Minneapolis Bridge Collapses - This is awful :(

NotToday · Post by **NotToday** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:35 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20079534/

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:39 pm

:-1 Anyone heard from NOMAD??? he live in Minnosota. Calling Nomad..:-3

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:48 pm

Oh wow !

I travel this bridge absolutely every day.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:51 pm

Well you won't be going that way tomorrow. So glad to see your OKEYDOKEY.. :-4

NotToday · Post by **NotToday** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:54 pm

This is so sad.

I have a few friends who live there as well. I hope they are OK!

I'm glad to see you weren't involved Nomad!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:55 pm

NotToday;672631 wrote: This is so sad.

I have a few friends who live there as well. I hope they are OK!

I'm glad to see you weren't involved Nomad!

I didnt say I wasnt involved. I just wasnt on it.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:32 pm

almostfamous;672656 wrote:

Thats bad ?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:40 pm

almostfamous;672661 wrote: as in "I may have had something to do with it but I wasn't on it"

I was only picking at you over the implication

I can verify my whereabouts if need be. All except for like 6 hrs.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:06 pm

Fox was doing a pretty good job of covering it until Hannity and Ferman started pretending they were Structural Engineers and began deciding who was to blame. I switched to CNN. I don't think I'll ever have the stomach to watch Fox again.

[love]light · Post by **[love]light** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:26 pm

i'm terrified for a best girl of mine, ms. tracey. i tried to call several times, but the line said "Due to heavy call volume, we are unable to complete this call"

that chick better call me back asap. i know she drives that bridge to and from work everyday.

Post by **spot** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:04 pm

I'm glad you're in one piece, Nomie. I just heard about this on the radio. That current figure of seven dead sounds like it'll end up more like a hundred, it's an awful thing to have happened. Someone's going to be in such trouble for this.

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:21 am

OMG i have just caught this on the news,how awful my thoughs go to the families who have lost loved one

-1:-1

el guapo · Post by **el guapo** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:59 am

Nomad;672666 wrote: I can verify my whereabouts if need be. All except for like 6 hrs.

ok where were you for 6 hr

Post by **spot** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:13 am

I saw this in a comment section on, I think, a San Francisco newspaper. It deserves not to be lost.On August 1st, 2007 at 8:56 pm, Gabe said:

This is something that just doesn’t happen in the U.S. I find it very hard to believe that a bridge would just collapse during rush hour with America’s engineering skills and the safety inspections that go into constructing a bridge. Furthermore, I find it almost impossible to believe that a bridge would spontaneously collapse during rush hour.

So that is ridiculous to for the Department of Homeland Security to already declare that this was not terrorist related. It could very well be sabotage. Minneapolis has a very large and growing Muslim population.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:32 am

I just read about this on msn this morning, how sad!

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:15 am

Are we turning Nomad in on this one.

Well lemon man glad you are safe, and I hope everybody else waiting to hear from loved ones ends up being safe too.

BEAMS:-6

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:14 am

spot;672861 wrote: I saw this in a comment section on, I think, a San Francisco newspaper. It deserves not to be lost.On August 1st, 2007 at 8:56 pm, Gabe said:

This is something that just doesn’t happen in the U.S. I find it very hard to believe that a bridge would just collapse during rush hour with America’s engineering skills and the safety inspections that go into constructing a bridge. Furthermore, I find it almost impossible to believe that a bridge would spontaneously collapse during rush hour.

So that is ridiculous to for the Department of Homeland Security to already declare that this was not terrorist related. It could very well be sabotage. Minneapolis has a very large and growing Muslim population.

LOL

That took me a moment. When I read the excerpt I thought they meant the terrorists were going after the Muslims.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:21 am

this happened while we were on the road, it was a common route for us and we had to bypass it while it was repaired.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/26/b ... index.html

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:52 am

This is sad and tragic, but you've just gotta love Nomad aint ya?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:39 pm

I saw part of the collapsed bridge today. It was difficult to get near enough for a panoramic view as the police had every possible vantage point blocked off. People came in droves to witness this. I only stayed a moment. I felt somewhat ashamed for being a gawker.

What I did see was of a horrific magnitude. To see enormous slabs of steel and concrete twisted and upended is quite sobering.

I tried to imagine the fleeting thoughts of those that endured the falling bridge must have had before they plummeted but of course its hard to conjure up that kind of terror in your imagination.

I will say that Im so proud of my city for the way ordinary citizens flocked to the scene to help. Everyone I spoke with today was eerily calm. Most of us that take that bridge to work in the morning or home to our families at days end feel like it easily could have been us.

Im very glad the children on the bus came out unscathed. I hope its an experience that carries them well through life knowing that each moment is valuable.

Moments are something we all take for granted all too easily.

Go tell someone you love what they mean to you today.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:42 pm

Oh Nomad, I am glad you were not on the bridge. So many were, and like you, I am glad the children were safe.

We never know when something horrible will come and we will not be here. Or our loved ones will not. We should always tell them daily, we love them.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:53 pm

I just got round to looking at this one now, it looks to be a collapse of an enormous magnitude, how awful. I think these type of events are very rare, there was something similar in spain or portugal a couple of years ago, and also very famously in scotland in the 19th century. I heard on the news that this bridge was only 40 years old, so obvisouly there was something very flawed in the design or material specifications, I suspect the latter, its very damning on whoever deals with maintaining such structures in the state that this was allowed to happen, very bad. I am glad you weren't on that bridge nomad!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:11 pm

Thanks me too.

April Faith · Post by **April Faith** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:31 pm

The Minneapolis Bridge was rated as “structurally deficient two years ago and possibly in need of replacement. Will they wait for more things like this to happen?

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:33 pm

Well said Nomie life can be fleeting so we must always tell those we love what they mean to us. :-4

You were the first person I though of when I saw it on the news. I was very worried for you, and extremely happy when you replied to my PM.. :yh_hugs:yh_kiss you knuckle head.

[QUOTE]Im very glad the children on the bus came out unscathed. I hope its an experience that carries them well through life knowing that each moment is valuable.

Moments are something we all take for granted all too easily.

Go tell someone you love what they mean to you today.[/QUOTE]

Post by **spot** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:03 pm

It's a year ago today. I'm still amazed at how few people died.

There's a huge section of the Star Tribune devoted to it, they've done a great job pulling the story together for the anniversary.

http://www.startribune.com/local/12166286.html

How long did the repairs take, Nomie, before it was all back to normal?

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:31 am

I'm so glad you weren't on that bridge Nomie. My thoughts are with the people who were and the families who lost loved ones.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:10 pm

Amazingly enough the new bridge is almost completed and its spectacular. Open date was originally set for Dec 31 08 now theyre talking Sept 08.

Artists rendition