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Just watching on the news about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Hoping like ****** no one from here is affected. 
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I am also watching this on the news, what a tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with all those people and I agree, I hope no one here or their loved ones are affected.
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Crap, I have a good friend out there. I better get on the phone.
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My best man lives out there... Luckily he takes the train to work... I hope!! I'll call him.
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Just a few miles from where I live and it's unreal......we also just got a thunderstorm roll thru with thunder and lightning.....just to add a bit of hysteria.
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Didnt know anything about it until i saw your post. What a horrible tragedy. 50 to 100 cars were on it when it happened. Poor souls.
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Its hard to comprehend how something like that could happen. I lived in MN for 9 years and I've been across that span easily a couple hundred times. That is a main drag thru Minneapolis. My prayers go out to the people there.
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My thoughts and prayers to everyone.
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I haven't seen or heard anything about this. What happened and what news or website could I go to to get the full story?
Edit: never mind I just went to cnn.com and they have the story. No vid or anything but the story is there.
Edit edit: Thats terrible. I wasn't home all afternoon and this is first I heard.Lets all hope casualties are a minimum.
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Terrible tradgety - Sincerest thoughts & Sympathy for all concerned from this Aussie & his Family.
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I just got an email from an old navy buddy in Minneapolis. She's OK, but said there are more than 7 killed as had been reported. She is a sensationalist, so I pray she is being herself.
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That sound's right, unfortunatly, Thats what we've heard over herein Aust. on our news bulletins.
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Just saw this on the BBC news in the UK, thoughts and prayers go out to those caught up in this tradgedy
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6pm news. NZ. 7 confirmed dead. Traffic down to 2 lanes from 8 due to re-sealing. 140,000 cars travel that bridge every day. My thoughts are for the people involved with this event.....Mo from downunder
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20 still missing as of this morning.
Reports: This has been changed from a rescue mission to a recovery mission.
TRAGIC
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On CNN now they are saying only 4 dead instead of the 6 from yesterday and 62 injured and the have a video of it going down now.
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just a few days ago I watched a show about what terrible shape our nations bridges are in.
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just a few days ago I watched a show about what terrible shape our nations bridges are in.
I've seen and read some of those reports too but I think we need to remember the reason this is so shocking is that it is so rare. If it had been a plane or bus crash we would not be shocked at all. Considering all the bridges in this country and the traffic they bear every day I think the safety record is pretty good.
Just yesterday the 14 year old daughter of a business associate of mine died of complications from a tonsillectomy. Both occurrences are tragic and the impact on the victims and their loved ones are terrible, but they also demonstrate the outstanding safety record of both bridges and tonsillectomies simply because we are so shocked and surprised when something tragic happens.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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but I think we need to remember the reason this is so shocking is that it is so rare.
Well said! The danger is that it is so easy to turn a statistical anomaly into a political crusade. Next thing you know politicians of all flavors will be decrying the state of our bridges; whipping up a fear that all across America, bridges will be falling; pointing out that "the opposition" did nothing for bridge safety while they were in power; lobbying for funds for bridge repairs to be done by their favorite companies; and finally using the opportunity to prove how vulnerable we are to terrorists and need to spend more on surveillance.
Mark my words, it will happen 
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I guaranatee you......Keith olberman will have some Edward R Murrow sensationalist diatribe going on this issue.
And we all know who he will blame.
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Been watching a whole show on History Channel about bridge collapses. Suprising how many there have actually been. The one that always amazes me is the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse. The way it undulates.
before it goes.
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Unfortunately, as our infrastructure ages, we'll probably be seeing more of this.
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Unfortunately, as our infrastructure ages, we'll probably be seeing more of this.
With the hysteria that is currently ratcheting up and the sheep-like mentality of most people (not here though!  ), I seriously doubt this. We (as in the federal government) will throw massive amounts of money at everyone that shouts "I see rust!". I am not making light of the situation. I am the first to commiserate with those affected. I am just stepping back and looking at this from a different level.
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Our Prayers go out to all the victims and their loved ones!!
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As soon as I heard it we were on the phone, the son just moved up there and my wife's brother's family lives there too. we have a few members up there too. Hope they and their family are all ok.
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I was glad to see the figures for the lost have been so low.
Funny......On MSNBC they did have some Bimbi on there who was blaming...no kiddin Ronald Reagan for this. Poor Ronnie dead and buried and some semi lit bimbi blames a single bridge collapse in one state in these US on him...
LOL.
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Talked to my buddy the other day. He's fine, altho he said when he rides his bicycle to work, he rides UNDER that brudge, 3 or 4 times a week! Luckily he took the train that day!
A lot of this country's bridges and roads were built around the same time, so I bet there could be more of this unfortunately. It amazes me how near sighted a lot of traffic studies are. Like the Big Dig in Boston, they are demolishing the old I93! Why not DOUBLE your capacity, rather than just transfer it?!? Oh well...
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Double the capacity.........what a novel idea! Oh wait, they say the old one doesn't look good anymore, its an eyesore, just like everything else around here nowadays, "THEY" say it goes and we foot the bill. 
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It's the goverment. Of course they know what is best for us all. We should never question what they say or what they tell us to think.
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