7 Killed in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

[Sand 5]

hi guys i just was looking at the news and i saw awful thing, that a bridge in Minnesota Collapse .. and 7 killed ... so far they think it was a earthquake

[AInfante-Saraireh 0]

Oh wow! I didin't read that or hear of this.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Where on earth did you hear that? Nothing about that on our local Minneapolis news. Some people in the heat of the moment screamed that it was an earthquake, but there is no report of that, and there most certainly would be from the national geologic survey if that had happened.

[RAKASA 0]

see how rumors are started...

[nora &ryan 0]

here is the link its true...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Minn...e-Collapse.html

[mybackpages 0]

here is the link its true...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Minn...e-Collapse.html

She meant that it was not true that it was caused by an earthquake.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

here is the link its true...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Minn...e-Collapse.html

She meant that it was not true that it was caused by an earthquake.

Check out the USGS site for earthquakes this last week - none in Minnesota.

[maggieNomar 0]

It's amazing that with all those cars on the bridge there have only been 7 so far.

[mybackpages 0]

here is the link its true...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Minn...e-Collapse.html

She meant that it was not true that it was caused by an earthquake.

Check out the USGS site for earthquakes this last week - none in Minnesota.

Rahma,

I'm curious about the local coverage. I think we know now that it was structural weakness and that we knew this bridge had the potential for damage as early of 2 years ago, but in the early hours how did the local reports handle it. Was there a lot of hysteria/speculation about terrorism?

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Not much mention of terrorism at all, aside from a few questions, and the police chief saying they were pretty sure it wasn't terrorism, although all options were open at the 9:00 pm briefing. The first time I actually heard terrorism mentioned was when I logged on VJ and someone had posted that Faux news national was speculating hard along that angle.

I flipped between the 4 local channels - NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox, and the basic coverage for the first 2 hours was just shock, and then some interviews with engineers.

[mybackpages 0]

Not much mention of terrorism at all, aside from a few questions, and the police chief saying they were pretty sure it wasn't terrorism, although all options were open at the 9:00 pm briefing. The first time I actually heard terrorism mentioned was when I logged on VJ and someone had posted that Faux news national was speculating hard along that angle.

I flipped between the 4 local channels - NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox, and the basic coverage for the first 2 hours was just shock, and then some interviews with engineers.

Thanks Rahma

must be all those progressive thinkers in the twin city

[Carolyn 1]

I don't think we've ever had earthquakes here in Minneapolis...not close enough to any tectonic plates that I know of...

Still freaky though, eh? I'm not going to look at any bridge without a little hesitation for a while (we've got rivers and highway overpasses all over the place here in MN).

Hey Rahma, where do you live in the Twin Cities? Simo and I are in South Minneapolis.

Carolyn