceiling collapse; Border closed in both directions
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/14/several-injur...
SAN YSIDRO — Eleven people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized and nearly a dozen more were being evaluated for possible injuries following
the collapse of an overhead canopy on several cars at the San Ysidro border crossing Wednesday, authorities said.
The collapse of wooden panels, wooden support beams and concrete debris occurred at 10:45 a.m. on about 15 cars headed north into the U.S. from
Mexico, said Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Construction workers rescued three people who were trapped in vehicles, while other motorists were able to get out on their own.
At least two people were taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista with major trauma, a hospital spokesperson said. Others were taken to other
hospitals with unknown injuries. The wounded included four construction workers, with one suffering from serious but not life threatening injuries.
Nearly a dozen other motorists and construction workers were being evaluated by paramedics for possible injuries, mostly complaints of breathing in
dust following the collapse, Luque said.
“The damage to vehicles was significant,” Luque said. “It could have been a whole lot worse. It could have been really, really tragic.”
The incident caused traffic at the border to come to a halt. All northbound and southbound vehicle and pedestrian lanes have been shut down, and
crossers are being urged to head to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
Interstate 5 and Interstate 805 remained open, although the line of cars heading south on I-5 backed up nearly a mile as drivers tried to get off the
freeway.
Traffic south of the border was also backed up significantly.
Structural engineers were heading to the scene to assess the damage and determine how to safely remove the cars from underneath the debris.
The 50-by-50-foot area that collapsed is part of a massive $577 million reconstruction project that requires the demolition of the administration
complex that sits directly over 24 lanes of northbound traffic. The first phase of the project started in June when Colorado-based Hansel Phelps
Construction Co. began dismantling the structure piece by piece.
Beneath that building workers erected a suspended plywood ceiling to protect vehicles underneath the project from falling debris.
The wooden panels that collapsed were being held up by wooden support beams, and when they went down, pieces of concrete debris came with it. The
incident occurred in a spot between the customs inspection booths and the secondary inspection area.
It is not been determined what caused that ceiling to collapse.
Phase 1 of the project was expected to be completed in summer 2014. The reconfigured port would then have 62 northbound booths as well as expanded
processing facility and dedicated bus and express lanes.
The effects of the northbound border shutdown could be felt at the San Ysidro Swap Meet, which counts on many customers who come from Mexico.
“It’s very slow here,” manager Beatrice Galvis said. “The only people coming are from the United States.”
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Seeing as how the country is broke maybe they should scoop up the debri and scrap the plans for the construction of their MOUMENT to INEFFICIENCY
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What do you expect from Hansel Phelps a Non-Union, #1 green contractor in the USA. A project built by Mexican Green Carders and engineered by Indians
from India working with field engineers from southeast Asia with office workers from Acorn equal-opportunity employment placement.
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Thew workers called that plywood ceiling the "dance floor". Maybe there should have been a weight limit...
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baja1943
What do you expect from Hansel Phelps a Non-Union, #1 green contractor in the USA. A project built by Mexican Green Carders and engineered by Indians
from India working with field engineers from southeast Asia with office workers from Acorn equal-opportunity employment placement.
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AS a retired UNION IRONWORKER I know that non union contractors on PUBLIC WORKS projects get Premium Wages The worker gets the whole ball of wax on
his check. no deductables such as retirement. medical , vacition, That if the contractor doesnt stiff him which is pretty hard to do . I never
understood why they award the work to non union contractors it cost the Goverment the same. Its a good deal for the labor if they are smart enough to
take care of thier money
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
| Quote: | Originally posted by baja1943
What do you expect from Hansel Phelps a Non-Union, #1 green contractor in the USA. A project built by Mexican Green Carders and engineered by Indians
from India working with field engineers from southeast Asia with office workers from Acorn equal-opportunity employment placement.
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AS a retired UNION IRONWORKER I know that non union contractors on PUBLIC WORKS projects get Premium Wages The worker gets the whole ball of wax on
his check. no deductables such as retirement. medical , vacition, That if the contractor doesnt stiff him which is pretty hard to do . I never
understood why they award the work to non union contractors it cost the Goverment the same. Its a good deal for the labor if they are smart enough to
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it's called Prevailing Wage. Davis Bacon Act. Chula Vista is trying to get a ballot measure this year to be able to not have to use the Davis Bacon
Act in their Convention Center. Just hire out of town/country transient laborers for $12 hour to do the work.....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
| Quote: | Originally posted by baja1943
What do you expect from Hansel Phelps a Non-Union, #1 green contractor in the USA. A project built by Mexican Green Carders and engineered by Indians
from India working with field engineers from southeast Asia with office workers from Acorn equal-opportunity employment placement.
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AS a retired UNION IRONWORKER I know that non union contractors on PUBLIC WORKS projects get Premium Wages The worker gets the whole ball of wax on
his check. no deductables such as retirement. medical , vacition, That if the contractor doesnt stiff him which is pretty hard to do . I never
understood why they award the work to non union contractors it cost the Goverment the same. Its a good deal for the labor if they are smart enough to
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it's called Prevailing Wage. Davis Bacon Act. Chula Vista is trying to get a ballot measure this year to be able to not have to use the Davis Bacon
Act in their Convention Center. Just hire out of town/country transient laborers for $12 hour to do the work..... |
The REPUB'S have been trying to GET ER DONE for years.
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TV news says closed perhaps into tomorrow (Thu) morning.
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