OT: Bridge collapses over Mississippi River in Minneapolis!

[piecesofeight]

I'm still in bed quite a bit so I have been doing a lot of watching and reading on this matter.
I must say too that I am hesitant to believe that the whole always comes out in these sort of things.
Anyway, I am still leaning towards that with the condition this bridge was in, this bridge somehow, should have not been open during some of the construction.
Granted, this would have caused a major heartache for the city, but if this was the reason it was kept open, when maybe it shouldn't have been, what a shame.
Being that it appears that a 'horrible human factor' didn't cause this, there's not really a lot of options left if you think about it.
Ok, the bridge needed work, so kudos for working on it, but was there too much working being done with a already faulty brdige to leave it open during this time?
Was this bridge in such a shape, that no one knew, that this would have happened eventually even if they weren't working on it, and working on it while leaving it open will get blamed because of the timing of the two?
Humans were working on the bridge, and humans do make mistakes. Was there some faulty work being done.

[Little Lenny]

I'm still in bed quite a bit so I have been doing a lot of watching and reading on this matter.
I must say too that I am hesitant to believe that the whole always comes out in these sort of things.
Anyway, I am still leaning towards that with the condition this bridge was in, this bridge somehow, should have not been open during some of the construction.
Granted, this would have caused a major heartache for the city, but if this was the reason it was kept open, when maybe it shouldn't have been, what a shame.
Being that it appears that a 'horrible human factor' didn't cause this, there's not really a lot of options left if you think about it.
Ok, the bridge needed work, so kudos for working on it, but was there too much working being done with a already faulty brdige to leave it open during this time?
Was this bridge in such a shape, that no one knew, that this would have happened eventually even if they weren't working on it, and working on it while leaving it open will get blamed because of the timing of the two?
Humans were working on the bridge, and humans do make mistakes. Was there some faulty work being done.

I think you are sensible to do so, I saw this news on BBC this morning and it is n't very nice at all, but constructions do get old and can become fatigued.
Also I think if there had been any kind of incendiary device set off you would have known by now, over here whenever a bomb has gone off the police and the forces have always found evidence in the forensics to suggest it,and you usually find with that sort of thing, especially regarding political factions, that they really want to take the credit so it isn't usually too long until some gets a tip off.

my thoughts to everyone concerned.

[Moon Beam]

Loss of life is one thing when it's done at the hands of Mother Nature
but when it comes from a man made structure somehow it's harder for me
to accept, I'm always thinking.........could this have been avoided?

Prayers and hope will remain from me for all those involved.





Larry please tell me how one get's ready to die?
I sure can't see myself ever being ready for that.
No ill will meant Sir, your words just struck me oddly.

[larryfromnextdoor]

Larry please tell me how one get's ready to die?
I sure can't see myself ever being ready for that.
No ill will meant Sir, your words just struck me oddly.

oh , i just meant to always have your life in order and have said everything to everyone you ever wanted too,, repairs ect.... death seems so unexpected in so many areas ...

[Moon Beam]

Thanks for clarifying Lar........appreciated.

[Kimmy]

I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers....

It scares the hell out of me to think how many other bridges and overpasses that are out there that are in much worse shape. Yikes.

[piecesofeight]

Damn, the father and the two daughters that kept getting interviewed live on the scene found out that they lost their wife/mom in this mess....

[markumsherreum]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

[larryfromnextdoor]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

i heard THIS bridge got a ranking of 50.. i guess in bridge talk thats out of 100 ,, but the Brooklyn bridge got a big fat zero!!

[Rockindeano]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

Shut the fuck up.

People, man made shit breaks, ok? The bridge is 40 years old and that isn't that old in the life of a bridge. Shit happens. I am willing to say that something caused this bridge to go down, whether it be movement of a bridge pier, or a shift in the ground. We had railroad bridges that were and are 80 years old, and are just fine...

