Sergeant_Crunch Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Been watching the news about the I-35W bridge collapsing in Minneapolis and hope all our board members up that way are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kheprera Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Cutebutpsycho is okay and in the unofficial Reaperchat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted August 2, 2007 Moderator Share Posted August 2, 2007 My wife grew up in the area, and has confirmed that everyone she knows there is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargrin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 HOly crap this is scary. It's amazing only six people died. I hear that it happen near/on rush hour. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/bridge.collapse/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexxenhammer Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Crazily, it doesn't seem a fraction as bad as it could have been. 50 cars on the bridge, I'd be hard pressed to say there were more than 100 people involved considering the way people drive here. Kids in the bus fine and only six dead. I ended up near there dropping someone off at the Metrodome which is fairly close. Lots of emergency vehicles going through a little over an hour after it happened. In other good news, I don't drive that part of the city, so I can still get to work...waitaminnit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Whoa...That brings back unpleasant memories of the Bay Area quake in 1989. I'm not anywhere the bridge this time, but it's still sending shivers up my spine. Thoughts and prayers for those who are in the area, or have friends and family there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bel_Amore Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 six confirmed dead at this time and recovery efforts will continue for a while. I think we're lucky that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I found out that my (pregnant) sister-in-law sometimes takes that route home but she decided not to take that route tonight. She would have most likely been on the bridge at the time of collapse if she had taken that route today. Chris (Krztoff) works about 15 blocks from there. Luckily he gets on 35W just a little south of the bridge. I hope everyone else in the area is home safe and my heart goes out to those affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHorde Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Whoa! I've apparently had my head in the sand for the last few hours. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krztoff Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 My hope is that everyone at work is OK. As Ris said, I work pretty close to where it happened, so I'm sure a lot of my coworkers go that way... EDIT: Up to 7 fatalities now. This is going to really mess up the traffic here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilesuck Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I hope everyone is OK up that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulfthehunter Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 What a shame, I commented to my father that people I paint with/post with on this forum are from the area and I hope they are OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Eversberg II Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Currently seems 7 are dead. Any idea what caused it to fall? M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 seen this one on the news last night, hope that everyone on here from that area is safe & sound seems like allot of wide spread damage but fatalities are low, good to hear thou 0 fatals would have been better sad bit on the local news, I think the Bronco sports report was longer then the coverage on the bridge (area is still fascinated with that dang Fiesta Bowl win ) ok, just readin the cnn report I seen this Gov. Tim Pawlenty said the bridge was inspected in 2005 and 2006 and no structural defects were found. but it later says this-- A 2001 study conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation found "several fatigue problems" in the bridge's approach spans and "poor fatigue details" on the main truss. so did they just ignore that 01 report? RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisandra Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 this mornings update lowered fatalities to 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilesuck Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 so did they just ignore that 01 report? RM CNN just popped up the same info, seems someone made allot of money on a payoff to ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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