Guido-the-Gypsy wrote:Good news. Everyone is accounted for. Whew!!! Scary. They were caught in traffic and could not make any calls out because cell phone networks were bogged down with all the activity.Six confirmed dead now. I suspect that it will only get worse.
bclarkie wrote:Hey Paul, good tyo hear that your freinds are okay. It also seems this is turning out to be not as bad as originally feared:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_ ... e_collapseIt really is a miracle that this didn't turn out to as bad as it could have and thank God for that. Watching the footage of the actual collapse is both scary and crazy. How exactly does the whole bridge just freaking giove out :http://www.break.com/index/security-tap ... lapse.htmlSeriously, some people need to spend some years in jail over this kind of irresponsible BS that led up to this. This kind stuff should not be happening in any country in the west.
Cattledog wrote:Reminds me of the Silver Bridge collapse here in WV years ago. It crossed the Ohio River at Point Pleasant. Some might now that story. Things like this should never happen when it comes down to maintenance and inspection.
bclarkie wrote:http://www.break.com/index/security-tap ... lapse.html
red_bus wrote:I hang out a bit on yog-sothoth.com - which is a great site. But even for their high standards, this is an absolutely fascinating thread...It is on whether you can survive in space without a spacesuit. And since I know that you are all geeks at heart - here it is.http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php? ... 658#108658
red_bus wrote:...moved from 'items thread' Sadly, my dissertation has to be in by the 30th. That is why I am wasting so much time here. Displacement activity I believe it is called. Hopefully off to gencon Next Year
red_bus wrote:Take your credit card - you never know, perhaps your good intentions, the auction will throw up something interesting...Has there been a 'preview' of stuff for sale - like last year?
red_bus wrote:Oh, be sure to take loads of pics - be interesting to see the Acaeum lot all crowded together. Perhaps of the dinner (although at that time frankly it is more of a late lunch ) or the auction. Hell, even at a game
Kingofpain89 wrote:I thought I recognized the name. I remember it from watching the movie The Mothman Prophecies. Very strange movie if I recall. Richard Gere...boring as ever.