Put the engineers in jail? The media is making a huge mockery of this. Bridges fall, highways crack, and infrastructure crumbles. Yes, it would be nice if it could have been reinforcedt, but no, it didn't need to be rebuilt.

Perhaps if we weren't spending a a billion dollars a month for a ridiculous war in Iraq, we could spend that money on US infrastructure, but I do not want to politicize this.

The bridge collapsed; it happens.

[Rockindeano]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

And you have a lot of balls to talk, being from that fuckin toilet called Venuzuela. You and Hugo Chavez can suck my dick and swallow. Your bridges over there are rafts, and your roads are dirt. Kiss my ass you fuckin oil pirate. The only good thing from Venuzuela is Davey Concepcion.

[markumsherreum]

I read that some engineers check this structure few time before and said that was ok,they have a responsability ,they are guilty ,and the major too.

[chf34jmac]

Dude, do you get this upset when one of the houses made of cow shit and straw falls down in your home town? Do us all a favor and stay in Venezuela shithead.

[markumsherreum]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

And you have a lot of balls to talk, being from that fuckin toilet called Venuzuela. You and Hugo Chavez can suck my dick and swallow. Your bridges over there are rafts, and your roads are dirt. Kiss my ass you fuckin oil pirate. The only good thing from Venuzuela is Davey Concepcion.

HAA HAAA COCKSUCKER....... DAVE CONCEPCION IS MY FRIEND,OTHER IS JOHAN SANTANA THAT IS THE PITCHER OF MINNESOTA TWINS..Nobody can suck your inexistent or invisible dick Mr old fat pinguin Deano..HAAA HAA ..I travelled many times to USA I know more than 20 states ,and in my country we have better bridges if you want impresionant bridges ,you could see thebridges of Italy,Japan.....Hugo Chavez perhaps sucks but is not a Genocide like all the presidents of USA

[markumsherreum]

Dude, do you get this upset when one of the houses made of cow shit and straw falls down in your home town? Do us all a favor and stay in Venezuela shithead.

haaa haaa I know Philadelphia,Hershey,fort washington...WHAT A BORING PLACES ....ok if you need shit from Venezuela ...ok is better ,thaN the transgenic food,or MASSIVE DESTRUCTION guns or toxic weapons that invents USA

[Rockindeano]

Venezuela is a dump. A fucking DUMP.

[chf34jmac]

Remember that the next time you ignorant assholes need urgent flood relief or medical care. We'll see who you poor third world assholes run to for help. If it wasn't for us you stupid cave dwellers would have already wiped yourselves out.

[AR]

Venezuelan baseball star arrested

The Venezuelan baseball star Ugueth Urbina, of the Philadelphia Phillies, has been arrested in his home country on a charge of attempted murder.

Mr Urbina was 2003 World Series champion with the Florida Marlins
The Venezuelan baseball star Ugueth Urbina, of the Philadelphia Phillies, has been arrested in his home country on a charge of attempted murder.
Mr Urbina and a group of men have been accused of wielding machetes at several employees at his family's ranch.

They are also alleged to have poured petrol on them in an attempt to set them on fire.

Mr Urbina, who is one of a dozen of Venezuelans playing baseball in the US, denies any wrongdoing.

He was a star pitcher for the 2003 World Series champion Florida Marlins.

Five workers were injured during the incident last month in Ocumare del Tuy, 80km (50 miles) south of the capital, Caracas.

'Sleeping'

Mr Urbina was reportedly celebrating his return to Venezuela after the end of the US baseball season.

One of the workers, Argenis Farias, accused him of being among the attackers.

But Mr Urbina's lawyer said that his client was sleeping at the time of the incident.

He was detained at his home on the outskirts of Caracas and is due to be formally charged when he appears before a judge.

The pitcher's mother was kidnapped in September 2004, and rescued five months later in southern Venezuela.

[markumsherreum]

In Venezuela the goverment destroy a bridge of 2km long ,of57 years because the engineers confirm that was dangerous and made one similar or better only in six months over and abism of more than 400 meters...

