Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse

[Jim Eshelman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hintze_Ribeiro_disaster
Mar 4, 2001, about 9:00 PM GMT, Entre-os-Rios, Portugal (41N04'45", 8W17'47")
A bridge more than a century old collapsed on a dark, stormy due to 20 years of people removing sand from the base of its support pillars until these lost stability (triggered, perhaps, by prolonged, heavy rainfall). More than 70 died, mostly those on a tour bus and other vehicles passing over the bridge. Strong river currents washed bodies away, one as far as France.

The collapse occurred as an exalted Venus was setting, which makes for a lousy event chart.

Year/Quarter: Capsolar {+1}
Saturn on MC 1°55'
Jupiter sq. Asc 0°23'
Uranus more widely angular [sq. non-foreground Mars 2°14']
Venus distantly foreground [sq. non-foreground Pluto 2°25']

Bridge {+3}
t Neptune conj. CanQ Moon 0°35' 1/14-5/26
t Uranus op. Capsolar EP 0°35' 1/22-4/8
t Saturn conj. Capsolar MC 1°02' 2/14-4/7
t Jupiter sq. Capsolar Asc 1°49' 2/12-3/6
Event window: February 14 to March 6

Month: Caplunar {+2}
(Consistent with the stormy weather & perhaps the greed.)
Neptune on IC 0°02'
-- Mars-Jupiter op. 0°34' PVP
-- Mars-Neptune sq. 2°03' PVP
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq. 2°36' PVP
NOTE: Saturn is outside 3° from prime vertical but makes some interesting aspecgs to Mars and Jupiter.

Week: Arilunar (Dormant.)

Day: Capsolar Transits {+2}
t Uranus op. s EP 0°35'
t Saturn conj. s MC 1°02'
-- t Saturn-Uranus sq. 0°20' in RA
t Jupiter sq. s Asc 1°49'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian {+3}
t Neptune conj. p Moon 0°35'
p MC sq. s Pluto 0°29', sq. t Mars 1°53'
p Asc op. t Saturn +1°22', p Saturn -1°25' (midpoint 0°02')