This is one of the more awesome things you will see. Not really in a good way, awesome doesn't always mean good. Like when the twin towers collapsed. That is by far THE most awesome thing any one of us will ever see in our life time. But this bridge thing, its kinda up there, but not as close, but it is randomness, death toll, and just overall wtfedness rates it up there as being awesome. I mean, what if you were just driving home from work over any large bridge that crosses a river in a big city, and all of a sudden!!! BAMMMM!!! Shit just falls!!!! Fuck that would be AWESOME!!!

8/2/2007 3:17:55 AM

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"Not really in a good way, awesome doesn't always mean good."

It does to most people, so you might wanna use another word to describe it.

8/2/2007 3:23:00 AM

just ignore him

he is just a huge miami guido douchebag

8/2/2007 3:35:36 AM

This is totally tubular.

8/2/2007 3:35:48 AM

always carry dive gear.



but damn, that's fucked up. I wonder why the bridge fell?

8/2/2007 3:39:33 AM

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"It does to most people, so you might wanna use another word to describe it."

You, and the them, might wanna actually learn the meaning of the word first.

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"Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source awe·some /'?s?m/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[aw-suhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight. 2. showing or characterized by awe. 3. Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome. "

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"awe /?/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[aw] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, awed, aw·ing. –noun 1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures. 2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence. 3. Obsolete. fear or dread. –verb (used with object) 4. to inspire with awe. 5. to influence or restrain by awe. "

8/2/2007 4:12:55 AM

quotes are worthless without links

and you are still a huge miami guido douchebag

8/2/2007 4:14:48 AM

Ok.... so you were inspired

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"you are still a huge miami guido douchebag "

8/2/2007 4:20:57 AM

i dunno, i kinda like royalflush

8/2/2007 4:24:20 AM

Ban^

8/2/2007 4:25:25 AM

booo^^

8/2/2007 4:29:23 AM

^^^I'm reevaluating your character as we speak








I might not let you bwn me now

8/2/2007 4:32:50 AM

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"He said he's certified for disaster relief by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, so he ran over to see if he could help. Emergency crews were already fighting the fires. "I realized there was nothing I could do so I continued to take pictures," Reynolds said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/bridge_collapse_witnesses



LOL

8/2/2007 7:34:59 AM

ok up to 7 deaths...my guess was 8 but there are over 20 still missing....looks like its gonna get close to 30

8/2/2007 7:37:50 AM

saw this on TV last night briefly did anything get trapped in their cars underwater?

8/2/2007 7:42:38 AM

probably

8/2/2007 7:56:19 AM

sad day, sad day indeed.

this will have an effect on all state DOT's now. the DOT will be pressured into replacing structures quicker, but the DOT does not have the money to do it. so, then the budget will reflect the peoples wishes of replacing bridge structures. once the dust settles, and no more bridges callapse for a couple of years, the people will forget this collapse and need the money somewhere else. this is a viscous cycle.

8/2/2007 8:36:15 AM

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"and another 20 people are still missing, authorities said."

Not to be ignorant, but how did they come to this figure? Seems tough to know how many people were on the bridge, in all the cars, etc.

8/2/2007 8:39:44 AM

8/2/2007 10:53:31 AM

8/2/2007 10:54:18 AM

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"this is a viscous cycle."

LAWL

8/2/2007 10:55:43 AM

here's the wiki article on the bridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_Bridge

8/2/2007 10:59:56 AM

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"Not to be ignorant, but how did they come to this figure? Seems tough to know how many people were on the bridge, in all the cars, etc."

Perhaps that is the number reported missing by family members or friends.

8/2/2007 11:00:14 AM

http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=51385&bw=

8/2/2007 3:24:47 PM

america is getting old...everythings gonna start falling apart soon...i'm getting paranoid.

8/2/2007 5:45:37 PM

How awesome would it be to see the Golden Gate collapse like that.

8/2/2007 6:10:01 PM

This reminds me back to when I did bridge inspections w/ the DOT for my internship.

A lot of those were rather scary to look at looking from underneath the bridge.

I'm thankful stuff like this doesn't happen more often.

Damn shame about what happened in Minnesota though. Whoever was the engineer on that project is probably halfway to Mexico by now.

8/2/2007 7:22:27 PM

Maybe now would be a good time to write your senators/congressmen/women about the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on the NC Outer Banks.

Since 2002, NCDOT bridge inspections have rated the bridge a 4 out of 100 (100 being the best score). Over 6 million vehicles have passed over the bridge since the 2002 inspection.

http://www.replacethebridgenow.com/


I feel like one of those antigun zealots right after VT now

8/2/2007 7:41:48 PM

^ No really dude that's not being crazy at all. There are some seriously shitty bridges in this state that people drive over every day.

Hell, while I was working there we rediscovered a concrete box culvert bridge that wasn't marked on the map. We just pulled over and my boss was like "What the hell is this? It's not on the map." Turns out it had something like 6 feet of gap between the base of the edge of the culvert and the soil underneath it (basically the edge of it was unsupported, which means that there was no support under what looked like 10-30% of the bridge to keep it from "tipping" over). Had somebody go out there and fill it in with rocks the next day.

There's bridges out there on the highway that you drive over that would irk the shit out of you if you saw what condition they were in underneath. There's probably going to be a lot of bridge construction projects picking up in the next 20 years as inspectors report more of the bridges in this state as being old and shitty. Same with everywhere else. A lot of those bridges you drive on on the interstate were built 30-50 years ago, and they're getting towards the end of their service life... Hopefully none of them were built poorly so that we can avoid a serious incident like what they had in Minnesota.

8/2/2007 7:56:38 PM

as long as they forget an N when they put the new sign up for it

^^

8/2/2007 8:04:57 PM

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"Friends and co-workers told the Pioneer Press that Trinidad-Mena died while returning across the bridge from a personal errand. He and his wife, Abundia Martinez, had a 2-month-old daughter, according to the Star-Tribune. "I feel so alone," she told the paper."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/03/bridge.victims/index.html?eref=yahoo

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"Maybe now would be a good time to write your senators/congressmen/women about the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on the NC Outer Banks. Since 2002, NCDOT bridge inspections have rated the bridge a 4 out of 100 (100 being the best score). Over 6 million vehicles have passed over the bridge since the 2002 inspection."

And my bf makes fun of me for being terrified when on bridges over bodies of water...which is several on the trip to the coast.

8/3/2007 12:53:23 PM

yeah, I have a friend who is very scared of driving over bridges. Now I understand why that is a reasonable fear.

This seems like something that only happens in people's nightmares, like dreams of falling. Too bad this is reality.

8/3/2007 1:47:12 PM

8/3/2007 1:59:05 PM

looks like my guess of 8 trumps the other persons guess of 14

8/3/2007 4:59:28 PM

I guess I need a few more people to die then

8/3/2007 5:08:08 PM

damn is summer over, that sho wuz COLD!

8/3/2007 5:31:19 PM

Some pictures taken by a rescue diver

10/6/2007 3:12:41 PM

GMA is doing a year in review right now

i completely forgot about this

12/28/2007 8:09:29 AM

someone with a MN area code just tried to call me- and they didn't leave a message... seeing as i don't know anyone who lives there, i'm kinda curious as to what it would have been

12/28/2007 8:58:05 AM