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Breaking: Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis
KSTP TV 5/ME
| 8/1/07
| Me
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.......
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 35w; breaking; bridge; bridgecollapse; bridges; btld; collapse; corrosion; engineering; infrastructure; jihad; minneapolis; mosques; mothman; prayerforminnesotans; rust; slownewsday; terroristattack; transportation; twincitiescell
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
When the Homeland Security announcement was read, my husband & I looked at each other in disbelief. How does HS know it wasn't terrorism?
One of the TV stations was interviewing a bridge expert. Expert said that it was the super-structure that collapsed. The construction workers were doing resurfacing, which had nothing to do with the super-structure.
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Around 50 vehicles fell into the water. Around 30 construction workers were on the bridge when the collapse began.
941
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:15 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: JerseyDvl
>>Its horrible that such a tragedy has taken place, but fitting that the show interrupted was Bills on the night he chose to attack FReepers.<<
That was yesterday.
942
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:17 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: cleveland gop
“I cant imagine the carnage or death in the water.”
The thought of that makes me ill. Prayers up!
943
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:18 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(I will respect illegal aliens civil rights, when they respect the sovereignty of the US!)
To: maica
Id say MSNBC sounds the most professional at this point. $$$$$ I agree. Perhaps it was a local NBC reporter, instead of a cable guy. Shep is worse than useless. Agree with your assessment of Shep, but can't tune in to MSNBC or CNN. Sacrilegious!
To: angcat
945
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:43 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Baby alert,Baby Ava arrived 6-29-07 at 3 PM-she is 10 pounds:))
To: madison10
It looks to me like the concrete pillars on the one side may have settled and twisted, and the steel footing then sheared and separated initiating the collapse sequence. Just a wild guess based on one photo. Could have been the angle.
946
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:49 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: humblegunner
Adults don't write that way. Shoo they do. I have a horrible image of you sending a text......to a midget.
947
posted on
08/01/2007 6:21:55 PM PDT
by
chesty_puller
(70-73 USMC VietNam 75-79 US Army Wash DC....VietNam was safer.)
To: Petronski
If I recall correctly, that’s how they caught the ‘93 WTC bombers. Even when they were closing in, they would tell the press that they were making no progress towards catching the perps.
948
posted on
08/01/2007 6:22:03 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: All
Doctor at HCMC says that they have plenty of staff on hand to deal with current injuries as well as any additional ones. A local reporter said that the number of ambulances coming in and out has slowed down.
To: TomGuy
I see LAWYERS swarming .....
950
posted on
08/01/2007 6:22:41 PM PDT
by
JFC
To: mombonn
Well, they actually stated that it doesn’t appear to be terror related, but they’re going to investigate. What are they supposed to say?
To: Ramius; AndyJackson
Large rivets blowing out under strain might well sound like a jackhammer.Especially if they are failing sequentially, in a cascade (or "zipper") effect.
It was pointed out to me upthread.
952
posted on
08/01/2007 6:23:03 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: spunkets
To: Palladin
All I know is that up until I found that report, each and every single video feed would crash on my brand new installed WinXP (SP2) patched to the gills system.
Since I posted that, not a single video feed can be found.
All I know is that everything must be cool and all the hysteria about code red and condition orange and whatnot must be a bunch of hype.
954
posted on
08/01/2007 6:23:18 PM PDT
by
raygun
(If singing & dancing zombies are what you're into, then "Evil Dead - The Musical" is positively IT.)
To: txflake
955
posted on
08/01/2007 6:23:19 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Judge Munley is a nincompoop.)
To: MplsSteve; All
Fox reporting one death due to drowning
956
posted on
08/01/2007 6:23:32 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: All
I heard that John Edwards is on the way. Said he didn’t want to cause any distraction by campaigning, but he would like to pass out a few business cards just in case this White House gig doesn’t pan out.
To: Ramius
As would the, um, jackhammer that at least one witness saw the repair crews using on the bridge immediately prior to the collapse.
Fox: 1 fatality, 6 critical, 22 non-threatening casualties. Most damage appears to be BFT. Fatality was a drowning.
958
posted on
08/01/2007 6:24:03 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Bushbacker1
“Shemp the Drama Queen” was in full panic mode tonight. If the news wan’t so awful, I would have laughed. Instead I just shook my head.
959
posted on
08/01/2007 6:24:35 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(I will respect illegal aliens civil rights, when they respect the sovereignty of the US!)
To: Spktyr
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