Breaking: Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis

KSTP TV 5/ME | 8/1/07 | Me

[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.......

[jim_trent]

Yes, you are being too hopeful. It is the exact opposite. Partial redundancy usually happens, however, total redundancy costs money and has to be designed in. Consequently, it is not.

[Sacajaweau]

We just had a new bridge constructed in Rochester, New York. It has arches that are so dominant, they are distracting. It’s a horrible site as you approach it.

[listenhillary]

What party was in control when they were built?

Who pockected the payments from Union workers?

[GOPPachyderm]

In infant? No she’s pro-abortion. Maybe a teacher or possibly homosexual. Maybe a gay teacher.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Minnesota Governor just said 70,000 bridges nationwide have the same “rating” that his bridge had.

The point is, that bridges just don’t fall from the sky.

What happened?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I know that the bridge was bumper to bumper traffic at the time, so HOW many cars actually fell into the river? You know it had to be quite a lot. Drivers that made it over the bridge, just to see it fall in their rearview mirrors, said cars were just dropping into the river.

I heard someone say that the bridge is 1900 feet and the average car is about 12 to 14 ft. long. Not sure if the traffic was down to two lanes each way or one lane. The liberal politicians are on TV already exploiting this tragedy for more tax dollars. Disgusting.

[CedarDave]

I heard her being interviewed and the baby was restless and the reporter asked about how the baby survived. She responded that her husband brought him/her.

[JFC]

UNION label....... I am sure they deserve the blame.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I’d LOVE to have Sheppie on one of my crews for a week or two.

I would too, but for different reasons! ;) (although some say he's gay......)

[JFC]

Sheppard Smith does like the men, not the women.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

“It appears the bridge was being tended to.”

No, it fell from the sky.

What the hell do we pay taxes for?

[wagglebee]

It is the exact opposite. Partial redundancy usually happens, however, total redundancy costs money and has to be designed in.

And it is entirely possible that what was considered redundancy when the bridge was built forty years ago would not even meet minimum standards today.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Major CYA presser in progress,

http://foxnews-foxstream2.wm.llnwd.net/foxnews_foxstream2

[spunkets]

"Maybe because the latest inspection was limited to the road surface only? Just asking. "

All inspections are primarily for fundamental structural soundness. This bridge must be inspected each year to determine that.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Minnesota Governor,

“We have one of the best bridge inspection programs in the country.”

Shutup!

[Lijahsbubbe]

I’ve heard that alot, but has the Shepster confirmed this?
I do know that he’s divorced, not that that means anything.

Come to think of it, his condo is decorated very well in contemporary style, and very neat....

[the OlLine Rebel]

Uh, no. Engineers have known alot of this stuff for ages. There is a definition of “redundancy” and it hasn’t changed for centuries.

[johnny7]

Like a giants version of a kid's toybox...

[GeoPie]

we pay taxes in MN for light rail.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

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