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Minnesota Folks OK?

Started by James J Skach, August 02, 2007, 09:30:46 AM

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James J Skach

August 02, 2007, 09:30:46 AM
I know we have a few folks from Minnesota on this forum - you and yours all OK? My condolences from those of us in Illinois. Anybody need anything? I heard resources, at this point, are not an issue...
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JamesV

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August 02, 2007, 09:34:03 AM
Count me in as a wellwisher. Hearing the story live on MPR thirty minutes after it happened was surreal. Hope you and yours are all safe and sound.
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August 02, 2007, 10:55:55 AM
Yeah, best wishes from here, too.  Hope all our friends up that way, and their family and friends, are all ok.  Our thoughts are with you guys...
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August 02, 2007, 11:05:27 AM
I would have been in the middle of that if I hadn't decided to stay and work late lastnight.

I travel that road frequently and I can say that their estimate of 30 dead might be low. The part of the bridge that fell was 2000 feet long and it was bumper-to-bumper traffic. There could be as many as 150-200 cars on that bridge during rushhour.

They say that 50 cars are still submerged.

Werekoala

#4
August 02, 2007, 11:08:06 AM
Huge, huge mess. I've seen a fair bit of shows and such on engineering (bridges, actually) lately on the History Channel and such. Looking at the remains of the bridge, I'm having a hard time seeing how ALL sections could have fallen, but then its hard to tell what it looked like before the collapse. It obviously wasn't a suspension bridge...

At any rate, here's hoping that the death toll stays low, although 1 is too many.


(Edit: Okay, I've seen video of the actual collapse - there were no supports of any type under the main span, I think its a "box-girder" bridge design? so that explains why it all went in the river I guess. Nasty...)
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August 02, 2007, 04:17:16 PM
So is everyone accounted for?

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Thanatos02

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August 02, 2007, 05:43:36 PM
What happened? Sounds awfully nasty.
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August 02, 2007, 06:38:30 PM
Quote from: Thanatos02What happened? Sounds awfully nasty.
A major linchpin of the local transportation infrastructure, the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River, collapsed yesterday at about 6:05 pm.  This is during the evening Rush Hour period, but the bridge was under restricted traffic flow due to maintenance being done.  Scores of cars and trucks fell into the river, there are four confirmed dead and a score or so more still missing and now presumed to be dead also.

Rezendevous

#9
August 02, 2007, 08:56:06 PM
I'm fine.  I work in downtown Minneapolis about a mile and a half or so from where it happened, but I live in the other direction.

Thanatos02

#10
August 03, 2007, 12:18:32 AM
Damn. It's a shame so many people were hurt.

I'm also kinda surprised by the amount of Minnesota peeps here.
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