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jpappy789
08-01-2007, 7:23 PM
Has everybody heard about what happened to the I-35W bridge here in Minnesota? Turn your tv's to CNN...it just collapsed :omg:
I know we have a handful of members in AC from the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I hope you and any of your loved ones are all accounted for.
jm1212
08-01-2007, 7:26 PM
i just heard about it while i was watching According to Jim (:D)
the people from the global ABC channel interrupted the show, and they NEVER do that, unless its big.
Weezer
08-01-2007, 7:43 PM
Just a few miles from us................:eek3:
mee-mee
08-01-2007, 7:45 PM
It is a sad story...and it even made MSNBC and CNN....plzz send good thoughts and prayers to the families, friends and victims...
Truly sad...
my mom told me about it when I was talking to her....and then told hubby and we have been watching every minute...and hubby used to travel that road everyday to go to and from work....glad he works closer to home...
mee-mee
08-01-2007, 7:46 PM
Has everybody heard about what happened to the I-35W bridge here in Minnesota? Turn your tv's to CNN...it just collapsed :omg:
I know we have a handful of members in AC from the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I hope you and any of your loved ones are all accounted for.
All of ours are JP and hope yours are too...
flapper12
08-01-2007, 7:54 PM
I will send my prayers.
J double R
08-01-2007, 7:57 PM
best wishes to all involved.. what a horrible event.
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 8:00 PM
Sounds like only about 15 people have been sent to hospitals as of right now. Of course it's hard to tell how many people are still missing. Luckily with the construction, less cars were on the bridge. It could have been much worse...
Thank you for your concerns mee-mee. I am glad that I live on the south side of the cities...
clown-lover
08-01-2007, 8:05 PM
I'm watching since I saw your first post.. I live in ND and its horrible, I've been on that bridge many times.. Its actually quite scary because I was supposed to be in the cities for training this week but couldn't get away due to the amount of work I have to get done..
I am hoping that everyone's friends and families are safe..
Mark
That is awful.:( We can only hope that the people will be okay.
mee-mee
08-01-2007, 8:13 PM
Sounds like only about 15 people have been sent to hospitals as of right now. Of course it's hard to tell how many people are still missing. Luckily with the construction, less cars were on the bridge. It could have been much worse...
Thank you for your concerns mee-mee. I am glad that I live on the south side of the cities...
Me and hubby live way on the east side....so we are far from it also...but a friend of mine lives right next door to the Guthrie, and I am sure she felt it really bad....
Swayde
08-01-2007, 8:17 PM
Prayers go out for those affected by this tragedy.
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 8:17 PM
Also, the Twins were home tonight. I'm surprised they even started the game!
mee-mee
08-01-2007, 8:38 PM
So far one fatality...it was a drowning...the person was dead before they even got to the hospital....so very sad...
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 8:39 PM
Oh my...I haven't been paying attention lately.
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 8:54 PM
To make things worse we now have isolated t-storms moving thorugh...
mudskippers
08-01-2007, 9:00 PM
So far one fatality...it was a drowning...the person was dead before they even got to the hospital....so very sad...
Thats very sad, :( do you know the status on the others?
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 9:08 PM
15 injured, 6 of those in critical condition. Of course there are probably many more minor injuries as well...
ZSandmann
08-01-2007, 9:14 PM
FOX is reporting three confirmed deaths and around 50 cars in the water :(
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 9:19 PM
Local stations now say 6...with 28 people being treated, 6 of those still critical
SHK_ATK
08-01-2007, 9:20 PM
FOX also said that there was contruction going on when the bridge collapsed Id expect the death toll to rise. Really sad Ive driven on that bridge many of times, trully bizarre.
