Bridge Collapse In Washington State!

The low approved Congress at work again! The Republicans obsession with budget cuts leads to this type of stuff.

Would you believe that I told you so?

Why can't our politicos focus on real issues?

The sequester and the low approved Congress are destroying America. Of course, you can't tell that to conservatives. They'll blame President Barack Obama for this disaster and yes, the numerous "scandals" that plague his second term.

Here we have an example of what's going on in America. Crumbling infrastructure. Last week an Amtrak train derails injuring dozens. We had a major sinkhole swallow a man earlier this year. We had a tornado level the state of Oklahoma. We had major gun crimes in America. And what the junk food media is talking about, is Benghazi, the IRS and the Justice Department's snooping on the Associated Press and a Fox News reporter. Stuff that doesn't put food on the plate. Stuff that doesn't bring back the dead. Stuff that doesn't bring in revenue. The only thing this stuff does is rile up the conservative/white supremacist bubble.

Now we see what happens when the low approved Congress doesn't fund infrastructure. They haven't passed a bill that would help bring jobs to our crumbling infrastructure since President Barack Obama's been in office.

A dire warning from U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was ignored. He asked Congress to pass a law that will bring funds to bridges and highways. That was ignored by the Republicans.


Did I happen to mention that LaHood is a Republican?

And the results of slow or just inept action leads to a massive gridlock is now occurring in Washington. A bridge collapses on Interstate 5 near Mt. Vernon, Washington.

The Skagit River Bridge collapsed. The bridge takes over 200,000 travels from Seattle to Vancouver, Canada. Now the people will have to find an alternative route that will disrupt the residents of communities near Mt. Vernon and Burlington.

Interstate 5 highway bridge collapsed Thursday night, sending cars and people into the water, authorities said. The Associated Press and ABC News report that it could have been a massive causality but it was reduced due to time. The collapse of the bridge happened at the end of a rush hour period.

Skagit Valley Hospital in Mt. Vernon, was expecting two patients taken from the accident, according to Kari Ranten, a spokeswoman. She believed a third patient was transported to another hospital. She did not know the patients' conditions.

From Canada to Mexico, Interstate 5 serves Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego and has over 2.4 million travelers on the highway.

ABC News affiliate KOMO-TV in Seattle reported rescue crews with boats were operating at the scene and rescues had taken place.

Officials were looking into reports of an oversized load "immediately" causing the collapse, said Travis Phelps of the Washington State Department of Transportation and Washington State Patrol.

The collapse occurred on the portion of Interstate 5 over the Skagit River, about two hours north of Seattle.

"N/B and S/B lanes of I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed," Washington State Trooper Mark Francis posted on Twitter. "People and cars in water."

The collapse occurred around 7 p.m. and the portion of the that collapsed was four lanes wide, The Associated Press reported.

Xavier Grospe, 62, who lives near the river, told the AP he could see three cars partially submerged in the water with what appeared to be one person per vehicle, with drivers on top of vehicles or sitting on open window openings.

"It doesn't look like anybody's in danger right now," Grospe said.

The bridge was built in 1955, according to The Associated Press, citing federal records.