Germ War wrote:

Rog wrote:

Germ War wrote:... because Democracy already fails you every day.

Minneapolis-St. Paul is balkanized now?
I had no idea.

Do you need help, Jeremy? Should I call the Red Cross?
Should I send Hardee's care packages?

Hey Roger, I'll take one of those care packages now.

You need a new bridge, G.W....

...not a Thick Burger.

Rog wrote:You need a new bridge, G.W....

...not a Thick Burger.

perhaps a meat bridge could solve both of these problems

I've never met a hambridger I didn't like.

I was listening to Radio K the other day, volume turned down as I was picking someone else up. My mind told me the song was some Craig Finn band for sure.....DJ comes on and says it was Meatwad.

During coverage on Thursday, CNN said something about how the Bush admin had allocated over $200 Billion over six years for infrastructure improvements, stuff just along these lines.

Then they mentioned the "bridge to nowhere", which I vaguely remember hearing about some time ago, in Alaska or somewhere?

Over $200 BILLION.

For whatever it's worth, CNN news reported yesterday, and is still reporting at this moment, that there are only 4 people confirmed dead.

cnn.com wrote:Four people were confirmed dead after the disaster. They were identified as Sherry Lou Engebretsen, 60, of Shoreview, Minnesota; Julia Blackhawk, 32, of Savage, Minnesota; Patrick Holmes, 36, of Mounds View, Minnesota; and Artemio Trinidad-Mena, 29, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Officials said at least 79 people were injured.

The only bridge I can readily think of in Chicago that's getting worked on right now is the one on North Ave, just a bit west of Home Depot. But in that case, they removed the old bridge and put up a new temporary bridge right next to it while (I assume) they're working to build a new permanent bridge in its place.

With all the bridges in Chicago, I hope they're keeping up as well as they need to. And obviously hopefully all heavily-trafficked bridges in the US are being maintained properly. And in other countries, too. Just bridges in general, all of them.

According to Wikipedia, the federal reserve has contributed $223 million to the Gravina Island Bridge or "Bridge to Nowhere"

scott wrote:CNN news reported yesterday, and is still reporting at this moment, that there are only 4 people confirmed dead.

cnn.com wrote:Four people were confirmed dead after the disaster. They were identified as Sherry Lou Engebretsen, 60, of Shoreview, Minnesota; Julia Blackhawk, 32, of Savage, Minnesota; Patrick Holmes, 36, of Mounds View, Minnesota; and Artemio Trinidad-Mena, 29, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Officials said at least 79 people were injured.

There are only four confirmed dead, but the recovery team has not been able to get under the water underneath the bridge to recover the bodies of the people down there. I believe there are 8 more thought to be missing, all of which are most certainly dead.

Regardless, I don't think quantity of death is any measurement of the fact that this shouldn't have happened at all.

scott wrote: With all the bridges in Chicago, I hope they're keeping up as well as they need to. And obviously hopefully all heavily-trafficked bridges in the US are being maintained properly. And in other countries, too. Just bridges in general, all of them.

Chicago bridges need work too. Hopefully, this will spur the powers that be to do something about it.

BadComrade wrote:

Germ War wrote:I believe there are 8 more thought to be missing, all of which are most certainly dead.

When did the number go from "30-40" to 8? Last night around 10pm, they were still saying "30-40 missing", and that was a full 28 hours after the thing collapsed...

I was at the bar with The Classical last night and he told me there were 8 missing, and the newspaper this morning confirmed that same number. I don't know what accounted for the decrease, but it can only be a good thing.

Germ War wrote:

BadComrade wrote:

Germ War wrote:I believe there are 8 more thought to be missing, all of which are most certainly dead.

When did the number go from "30-40" to 8? Last night around 10pm, they were still saying "30-40 missing", and that was a full 28 hours after the thing collapsed...

I was at the bar with The Classical last night and he told me there were 8 missing, and the newspaper this morning confirmed that same number. I don't know what accounted for the decrease, but it can only be a good thing.

Maybe they found the other 22-32.

Just a thought.