For those that have not already heard the breaking news...
(http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/US/08/01/bridge.collapse/art.lacroix.irpt.jpg)
(CNN) -- At least seven people were killed when an interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed Wednesday evening, in what the governor called a "catastrophe of historic proportions."
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) when dozens of cars were on the bridge.
Witnesses described a "dust cloud" as it collapsed, sending cars and and chunks of concrete plunging into the Mississippi River below.
At least 60 people were taken to local hospitals, according to Minneapolis Fire Chief Jim Clack.
All survivors have been taken off the bridge, said Minneapolis police Chief Tim Dolan during a news conference Wednesday night. Crews have searched 50 cars and will be looking for more possible victims, but the mission has changed from a rescue to a recovery mode.
"We have confirmed that this will be a very tragic night when it is over," said Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.
More... (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/bridge.collapse/index.html)
Damn.
Wow, that's terrible. Someone's losing their engineering license. :-o
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(
Quote from: Sidoh on August 02, 2007, 02:03:03 AM
Wow, that's terrible. Someone's losing their engineering license. :-o
Maybe not. If the engineer(s) of the project said there would be instabilities but the project chief wanted to build it anyway, licenses may be preserved ;\
Quote from: rabbit on August 02, 2007, 08:29:36 AM
Maybe not. If the engineer(s) of the project said there would be instabilities but the project chief wanted to build it anyway, licenses may be preserved ;\
Yes, yes, I know. I guess I was just trying to add to the drama. :P
Quote from: CrAz3D on August 02, 2007, 01:23:05 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 02, 2007, 12:31:24 AM
Damn.
No. Bridge
Now we need to dambit.
(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)
Quote from: deadly7 on August 02, 2007, 08:01:25 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(
Traffic will SUCK for a
looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 07:58:20 PM
Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
Yeah, those people with flying cars will have to find a different place to cross the river.
I think the lack of a bridge will slow things down, not the construction :P
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 07:58:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on August 02, 2007, 01:23:05 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 02, 2007, 12:31:24 AM
Damn.
No. Bridge
Now we need to dambit.
(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)
Quote from: deadly7 on August 02, 2007, 08:01:25 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(
Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
What's a damb? Whatever. Building a bridge takes quite a while, too. Who knows though, maybe they'll build a tunnel?
Quote from: rabbit on August 02, 2007, 09:07:21 PM
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 07:58:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on August 02, 2007, 01:23:05 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 02, 2007, 12:31:24 AM
Damn.
No. Bridge
Now we need to dambit.
(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)
Quote from: deadly7 on August 02, 2007, 08:01:25 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(
Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
What's a damb? Whatever. Building a bridge takes quite a while, too. Who knows though, maybe they'll build a tunnel?
Damb. No, wait, dam. They sound the same and confuse me sometimes. :(
"Damb" isn't a word...
"Dam" is a word.
"Damn" is a word.
But "damb" isn't a word.
so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on August 02, 2007, 10:37:05 PM
so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest
Err, shitty news. They were in the process of reconstruction, adding more to the bridge.
On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 02, 2007, 11:09:02 PM
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on August 02, 2007, 10:37:05 PM
so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest
Err, shitty news. They were in the process of reconstruction, adding more to the bridge.
On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.
Thank you. I didn't want to say it and sound insensitive.
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 02, 2007, 11:09:02 PM
On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.
yeah seriously who cares about people dieing of a bridge. whats more interesting is the two helicopter pilots crashing into each other while chasing a high speed chase. this happened like a week ago over in Texas. hmm sux for them
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 02, 2007, 11:09:02 PM
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on August 02, 2007, 10:37:05 PM
so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest
Err, shitty news. They were in the process of reconstruction, adding more to the bridge.
On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.
It is newsworthy because it should never, ever happen. The process to prevent fatigue-related bridge collapses is ridiculously extensive and someone is definitely going to get the axe for this.
In other news, leet_muffin apparently has no idea how slow the news world really is.
Quote from: unTactical on August 03, 2007, 12:02:35 AM
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 02, 2007, 11:09:02 PM
Quote from: BigAznDaddy on August 02, 2007, 10:37:05 PM
so the reason the bridge fell down was because it was old and it fell...
and the construction crew knew it was deteriorating but they didnt fix it.. i has been deteriorating since 1990ish
I got all this off of the news so if anyone wants to add be my guest
Err, shitty news. They were in the process of reconstruction, adding more to the bridge.
On a side note, who the fuck cares? Honestly, a bridge falls. A minimal amount of people die. And it gets news coverage for... how long? At that rate, there should be a channel to report every fucking death in the nation.
It is newsworthy because it should never, ever happen. The process to prevent fatigue-related bridge collapses is ridiculously extensive and someone is definitely going to get the axe for this.
In other news, leet_muffin apparently has no idea how slow the news world really is.
