mytwocents All American 20654 Posts user info edit post |
lots of people in the river....details to follow 8/1/2007 7:43:57 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
WHO CARES UNLESS IT WAS 'GARGS 8/1/2007 7:44:16 PM |
SpreadCheeks Suspended 554 Posts user info edit post |
It was Garnett's parting gift. 8/1/2007 7:44:26 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
may have been from construction
witness just sent pics to cnn
possibly someone using jackhammer 8/1/2007 7:45:34 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
wow dude is 20 stories up and just heard it and shit
[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 7:47 PM. Reason : just pwnted fox news] 8/1/2007 7:46:16 PM |
mytwocents All American 20654 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.foxnews.com/ is the only place I can find the story right this sec 8/1/2007 7:47:44 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
About 10 minutes from me, 35W is THE central artery in the cities, this is going to cause unbelievable problems 8/1/2007 7:48:01 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
he just pwnted fox news
turn to situation room 8/1/2007 7:48:15 PM |
frugal_qualm All American 1398 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah, I just saw it on drudge.
http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_213191448.html
their local station 8/1/2007 7:49:02 PM |
mytwocents All American 20654 Posts user info edit post |
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S156329.shtml?cat=1 8/1/2007 7:49:19 PM |
seedless All American 27142 Posts user info edit post |
dang yo 8/1/2007 7:50:23 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
Local Fox affiliate (KSTP) is reporting aid is coming in from all counties/cities in the MSP metro region 8/1/2007 7:50:45 PM |
phishnlou All American 13446 Posts user info edit post |
sketch, one of my boys moved his family to minneapolis today - luckily not on that bridge 8/1/2007 7:58:20 PM |
4nik8r All American 801 Posts user info edit post |
I spent 13 years in Apple Valley. I'm sure I rolled over that bridge in my youth. I have some family there. I'm off to research it to see what's up. 8/1/2007 7:59:02 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
Local hospitals setting up triage units.
can i get a TWW news chopper? 8/1/2007 8:03:03 PM |
SpreadCheeks Suspended 554 Posts user info edit post |
I'm waiting for one of the call-in guys to pull a Howard Stern prank. 8/1/2007 8:06:52 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
FBI has been called in to investigate the possibility of a terrorist attack 8/1/2007 8:09:01 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
howard stern pranks are gay 8/1/2007 8:09:19 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
ok anyone want to guess death tolls? i'm gonna say 8
[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 8:17 PM. Reason : dont think people got squished....i bet more people went into the water and got rescued] 8/1/2007 8:16:31 PM |
mytwocents All American 20654 Posts user info edit post |
Nah dnl, last friday changed me 8/1/2007 8:20:46 PM |
SpreadCheeks Suspended 554 Posts user info edit post |
I'll take your 8 and raise it 6 8/1/2007 8:22:24 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
14 is def doable
if they were doing construction then no doubt some mexicanos are dead...plus the tanker truck that got "squished"
[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 8:24 PM. Reason : RIP to all those that died] 8/1/2007 8:23:40 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ what happened last friday? 8/1/2007 8:27:06 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
May 2006- MNDOT report on the bridge described that monitoring of fatigue cracking on the structure was necessary. 8/1/2007 8:27:25 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
^i was just thinking of starting to google shit like that to see if anything came up
i wonder what wiki got 8/1/2007 8:28:19 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89757 Posts user info edit post |
8/1/2007 8:28:54 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
I just called my mom to see if she'd heard, and I didn't realize it, but the majority of our family in MN that doesn't live in the country live in Minneapolis or the burbs around it. 8/1/2007 8:28:56 PM |
ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
someone gonna get sued 8/1/2007 8:29:28 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
so any sports teams nearby? any home games tonight? 8/1/2007 8:31:15 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
Twins game just started ~20mins ago, the stadium is just west of this bridge.
Press conference today with the Timberwolves to introduce the new players from the KG trade, the owner's daughter was on the bridge, but unhurt. 8/1/2007 8:32:50 PM |
mytwocents All American 20654 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^^^ what happened last friday?" |
The news copter crash in Phoenix...my friend was one of the pilots /message_topic.aspx?topic=487589.
Yes DNL, there's a Twins game that was supposed to or DID start at 7:10 MN time8/1/2007 8:33:38 PM |
Beardawg61 Trauma Specialist 15492 Posts user info edit post |
8/1/2007 8:35:20 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
^^^dammnnnnn no shit? how did you find out about the owners daughter thing?
[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 8:36 PM. Reason : damn maybe 100 cars collapsed]
[Edited on August 1, 2007 at 8:37 PM. Reason : ONE HUNDRED...say 1.5 per vehicle, and 10 percent die, thats 15...1 confirmed dead] 8/1/2007 8:35:59 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
^Im living in Minneapolis, so I am watching the local feed and the reporter who was covering the press conference called in. 8/1/2007 8:38:24 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "According to reports from the scene, crews on the Mississippi River are no longer in rescue mode but recovery mode." |
:-\8/1/2007 8:45:09 PM |
Beardawg61 Trauma Specialist 15492 Posts user info edit post |
I got the keys to the chopper!
8/1/2007 8:55:13 PM |
norcar187 Veteran 113 Posts user info edit post |
^bout freakin time 8/1/2007 9:09:12 PM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
terrible 8/1/2007 9:16:13 PM |
crpelliz All American 1432 Posts user info edit post |
that is so freaking scary. 8/1/2007 9:32:47 PM |
joepeshi All American 8094 Posts user info edit post |
crazy shit! praying for low casualty figures To think if smthg like that would happen on I-40 during rush hr! 8/1/2007 10:00:58 PM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
im pretty sure the mothman is gonna be all over this shit 8/1/2007 10:07:49 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
i think i may have gone on that bridge back in 2001 :-/ 8/1/2007 10:09:57 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
No one in my family was on the bridge
Quote : | " Another MnDOT plan put the timeline for replacing the bridge somewhere between 2015 and 2023, at an estimated cost of $122 million." |
8/2/2007 12:25:56 AM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
amazing there were so few casualties. seven, last i looked 8/2/2007 12:45:50 AM |
roddy All American 25833 Posts user info edit post |
with the lawsuits that will occur as a result, they will probably get about as much as it would of cost to replace the bridge.
[Edited on August 2, 2007 at 1:12 AM. Reason : w] 8/2/2007 1:12:01 AM |
Poetrickster Suspended 686 Posts user info edit post |
build a dam and have another great lake venice style.
"ALL YOUR RIVER ARE BELONG TO US" 8/2/2007 1:56:37 AM |
RoyalFlush Suspended 798 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "may have been from construction
witness just sent pics to cnn
possibly someone using jackhammer
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lol, I am assuming that was a joke?8/2/2007 2:03:59 AM |
Madman All American 3412 Posts user info edit post |
it's pretty sad when your attentionwhoring has amounted to breaking news about people dying 8/2/2007 2:35:46 AM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
new death toll estimate is 30+ 8/2/2007 2:57:38 AM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
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