tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15679589.post8575829252881416401..comments2024-02-19T01:03:05.272-06:00Comments on Life of a Bombchelle: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse TragedyVagablonde Bombchellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196698243984365050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15679589.post-62828727800724688232007-08-05T08:18:00.000-05:002007-08-05T08:18:00.000-05:00Some stats from ABC News:26.2 percent of the natio...Some stats from ABC News:<BR/>26.2 percent of the nation's bridges are in need of repair or do not meet the highest safety standards.<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Minnesota's bridges are actually among the safest</STRONG>; 12.2 percent of the state's bridges are rated "structurally deficient" or "functionally obsolete," ranking it third best behind Arizona (10 percent) and Nevada (12 percent.<BR/><BR/>Washington, D.C., has the country's least safe bridges, with 63 percent of the district's 245 bridges rated either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. (guess I'm never gonna get the husband to move to DC now...)Vagablonde Bombchellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196698243984365050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15679589.post-27738932930314533542007-08-04T02:55:00.000-05:002007-08-04T02:55:00.000-05:00'Chelle, My wife called me on Thursday night, a...'Chelle,<BR/> My wife called me on Thursday night, and said 'have you heard about the bridge'-"No, what are you talking about?"<BR/>-'Turn the TV on'.<BR/>I turned it on. My wife continued " I was ALMOST on that bridge...I only missed it because we had a computer glitch at work, and It kept from leaving on time, I take that bridge all of the time to go to the one funeral home in Northeast Minneapolis". She was REALLY shaken by this experience. A couple of guys on my rugby team were also about a 1/4 mile away when it went down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15679589.post-59254216878965937242007-08-02T09:08:00.000-05:002007-08-02T09:08:00.000-05:00Hey Chelle,Was thinking of you today when I saw th...Hey Chelle,<BR/>Was thinking of you today when I saw the news. I'm glad you and Wade are okay, and I hope all of your friends and family out there are as well.Kirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254206645456443277noreply@blogger.com