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What percentage of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in 1940?
They called it Galloping Gertie. Drivers would cross it just to feel the bridge undulate beneath their tires like a massive steel wave. Engineers had built something sleek and modern, but they'd miscalculated one critical thing: resonance.
When the wind hit just right that November morning, the bridge didn't just sway. It twisted, buckled, and tore itself apart.
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What percentage of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in 1940?
Galloping Gertie. That's what they called it. Because it would *sway*. Engineers saw the movement and shrugged. Then the wind changed and the bridge started doing things bridges should absolutely not do.
There's video of the whole collapse and it's honestly haunting.
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What percentage of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in 1940?
They nicknamed it Galloping Gertie. It would ripple in the wind like a ribbon. Engineers thought it was fine. Drivers thought it was thrilling. Then one day the wind hit different and the whole thing started twisting like a corkscrew.
There's footage of it — a dog trapped in a car, a reporter running for his life, steel and concrete turning to confetti over Puget Sound.
Wild what happens when you skip the physics homework.
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