1940 - The Galloping Gertie bridge at Tacoma, WA, collapsed in strong winds resulting in a six million dollar loss, just four months after the grand opening of the new bridge. The winds caused the evenly sized spans of the bridge to begin to vibrate until the central one finally collapsed. From that point on bridges were constructed with spans of varying size.
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Thu's High Temperature
97 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Thu's Low Temperature
15 at 6 Miles West-southwest Of Grantsburg, WI and 8 Miles West-northwest Of Minong, WI and 4 Miles North-northwest Of Lake Sherwood, WI
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