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surfboy1968
Since 17 Jun 2008
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south padre island
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 Mon Dec 14, 09 5:57 am OT-South Padre Island Ocean Tower Demolition |
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Go to spiislandbreeze.com to see video and pictures of tower demolition...I am at work and I cant post it directly to the forum damnitt, sorry.....It was very cool to watch it live  |
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Portland Pete
Since 08 Mar 2005
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 10:14 am |
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F@#K YEA! Maybe I will go to SPI again this spring. That f@#king piece of shit leaning tower of B.S. was killing the wind at the North Flats when it was blowing SE.
Anyone know if they're going to put another one in? |
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surfboy1968
Since 17 Jun 2008
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 10:33 am |
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| Forrest wrote: | F@#K YEA! Maybe I will go to SPI again this spring. That f@#king piece of shit leaning tower of B.S. was killing the wind at the North Flats when it was blowing SE.
Anyone know if they're going to put another one in? |
Not another tower there ! We just have to worry about the new bridge now. The second causeway is projected to come onto the island somewhere around the north flats  |
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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Hood River
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 12:55 pm |
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did that thing just never get finished??? or what??
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 1:12 pm |
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It was leaning to the north just a smidge
Maybe rename this thread to: "EPIC ENGINEERING FAIL" |
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 1:38 pm |
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It was visibly leaning, something like 7 feet to the side at the top?
Is it actually going to make the wind better on a SE or is the wind disturbed by other buildings?
What's wrong with the current bridge? Seems like they should take into account the wind sports since they bring a lot of money to the Island. |
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surfboy1968
Since 17 Jun 2008
224 Posts
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 1:54 pm |
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| Forrest wrote: | It was visibly leaning, something like 7 feet to the side at the top?
Is it actually going to make the wind better on a SE or is the wind disturbed by other buildings?
What's wrong with the current bridge? Seems like they should take into account the wind sports since they bring a lot of money to the Island. |
Current bridge cant handle traffic in peak seasons(spring break,etc.). Traffic is even backing up on summer weekends now.
Shouldnt really effect the SE wind. North flats sticks out far enough to be out of the wind shadow.
Location for bridge not definite yet, but will be somewhere around north flats. Hopefully it will further north. |
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tonyb
Since 09 Oct 2006
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Stevenson in the summer & SPI in the winter
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 3:30 pm |
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I heard it may be quite a bit farther north, past the north flats, about 1/2 between the flats and the end of the road. Might actually make the trip over to Holly Beach area a lot quicker.
Tony |
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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| Mon Dec 14, 09 3:44 pm |
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Kind of shitty for downwinders to the end of the road; not sure if you guys do that kind of thing regularly down there?
Nice on the quicker trip to Holly though! |
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surfboy1968
Since 17 Jun 2008
224 Posts
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| Tue Dec 15, 09 4:27 am |
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| tonyb wrote: | I heard it may be quite a bit farther north, past the north flats, about 1/2 between the flats and the end of the road. Might actually make the trip over to Holly Beach area a lot quicker.
Tony |
The problem is, the bridge will probably come right in on Holly Beach....  |
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shred_da_gorge
Since 12 Nov 2008
1366 Posts
Da Hood & Da Wood
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| Tue Dec 15, 09 9:48 am |
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| surfboy1968 wrote: | | Traffic is even backing up on summer weekends now. |
Let the Dallas crowd sit in traffic... summer is for da Gorge!  |
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shred_da_gorge
Since 12 Nov 2008
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