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mytwocents
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lots of people in the river....details to follow

8/1/2007 7:43:57 PM

pilgrimshoes
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WHO CARES UNLESS IT WAS 'GARGS

8/1/2007 7:44:16 PM

SpreadCheeks
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It was Garnett's parting gift.

8/1/2007 7:44:26 PM

drunknloaded
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may have been from construction

witness just sent pics to cnn

possibly someone using jackhammer

8/1/2007 7:45:34 PM

drunknloaded
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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
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http://www.foxnews.com/ is the only place I can find the story right this sec

8/1/2007 7:47:44 PM

norcar187
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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
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he just pwnted fox news

turn to situation room

8/1/2007 7:48:15 PM

frugal_qualm
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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
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http://kstp.com/article/stories/S156329.shtml?cat=1

8/1/2007 7:49:19 PM

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dang yo

8/1/2007 7:50:23 PM

norcar187
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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
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sketch, one of my boys moved his family to minneapolis today - luckily not on that bridge

8/1/2007 7:58:20 PM

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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
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Local hospitals setting up triage units.


can i get a TWW news chopper?

8/1/2007 8:03:03 PM

SpreadCheeks
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I'm waiting for one of the call-in guys to pull a Howard Stern prank.

8/1/2007 8:06:52 PM

norcar187
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FBI has been called in to investigate the possibility of a terrorist attack

8/1/2007 8:09:01 PM

drunknloaded
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howard stern pranks are gay

8/1/2007 8:09:19 PM

drunknloaded
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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
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Nah dnl, last friday changed me

8/1/2007 8:20:46 PM

SpreadCheeks
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I'll take your 8 and raise it 6

8/1/2007 8:22:24 PM

drunknloaded
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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
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^^^ what happened last friday?

8/1/2007 8:27:06 PM

norcar187
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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
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^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

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8/1/2007 8:28:54 PM

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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

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someone gonna get sued

8/1/2007 8:29:28 PM

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so any sports teams nearby? any home games tonight?

8/1/2007 8:31:15 PM

norcar187
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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
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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 time

8/1/2007 8:33:38 PM

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8/1/2007 8:35:20 PM

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^^^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
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^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

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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
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I got the keys to the chopper!

8/1/2007 8:55:13 PM

norcar187
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^bout freakin time

8/1/2007 9:09:12 PM

elkaybie
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terrible

8/1/2007 9:16:13 PM

crpelliz
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that is so freaking scary.

8/1/2007 9:32:47 PM

joepeshi
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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
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im pretty sure the mothman is gonna be all over this shit

8/1/2007 10:07:49 PM

dweedle
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i think i may have gone on that bridge back in 2001 :-/

8/1/2007 10:09:57 PM

ambrosia1231
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No one in my family was on the bridge

Quote :
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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
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amazing there were so few casualties. seven, last i looked

8/2/2007 12:45:50 AM

roddy
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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

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build a dam and have another great lake venice style.

"ALL YOUR RIVER ARE BELONG TO US"

8/2/2007 1:56:37 AM

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"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
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it's pretty sad when your attentionwhoring has amounted to breaking news about people dying

8/2/2007 2:35:46 AM

optmusprimer
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new death toll estimate is 30+

8/2/2007 2:57:38 AM

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8/2/2007 3:11:14 AM

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