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I live in MN also but not in the twin cities. I'm happy all of the ppl here are ok. Anyone that wants to read the latest go to www.startribune.com They have been keeping up on the developments. Dave aka sheep79

cnn.com, usatoday and wcco.com all have the video of the bridge collapse without the ad popups.

Yep, the bridge fell down and went boom.

It was one hell of a ride for some and tragic for others, I feel for those families that lost folks. For as many people that were involved the death toll could have been much higher.

River

kristoff wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:59 am For those 2.3 people who might possibly concerned, I did not take a dive from the bridge that went down. I drive for a living, and typically cross this bridge 10-20 times a day. This is so FREAKING unbeleivable. I live a mile from there. I am afraid to walk down to that area - assuming I could even get close. Took an hour to stop shaking after only hearingh it and watching on TV, and answering about 75 calls checking on me, and calling dozens checking on them. Phones are mostly shut down - jammed circuits.

For those who pray please do so. There has to be at least a hundred cars under water, from the look of it. For those who dont pray start doing somethin g please.

Wow! At least the Red Nun is safe. When I heard the news, you were the first one that I thought of - along with all the rest in the local area....

I do not mean to make lite of this, my heart goes out to those that were in this, and the families that have lost love ones. Where I am from LA, SF, stuff like this happens every 10 to 15 years or so, its never fun. When the earth shakes and bridges fall and you know they will, you kind of start to just be glad you and no one you know was in it.

In 1972 LA had a quake, my uncle and his family had to leave there home because a dam was cracked and he was in its path. My grandmother was visiting a friend at the center of the quake, she was in a trailer with an expando unit, it fell and gran had to be rescued by the fire department. She was stuck there for several hours and when I asked her how she was, was she ok, etc. her answer to me was this. "I have lived through many earthquakes but the fireman that rescued me was really cute." She was 87.

I am very thankful that nobody I know was in this latest disaster. From the time of night, traffic, it could have been so much worse.

River

My heart goes out to all the families of the victims. We're lucky it wan't worse. Heaven help us from having another bridge collapse over the Mississippi at Memphis or especially below - so much more opportunity for deaths.

The reason the bridge collapsed will probably be a system that supports tax cuts over maintaining infra-structure. It's cheaper in the long run to build a quality structure, maintain it and make any needed structural changes than have to make "emergency repairs" and play catch-up because of failure to maintain - mandated neglect..

Maybe this will make the public rethink how we build and maintain all infra-structure - not just bridges alone.

I use the Galveston Ferry to cross the bay, but there are all sorts of high flyovers on major interchanges in Houston and all sorts of small bridges over creeks and bayous and always the bridge over the ICC. And there are lots of bridges to cross when traveling E/W on IH 10 or further south.

JohnMichel (imported) wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:16 pm Dear friends;

May I remember you that most people have

television sets, and radios and telephone.

What is this need of parroting what is on tv

on this forum or is it an allusion that this

particular road has been penectomised ?

JM

Yes, JM, and some need lobotomies, too.

Now, I didn't mention anybody in particular, but the BITCHES that are BANNED from this message board could probably qualify...

...anyway, JM, GET IT CORRECT! The Damned BRIDGE is now NULLIFIED. That, meaning it's essential working parts have dropped into the water...

JM, ...the next time you sit down to take a big dump, may the same thing happen to you... ...and may they be flushed into the sewer with the rest of your waste...

...in the scheme of things, if you are still of reproductive age, it might be a blessing to humanity...

...BLESSED BE!...