A few weeks ago, I read a rather thorough debunking of this incident on one
of the urban legends websites. I will try to find the article again, and
post a link to it. As a matter of fact, I may have found the link here on
the list. I'm not particularly knowledgeable in this area, but the article
certainly convinced me that the destruction of the bridge had nothing to do
with it's 'natural resonant frequency', or whatever. Anybody else recall
seeing it?
Shannon
----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Gallop <gallope@planet.curtin.edu.au>
To: <keelynet@DallasTexas.net>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 3:15 PM
Subject: A Request, or Two...
>
>Also, I have seen over the last few decades an occasional film clip of a
>suspension bridge (somewhere in the USA I think) swinging and swaying and
>twisting, and eventually disintegrating in high winds - the usual
>explanation being that its 'natural frequency of vibration was in tune with
>that caused by the wind' or something like that. Does anyone know the date
>and place, and how I could get some of the footage (avi format?)
>
>