[chf34jmac]

How many slaves you got running on a treadmill just to power your "computer"? I didn't think you had electricity since it was discovered here by us war mongering, war weapon making, poor bridge building ignorant Americans. Shut it off and forget that you ever heard of this website before you get your 3rd grade educated ass handed to you.

[Saint John]

The engineers ought to go to the jail,my condolences for the families,my pray for the victims

And you have a lot of balls to talk, being from that fuckin toilet called Venuzuela. You and Hugo Chavez can suck my dick and swallow. Your bridges over there are rafts, and your roads are dirt. Kiss my ass you fuckin oil pirate. The only good thing from Venuzuela is Davey Concepcion.

HAA HAAA COCKSUCKER....... DAVE CONCEPCION IS MY FRIEND,OTHER IS JOHAN SANTANA THAT IS THE PITCHER OF MINNESOTA TWINS..Nobody can suck your inexistent or invisible dick Mr old fat pinguin Deano..HAAA HAA ..I travelled many times to USA I know more than 20 states ,and in my country we have better bridges if you want impresionant bridges ,you could see thebridges of Italy,Japan.....Hugo Chavez perhaps sucks but is not a Genocide like all the presidents of USA

First and foremost, stay out of our country. As for the bridge that collapsed, if only it had been in Venezuela we could be celebrating rather than mourning. Hopefully, in the offseason you run into Carlos Zambrano and he uses your ass for pitching practice. I'm sure with the amount of times your ass has been used as a sperm bank he could easily fit a dozen Rawlings in your caboose.

And what the fuck is a "pinguin?" Tell Chavez you need to quit picking fruit and enroll in school. Illiterate fuck.

[markumsherreum]

Haa haa Ugueth Urbina now is sleeping in a jail,but the assasin OJSimpson can sleep very good in his house ,where is the justice in USA ,MOTHERFUCKERS?

[chf34jmac]

I almost forgot about the speech. Thanks SJ.

Hey fuckwad, we have harelips in this country that speak the English language better than you and your fellow sweat shop laborers.

[Rockindeano]

If Obama gets in the Oval Office, I can only hope he gets hopped on a bunch of Olde English Malt Liquor and says to his SecDef, "let's get those Pakistani cockguzzlers." When he goes to hit the button, he accidentally hits "Venuzuela" instead. Fuck, I would volunteer to work for his re-election right then and there.

[markumsherreum]

haaa haaa pinguin or penguin or duck is the same, but your ass is like the tunnel that connect Manhattan with other parts of new york .

[markumsherreum]

I almost forgot about the speech. Thanks SJ.

Hey fuckwad, we have harelips in this country that speak the English language better than you and your fellow sweat shop laborers.

How many languages can speak you Mrnazifascist cocksucker?
You use your tongue for suck shit of course.

[chf34jmac]

Wow I guess we better leave him alone! His mastery of our language is astounding. He will beat us down with his in depth knowledge of homosexual terminology. What a fuck wad! Get your ass back in the fields and earn your $.18 a month paycheck or would you rather the US airdrop 50 tons of potatoes on your village so you can all eat?

[Saint John]

I almost forgot about the speech. Thanks SJ.

Hey fuckwad, we have harelips in this country that speak the English language better than you and your fellow sweat shop laborers.

How many languages can speak you Mrnazifascist cocksucker?
You use your tongue for suck shit of course.

Shouldn't you be making Nike's or something?

[Rockindeano]

Why the Hell hasn't the American government, black ops, assassinated that bastard Chavez? I hate Bush, but for any foreign leader to mock our President on a public stage, irritates the Fuck out of me...

Hugo needs to walk into a knife,,,soon

[chf34jmac]

Based on what I've read so far you know less languages than anyone else posting here dickface!. I know a bunch of Spanish curse words but that doesn't mean I speak the language. You know a bunch of American homosexual terms, doesn't mean you know the language.