Posted on 08/01/2007 4:28:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Just turned on the news. 35W bridge collapsed in the Mississippi River. Cars, trucks, semis.....
Fires burning, tanker trucks, at least one school bus, more than ten cars......
Just now breaking.......
Thank God they are safe. I always joke I’m a cat, I’ve used up a few lives myself. It’s amazing how God’s hand is on our lives, always.
Since I first saw the pictures, I’ve been praying for the people still in the water. Right now, as we read, there are people struggling for their lives.
“The Pinheads at DU are already trying to pin this on GWB and Tim Pawlenty”
I was there for about five minutes and I could not believe what I was reading.
Congrats on the # of your posting.
Wow.........
Sure they were. I’m sure many already have the video recorders working and probably have a few assistants working the hospital waiting rooms.
That said. If there was a hole and if they allowed cars onto the bridge, then even a dumb lawyer shouldn’t have too much trouble concocting a case.
Yes it’s Ellsion’s district. What do you mean?
It wouldn't surprise me if Shep followed suit - he continually whined about how the federal government needed to do something for New Orleans after Katrina. Freakin' commie!
Isn’t Fairview and the University Hospital the same? Or are they just very near to each other? I think Fairview is on the St. Paul campus if I remember correctly.
My daughter and her husband work at Fairview. She called me right after this happened to assure me she was okay. She was on her way to her book club but thought she may be called into work.
My son must have heard about the bridge collapse while at work and tried to call her on her cell right after I got off the phone with her and could not get through. So if you are trying to contact family/friends in the area and do not receive an answer do not panic. The phone lines are just jammed I believe.
Be interesting if they'd recorded the collapse.
Amazing aren’t they?
Disasters in date order
Point Ellice Bridge, 1896 - 47/53/50—60 died (reports vary), overloaded tram car collapses central span.
Appomatox River Drawbridge Bus Accident, 1935 - 14 killed when bus drove across the drawbridge when it was open.
King Street (Melbourne) bridge 1962 – collapse of one span, no deaths.
Heron Road Bridge, 1966, Ottawa - 9 killed
Benjamin Harrison Bridge, 1977 - no fatalities, ship strike
Granville railway disaster, 1977 - 83 killed when derailed train knocked down a road overbridge.
Tjörn bridge, 1980, Sweden - 8 killed - ship strike.
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, 1981 - 114 killed, more than 200 injured
Glanrhyd Bridge, Carmarthen, 1987 - Train washed off railway bridge by flood waters, 4 killed including 1 school boy drowned trying to rescue passengers.
Hatchie River Bridge (Hwy US-51) collapse, 1989, Tennessee - 8 killed when a 3 span section of the bridge failed due to scour of the bridge foundations.
San Francisco Bay Bridge, 1989 - 1 killed when Loma Prieta earthquake caused upper deck of eastern truss to collapse onto main deck carrying traffic.
Cypress Street Viaduct, 1989 - 42 killed during Loma Prieta earthquake.
Winkley Bridge, 1989 - 5 killed when 1912 bridge collapsed from 40 students swinging on it.
Big Bayou Canot train disaster, 1993 - 47 killed when railway bridge hit by barge.
Seongsu Bridge, 1994 - 32 died and 17 injured.
Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, 1996 - at least 1 killed following strengthening work.
Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy, 1997 - 4 killed
Interstate 794 Hoan Bridge,Wisconsin, 2000 - Partial failure, no injuries
Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge, Portugal, 2001 - 59 killed in three cars and one bus after the collapse of the bridge.
Kadalundi River rail disaster, India, 2001 - 57 drowned when 140-year old rail bridge collapsed.
Rafiganj rail disaster, India, 2002 - 130 died when terrorists sabotaged rail bridge, causing crash.
The I-40 Bridge Disaster, 2002 - 14 killed in barge strike.
Interstate 95 bridge over Howard Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 2003 - Fire resulting from fuel truck crash melted the bridge superstructure, resulting in partial collapse. No fatalities; driver of the truck escaped with minor injuries.
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge, Latchford, Ontario, 2003 - Partial failure, no one hurt.
Veligonda rail disaster, India, 2005 - 114 killed when flood washed rail bridge away.
Autoroute 19 Overpass Collapse, Laval, Quebec,Canada, 2006 - Five dead, six injured
Run Pathani Bridge Collapse, 80 km east of Karachi, Pakistan - Bridge collapse during the 2006 monsoons.
Guinea - Bridge collapses in March, 2007 under a weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise in southeastern Guinea - killing 65 people.[4]
Oakland, California - Tanker explosion melts sections of the MacArthur Maze, causing them to collapse on April 29, 2007. The damaged sections are repaired and reopened by May 24, 2007.
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Interstate 35 bridge connecting Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota inexplicably collapses on August 1, 2007. (Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse.)
Shep needs a Midol & a white wine spritzer
The fire may ave come from the center fuel tank since it was real hot /sarc/
A new al Qaeda propaganda ad, headlined “Wait for the Big Surprise” and featuring a digitally altered photograph of President George Bush and Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf standing in front of a burning White House, was posted on the Internet today.
The brief clip from al Qaeda’s “as Sahab” propaganda arm juxtaposes the doctored photo of Bush and Musharraf along with previously seen images of al Qaeda’s top leadership — Osama bin Laden, Ayman al Zawahri and Adam Gadahn — as well as a photo of an SUV in a motorcade.
There is no additional information provided in the ad, and it closes with the words, “Soon — God willing,” written across the screen and repeated several times.
Shep is in “Drama Queen” mode.
What a horrible thing - I remember the Silver Bridge collapse when I was a kid - it really affected me. To this day, it scares me to death to drive across a bridge.
Prayers going up for everyone.
Yes, the bridge is (or was) in Ellison’s district.
There was a schoolbus on the bridge when it collapsed. The kids on board are OK, thankfully.
Be sure to shower.
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