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 9:22 PM
I still don't see how it could have collapsed. The contruction wasn't structural and the reports on the bridge say no structural maintenence was needed...truly bizzare.
mcdanielnc89
08-01-2007, 9:50 PM
some lady on cnn from a weather thing said somethign about a minor earthquake happening?????? not totally sure on it tho... and also they are saying they are done for tonight!!!!!!! EWHAT IF THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN THE WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 10:35 PM
some lady on cnn from a weather thing said somethign about a minor earthquake happening?????? not totally sure on it tho... and also they are saying they are done for tonight!!!!!!! WHAT IF THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN THE WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Earthquake in MN? Bs. If there was an earthquake, why that bridge? It was 40 years old but was fine structurally. They have to postpone anymore searching because storms were moving through and it's night...
mcdanielnc89
08-01-2007, 10:45 PM
ahh makes sence.. but i'd feel really bad about leaving them behind to die..
jpappy789
08-01-2007, 10:48 PM
I know but right now they figure that anyone who hasn't been rescued already isn't alive. I just pray for a low number of people left...like zero.
electromen
08-02-2007, 12:38 AM
I also live only a few miles away
electromen
08-02-2007, 12:42 AM
The earthquake thing was what a witness said "it felt like an earthquake"
Being in the construction field, I'd assume they just had a lazy inspector... I've ran into tons of them over the years. There's a lot of slack in construction quality control nowadays.
I saw it in the newspapers here down-under, that's really heavy... hope that any people stranded get rescued before that thunderstorm moves in, my thoughts are with the departed's families.
Dwarf Puffers
08-02-2007, 6:42 AM
It said something like 30-35 deaths on the radio here :eek: (hope I heard wrong)
It said something like 30-35 deaths on the radio here :eek: (hope I heard wrong)
7 is the number reported on TV here.
jpappy789
08-02-2007, 6:53 AM
From a local news source...
"Hennipin County Medical Center doctors were treating at least 28 patients. Dr. Joseph Clinton said at least seven people were killed. At an evening news conference, he said he knew for certain that one person had drown.
Dr. Clinton said he was sure there were more victims of drowning at the scene, but he didn't have specific information or numbers.
HCMC was in full emergency mode by 6:15 p.m. The hospital declared this an emergency situation and that means other hospitals in the area dedicated resources to help HCMC. They have seen 22 patients with non-critical injuries, 6 with critical and 1 fatality.
North Memorial in Robbinsdale reported at least two patients. The University of Minnesota Medical Center says it received five patients via ambulance and that another 25 have walked into to the Emergency Room."
Minnesota bridge inspectors found no structural flaws last year or the year before in the interstate bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Governor Tim Pawlenty said.
'They notified us (that) from an engineering standpoint the deck might need to be rehabilitated or replaced in 2020 or beyond, but no immediate or structural problems with the bridge,' Pawlenty said at a news conference in Minneapolis."
J double R
08-02-2007, 10:28 AM
updated later this morning said that there were not 7 dead, but only four. hopefully that's as high as it gets..
Cheech
08-02-2007, 10:29 AM
truly sad story...
KnaveTO
08-02-2007, 11:20 AM
From the CNN Story
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.
The study suggested that the design of bridge's main truss could cause a collapse if one of two support planes were to become cracked, although it allowed that a collapse might not occur in that event. But, the study concluded, "fatigue cracking of the deck truss is not likely" and "replacement of the bridge ... may be deferred."
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/u_s_department_of_transportation/)'s National Bridge Inventory database said the bridge was "structurally deficient."
The Minneapolis Star Tribune quoted Jeanne Aamodt, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, as saying the department was aware of the 2005 assessment of the bridge.
The bridge received a rating of 4 on a scale of 0 to 9. A bridge receives a rating of 4 when there is "advanced section loss, deterioration."
This is truly aweful. I have a number of friends that live in Minneapolis that I will be trying to get ahold of later on tonight after the more imprtant calls have been dealth with.
*edit*
just was able to catch one of my friends online... everyone I know down there is fine...
My thoughts go out to all those affected by this disaster.
I was just watching a girl, 15 maybe, who's mom "never takes 35W home" but they havn't heard from her since 5:30 p.m. yesterday so they assume she was on the bridge. It was hard to watch her because she was trying to be strong but did break down crying.
jpappy789
08-02-2007, 8:54 PM
:( That's horrible ppmn