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.......
Doesn’t BOR just tape his show in the afternoon? I believe that is why he wasn’t around and Shep had to handle the live coverage.
It’s horrible that such a tragedy has taken place, but fitting that the show interrupted was Bill’s on the night he chose to attack FReepers.
That isn't what they said! Sheesh! They said they haven't seen any evidence that it is... but that they are monitoring it.
Would you people honestly rather they all started running around screaming TERROR! TERROR! every time something happens?
In my own limited experience with terrorism, generally, it shows itself... it isn't mistaken for an accident. Not for very long. Fercryingoutloud... Being obvious is the whole point.
lol - and they say “word up”? You are hip after all!
yeah, I’d say that bridge was in bad shape and not stable.
Large rivets blowing out under strain might well sound like a jackhammer.
Thanks for all of the great captures, Tom!!
Dr. at News Conference stating that he is sure there are more drowning victims at the scene.
Yes...I thought of that, too.
FOX 9 going into stretch and speculate mode. Chopper must be refueling. No live pics in a while.......
If it wasn’t for flashbacks, I’d have no memory at all...
Still, if the stop and go got too rhythmic those vibrations
could have built till something let go.
So fall out for five minutes, smoking lamp is lit, no one is to remove their boots.
Yes!
And that would be excellent policecraft.
I’ll say, I was going from MSP to duluth.
The big white building in the center of the map is the Metrodome and the disaster site is just to the northeast of it.
On another positive note, the thunderstorm seems to have passed by without much bother.
The authorities have lied to us in the past and denied any terrorist intent even when they knew otherwise.
Not saying that there was any deliberate action by "man" to cause this tragedy. Just saying that a denial means NOTHING, they have outright lied in the past.
It was reported, before they even had video, that the cameras at the bridge went out as it collapsed. I don’t know if they will have any footage from those cameras.
Thanks ninergold3(((Hugs)))
Please see post 918. I meant for that to be a reply to you.
http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=261140
“Dozens injured in bridge collapse”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The entire span of the 35W Bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue. Traffic in both directions was affected.
There about 100,000 cars a day traveling over this bridge according to MnDOT and it is believed there were at least 50 cars on the bridge when it collapsed.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One driver who was on the bridge during the collapse said bumper to bumper traffic filled the bridge and road construction crews were slowing things down when all of the sudden the bridge dropped right around 6:00.
That motorist told Joe Fryer that there was shaking from jack hammer and then the bridge just dropped.”
Last Updated: 8/1/2007 8:08:30 PM
There's no record heat. It's only 80 there at noon and this is Aug.
"* Cracks in steel discovered in inspection last year"
THere it is. THe bridge was found to be collapsing last year. I'll bet they had a meeting or 2 about that.
"* "Jackhammering" sounds moments before collapse began"
I'll bet the engineers responsible and told this guy where to start hammering were air conditioning their butts when this guy hammered through what was holding the bridge together.
Fox has a forensic engineering specialist on now who is saying that the bridge collapse does *not* look consistent with sabotage/terrorism, but is entirely consistent with simple structural collapse.
There were actually workers on the bridge at the time. They are unaccounted for.
Fox reporting that MNFD is saying that SAR is over, they believe that all those still living and in need of aid have been rescued.
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