Bridge Collapses in Twin Cities

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:23 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/bridge ... index.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=12436334

This happened today during rush hour. Wednesday evening is when the Twin Cities Burners get together at a local coffee shop. Karine was heading into there tonight, and would have been using this bridge, but was not on it (Something I am ever thankful for, and yet mindful that others are not so lucky this evening). Cell phone lines are apparently jammed up, but she got through on a land line to let me know she was ok.

I haven't heard from any others in that area such as Zulegoona. If you hear from anyone in that area, or you are a Twin Cities burner, please check in and let us know you're ok.

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

BlueNightOwl checked in. No word from the Z Man.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:49 pm

Tribe says Z is online, but I know that's not always reliable. I sent him a PM to check and see.

blueniteowl · Post by **blueniteowl** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:56 pm

Zule is sitting right next to me at the moment drinking a cup of coffee.

All is well.

Zule is wondering if Karine is in the cities tonight? Is she alright?

ETA: Opps, I guess I should read before I post. Glad to hear that Karine is alright.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:05 pm

Thanks for the update, Blue. Glad you guys are ok. I'm hoping Paulski, Reverend Zed, et. al., are ok too. Please do let us know if you hear anything.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:34 pm

So far it seems none of the local Burners we know of were involved.

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:26 pm

Glad to see your OK.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:09 pm

hope everybody is safe.
Now it wouldn't be me if I didn't say the following....

"gee.....wonder what America would like if we spent 1 billion a week here rather than in Mesopotamia...."

montana wildhack · Post by **montana wildhack** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:12 pm

oh, i am so glad that you all are okay....many hugs

Archantael · Post by **Archantael** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:33 pm

cowboyangel wrote:hope everybody is safe.
Now it wouldn't be me if I didn't say the following....

"gee.....wonder what America would like if we spent 1 billion a week here rather than in Mesopotamia...."

Who wants to spend money on fixing infrastructure when guns, tanks, bombs, and missiles are so fucking cool? Unless you're an engineer and concrete makes you hard in more ways than one, it takes blood and guts being spilled (or it's an election year and jobs are at stake) in order to get anything infrastructure related fixed.

Once the news media has moved on to the next big thing, watch how Congress will dilly-dally over fully funding SAFETEA-LU. This incident is just a momentary blip in the radar, give it 6 weeks and it will be back to business as usual, the concrete continues to crumble, the steel continues to get weaker...and we inch ever closer to a repeat performance of the 35W collapse....

By the way I wonder how Gov. Pawlenty feels about that gas tax veto now that MN is looking a potentially over half a billion dollars in extra federal funds coming in... and they have the ear of DC to get more funding? He was right all along and the next couple of weeks will prove it.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:38 pm

Twin Towers, Twin Cities. Coincidence?

Bin Noddin · Post by **Bin Noddin** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:37 pm

Isotopia wrote:Twin Towers, Twin Cities. Coincidence?

You heard it here first, folks! Let the conspiracy theories blossom! It was the Illuminati in league with the Council on Foreign Relations in a move to distract us from the imminent Canadian invasion. ZOG! ZOG! ZOG! Bechtel lost so much money on that Cingular contract they need the bucks from re-building bridges to pay off guerrillas in Colombia, something about bananas . . .

Archantael · Post by **Archantael** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:02 pm

Please....this ain't the grassy knoll discussion board.
It's a 40 year old bridge and it had documented issues. It came close to being out of spec when 3 trucks rolled across it in a line while stress measurements were being taken several years back. Then there's also questions on if the de-icing system that MNDOT installed to fix their nastiest black ice problem area in the Twin Cities had anything to do with this...so if you want to discuss disaster theories there's one for ya that might actually be productive!

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:44 pm

I had twin-pops and they were melted by rays of bright light right before my very eyes!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:48 pm

Isotopia wrote:Twin Towers, Twin Cities. Coincidence?

Oh Christ not here, now I'll get you your fucking drink, just shut up and slurp it down like a Lady...

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:04 am

Oh no, I was just at Twin City, got some kewl stuff there.

Oh... Twin CitieS. Never mind.

Think I'll go back over to *my* bridge now...

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Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:09 am

I'll get you your fucking drink, just shut up and slurp it down like a Lady...

Lady? L a d y?

That's 'tramp' to you mister.

Oh, and make it a double.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:28 pm

At least the death toll was'nt as high as the media was hoping it would be.

K-mom · Post by **K-mom** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:51 pm

Thecatman wrote:At least the death toll was'nt as high as the media was hoping it would be.

There's some joke there, about tolls and bridges and death, but ..... its too hot to think.
Yeah, mmm thats my excuse.