I-35 bridge collapes, in Minneapolis Options

[jwttu]

So the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour. They said on the news that there were probably 50-100 cars fell into the Mississippi river.

I guess this makes my 2hr commute today not seem so bad

[Hartmann]

jwttu,

Thanks for the correction. I was reading the Washington Post this morning and they pointed out the money comes from the federal government and there is plenty of the money to go around... The problem is that the states decide how to spend it. (Katrina)

My whole point is that we are already politicizing this thing and it doesn't need to happen. It's a tragedy, yes. But let people mourn, I mean there are still people in the river and already we're playing the blame game... This makes us look more and more like Brazil with their airline troubles. Who can point the finger faster.

"It's Bush's fault! He hates black people and cars sitting on bridges!"

People are saying he's spending too much time thinking about the war and not enough about our infrastructure... Yeah, I think our infrastructure is getting worse but I doubt Bush sits in his office twiddling his thumbs, rocking back and forth, thinking about the war.

The bridge was found to be deficient in 1990 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRI...-08-02-15-31-57

And hasn't passed since.

Oh, and the Brooklyn Bridge recently failed its inspection... Guess I should stay off that one