Seems like there should be /something/ out there to report on. Either that, or maybe there should be 1 mainstream news channel rather than 5+
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 07:58:20 PM
Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
Yeah, but I have to deal with that traffic on a daily basis in a month or so. And that is going to bite MAJOR cock. Seriously. Public transportation's even out of the question now, because I'm pretty sure all routes used that bridge. -.- BOO for getting up even earlier for carpools.
Quote from: unTactical on August 03, 2007, 12:02:35 AM
It is newsworthy because it should never, ever happen. The process to prevent fatigue-related bridge collapses is ridiculously extensive and someone is definitely going to get the axe for this.
Yes exactly. It's important and newsworthy because that should never happen. There are going to be families whose dads aren't coming home anymore because of negligance. I think that's perfectly newsworthy.
Quote from: deadly7 on August 03, 2007, 12:17:22 AM
Yeah, but I have to deal with that traffic on a daily basis in a month or so. And that is going to bite MAJOR cock. Seriously. Public transportation's even out of the question now, because I'm pretty sure all routes used that bridge. -.- BOO for getting up even earlier for carpools.
In my experience, busses get re-routed around stuff like that. Maybe it's different where you live, though :P
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 09:10:53 PM
Quote from: rabbit on August 02, 2007, 09:07:21 PM
Quote from: chuck on August 02, 2007, 07:58:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on August 02, 2007, 01:23:05 AM
Quote from: Newby on August 02, 2007, 12:31:24 AM
Damn.
No. Bridge
Now we need to dambit.
(Get it? Damb it? Make a damb over it? Ok, not funny, but I tried)
Quote from: deadly7 on August 02, 2007, 08:01:25 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Traffic in the fall will suck now. =(
Traffic will SUCK for a looong time now. When the debris is cleared, they will start constructing a new bridge, and everyone knows how much construction slows down traffic. :(
What's a damb? Whatever. Building a bridge takes quite a while, too. Who knows though, maybe they'll build a tunnel?
Damb. No, wait, dam. They sound the same and confuse me sometimes. :(
Just cause you wanna make up words like our awesome president ::)
topic: I wonder when the lawsuits will start pouring in
Quote from: iago on August 03, 2007, 12:28:10 AM
Quote from: unTactical on August 03, 2007, 12:02:35 AM
It is newsworthy because it should never, ever happen. The process to prevent fatigue-related bridge collapses is ridiculously extensive and someone is definitely going to get the axe for this.
Yes exactly. It's important and newsworthy because that should never happen. There are going to be families whose dads aren't coming home anymore because of negligance. I think that's perfectly newsworthy.
Back to my claim: Happens everyday, everywhere.
Also: Yes, it is newsworthy. Once. Not 3 days newsworthy.
People in a complex series of checks make a major mistake resulting in the loss of life everyday, everywhere??? Not being sympathetic towards the victims is one thing, but you sound like you are bitter just because it is on TV. If you don't like it, don't watch it!
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 03, 2007, 04:39:17 AM
Also: Yes, it is newsworthy. Once. Not 3 days newsworthy.
Well, that part goes back to living in a state of fear.
Look at 9/11 -- It was newsworthy, once or twice, Not 7 years newsworthy :P
Not only 7 years, but also 7 years on 15 consecutive channels. That's 105 years of coverage!
I just read an article on DailyKos blaming Bush ???
I bet Barry Bonds is Bush's fault too ::)
Quote from: iago on August 03, 2007, 12:28:10 AM
In my experience, busses get re-routed around stuff like that. Maybe it's different where you live, though :P
Yes, they get re-routed. But unless I am going to be airlifted to school, every re-route will either be HORRENDOUSLY long, or will hit the major congestion areas. :p
Quote from: deadly7 on August 03, 2007, 12:11:57 PM
Quote from: iago on August 03, 2007, 12:28:10 AM
In my experience, busses get re-routed around stuff like that. Maybe it's different where you live, though :P
Yes, they get re-routed. But unless I am going to be airlifted to school, every re-route will either be HORRENDOUSLY long, or will hit the major congestion areas. :p
Well, no more badly than carpools :P
Quote from: iago on August 03, 2007, 12:17:54 PM
Well, no more badly than carpools :P
Yeah, but I like one of the people I'm carpooling with (don't know the others yet). :P
Quote from: iago on August 03, 2007, 09:00:41 AM
Quote from: leet_muffin on August 03, 2007, 04:39:17 AM
Also: Yes, it is newsworthy. Once. Not 3 days newsworthy.
Well, that part goes back to living in a state of fear.
Look at 9/11 -- It was newsworthy, once or twice, Not 7 years newsworthy :P
Agreed.
I dont think 9/11 has received 7 years of coverage...a couple of weeks, yeah...but not 7 years. It does get referenced a lot, sure, but that's because it is VERY relevant to our everyday dealings