Bridge Collapses over Mississippi River Options

[maester]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22175...ml?from=mostpop

They have still yet so say how it collapsed but it collapsed killing 3 people up to this point.


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

[maester]

*Just Added*

22 people injured
6 people Critical
4 people dead (8 according to a police officer not confirmed)


Department of Homeland Security says no reasons for us to think it was a terrorist attack.However they have closed the Mississippi River with Coast Guard and Military.


50+ cars have been confirmed to have plunged into the river


This post has been edited by maester: 08/01/07 8:29pm

[Wino Ph.D.]

Just to update everyone since I live in Minny. Total injured about 80, confirmed dead 4, there are about 30 people listed as missing. There are still a number of cars 10-20 trapped underwater and underneath the bridge debris, it assumed most of the missing will be found in those cars. If you don't know the Miss, River can be extremely trecherous with undertows and crazy currents, this is the problem as having the bridge in the water has really messed up the currents and there is a down stream suction effect hindering the efforts of the divers. They are now trying to lower the river level to make things more manageable. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those effected by this tragedy.

[*Triggahappy13*]

also a proud MN resident but yeah...tragic, theres also a vid of the actual collapse on yahoo...i also found out today that my bradda (KaZe^) wasn't to far from that when it happened

[UNDEAD 1]

once again it seems the city knew the bridge was deficient since 1990 and only patched it rather than fix it correctly.this is pretty similiar to what happend with the boston tunnel,a real shame!

[Wino Ph.D.]

This will definitely be a problem recognizeed across the country, Minny just happened to be the first one. All the infrastructure built in the 50s and 60s is getting old and needs to be updated. That's gonna cost a lot on money, ~20 Bil. But alas, we we're spending all that money in Iraq instead. Such a shame.



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This post has been edited by Wino Ph.D.: 08/03/07 3:13pm