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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #1 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:04pm » |
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Oh my God! How does this happen? 
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #2 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:06pm » |
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Inside Mikes link you can click "watch live".....im doing it now.
Its fucked up!!!!
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #3 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:08pm » |
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someone is going to be in a lot of trouble..(construction company)..
God have mercy of all the victims.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #4 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:11pm » |
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Am watching it live on Fox news.
Has any news person said "terrorism" yet? Minneapolis has a large Muslim population and they've been talking "heartland" strike for awhile now . . . . just a random thought.
(edited to add: Homeland security says there's nothing to see here, move along, no terrorism . . . .)
God bless those folks involved, injured, or dead.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #5 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:16pm » |
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That's one of the first thoughts I had too, Pat but it's too early to tell.
However it happened, it's tragic and only going to get worse at time goes on.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #6 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:18pm » |
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And storms are on the way . . . .
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #7 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:25pm » |
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Thats great, they cut down on the number of pillars to hold this roadway up so that it didnt fuck with the flow of the river.
Hmmmm, must be the same company that built the big dig in Boston!
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #8 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 8:58pm » |
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I drove over it at 5 PM! PCI is the company that was working on the bridge.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #9 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 9:03pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2007, 8:58pm, rolo65 wrote:I drove over it at 5 PM! PCI is the company that was working on the bridge.
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Bet you've been thanking your lucky stars for a couple of hours now.
Glad you're safe.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #10 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 9:14pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2007, 8:58pm, rolo65 wrote:I drove over it at 5 PM! PCI is the company that was working on the bridge.
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Echoing - so very glad you're safe.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #11 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 9:26pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2007, 8:58pm, rolo65 wrote:I drove over it at 5 PM! PCI is the company that was working on the bridge.
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Go and buy yourself a lottery ticket! I'm glad you're safe.
Prayers going up for those who didn't make it - last I heard 7 died in this. What a horrible tragedy.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #12 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 9:38pm » |
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I'm astounded by the folks who are stepping up.
Way to go Minneapolis! What a City.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #13 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 9:59pm » |
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oh, man, thats friggin horrible. Jesus, i wonder what happened.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #14 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 10:05pm » |
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OMG! We just got home and am watching this on CNN and Our prayers go out to all victim's and their families. This is so horrible.
Roland, you are one lucky dude!
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #15 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 10:43pm » |
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It looks to me like a structural failure. It could be caused by a number of reasons: poor quality of materials, steel failure (frequency, wind, etc), overload (underestimate), not enough support for the amount of weight (foundations) or bad design and someone made a HUGE mistake ....
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #16 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 11:14pm » |
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Prayers and vibes going out to those folks.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #17 on: Aug 1st, 2007, 11:25pm » |
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I drive over that bridge almost every day, sometimes 6 times a day. I live just 2 miles from it.
The construction company (PCI) has been chipping out the concrete around the expansion joints. I saw holes around the joints in the closed off lanes big enough to drive a golf cart through last week. I’m sure this has to have contributed in part to the failure.
Scary, I’ll have to drive the Hennepin Ave. Bridge tomorrow and see the aftermath for my self.
Life will only suck sooo much more with the extra traffic time.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #18 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 12:10am » |
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Happy to see you're OK, Roland. My prayers are going out to those affected by this tragedy. 
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #19 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 7:31am » |
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What a horrible thing to happen. I don't know where to begin with knowing what to think or say but my deepest sympathies to the families of those lost and also to the poor buggers working on the bridge. They must be really suffering now too. The "ordinary" guys I mean
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #20 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 12:30pm » |
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Hard to know what to say when something like this happens.
My sympathies to those affected by this tragic event.
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Re: Bridge Collapses in Minneapolis
« Reply #21 on: Aug 2nd, 2007, 4:40pm » |
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Security camera footage.
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Edit to add: Raw footage after the fact.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=658_1186027935
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