Bridge Collapse

I'm not a fan of Michelle Malkin, but she (and her fellow bloggers) have some pretty darn good coverage of the big bridge collapse in Minneapolis tonight.

Minneapolis bridge collapse

Evening rush hour nightmare. Locals declare Orange Alert disaster. Compounding rescue and investigation efforts: Severe rainstorms moving in...Update: DHS rushes in with premature downplaying of terror possibility...Minn. DOT schedules press conference for 9:30pm Eastern [...]

I think Michelle mayh link to Power Line blog, but I wanted to make sure. Another conservative blogger doing the right thing.  Follow the drama with updated information...

An Appalling Catastrophe

A little while ago, the Mississippi River Bridge on Highway 35W in downtown Minneapolis collapsed into the river. 35W is the main artery that runs through the Twin Cities; I've crossed that bridge hundreds if not thousands of times. One of my brothers-in-law crossed it four times today. From news footage, it looks as though the whole bridge collapsed, more or less in one piece, into the river; there was footage of people walking around on the fallen bridge next to their cars. People have taken their boats onto the river to rescue victims in the water. This is a relatively new highway; I think the bridge is [...]

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