“The I-95 bridges were built in the early 1960s and are now more than 50 years old. The same vintage as the I-35 bridge that collapsed in Minnesota back in 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The antiquated Skagit River Bridge in Washington state that collapsed last May after a truck hit one of the trusses was even older. And it's not just bridges. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 32 percent of the major roads in America are now in poor condition and in need of major repairs.” PeopleNeedsYearsMayStatesLastsAmericaPoorConditionsMajorsPercentBuiltRiversKillingBridgesEngineersTruck1960sVintageAmerican SocietyMinnesotaCivil EngineerWashington State Author:Ed Rendell
“By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.” MayKillingTouchingTouching You Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also killing the 'good' insects whose function may be the essential one of breaking down organic matter and maintaining healthy soil?” MayMatterEnvironmentStageHealthyEssentialsFunctionKillingSoilReasonableBroadsDestroyingBreaking DownInsectsMaintainingSpectrumCropsInsecticidesBurrowing Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.” MayTwoRiskCapableKillingBottlesScorpions Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer