{"id":1745,"date":"2026-07-27T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/episode\/massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e9-california-flood-fiasco\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:46:47","slug":"massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e9-california-flood-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"vsei_episode","link":"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/si\/episode\/massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e9-california-flood-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Hude in\u017eenirske napake \u2014 S5E9 \u2014 Poplavni fiasko v Kaliforniji"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vsei-meta\"><span><b>Serija:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/si\/serija\/najvecje-inzenirske-napake\/\">Velike in\u017eenirske napake<\/a><\/span><span><b>Sezona:<\/b> 5<\/span><span><b>Epizoda:<\/b> 9<\/span><span><b>Leto izdelave:<\/b> 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Kratki povzetek<\/h2>\n<p>Flood waters rip away a major highway crossing in California; experts use the latest tech to investigate and reveal bridge scouring with unsupported concrete columns exposed for failure.<\/p>\n<h3>O seriji<\/h3>\n<p>From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. 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