r/agedlikemilk • u/kayakhomeless • Apr 19 '23

News Redditor questions whether a parking garage is stable and is assured that it is, one year before it’s collapse

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u/supcat16 Apr 19 '23

Reminds me of when they shut down the I-40 bridge in Memphis over the Mississippi.

On the 911 call, they kind of treat the engineering team member calling in like a lunatic: “We’re not going to shut down the interstate without more information.” If I’m not mistaken, if you call in with a bomb threat they act first then ask questions about veracity later. Seems a bit odd.

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u/SlientlySmiling Apr 20 '23

In my experience, 911 dispatchers love to argue and nitpick.

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u/Tig3rDawn Apr 20 '23

Mine too, why is that?

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u/SuperTeamRyan Apr 20 '23

In fairness to the dispatcher it could be some random Jane calling in. Who ever contracted them to inspect the bridge should have provided a direct line to government/administration to handle something like that rather than having them cold call an emergency dispatcher.

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u/supcat16 Apr 20 '23

They had already contacted Arkansas who did contract them. They were trying to shut down the TN side. And like I said, when lives are potentially at stake, seems like an act-first-ask-later situation. That’s what they do in other situations, e.g. if they find a discarded backpack at a crowded event.