One of my more realistic phobias is fear of bridges. I absolutely cannot stand them, but since they are a part of daily life I’m forced to deal with them, and drive over them. Every day. Yesterday when I went to go have dinner with my grandma, we were watching the Texas Rangers ball game so I didn’t know the following tragedy occurred until this morning.
I was taking my routine morning shower and heard there was a tragic accident on the 35. Hmm. That didn’t sound right, WHICH 35? (See metroplex has a 35E and a 35W) I left the bathroom and walked in front of my TV, nothing looked right until it was mentioned the tragedy was up in Minnesota.
Damn.
What I saw looked like a security video, taken from the angle of Galloping Gertie and then all of a sudden, the bridge collapsed!!!
...And that is one of my biggest fears.
Not only did the bridge collapse, but it collapsed during rush hour traffic. There were kids on a bus that the story was focusing on (and pretty much all I’ve seen so far today). A reporter asked a Red Cross worker who was below the bridge what he saw and the Red Cross worker stated that what happened was what you would have expected to happen under the circumstances. To me that means the unspeakable. I can imagine this would have brought out the worst in people, because you know rush hour is also angst hour for many combine that with an unexpected tragedy and I’m sure the results are astounding.
When I lived in San Diego and moved to southern suburbia, the direct line to and from work was driving on the 805 over the 8. For any of you who have lived in or traveled over that bridge know that it’s HUGE (at least a quarter mile long, if not longer and at least 10+ stories tall if not taller). I know that it’s retrofitted every so often but that doesn’t make me feel any better when I would drive over, and it really made me feel icky when traffic would come to a standstill and I could feel the bridge shake.
That is one of the worst / scariest feeling that I can feel and have no control over.
Now this morning I heard that the bridge in MN was pretty much not even fit to be driven over. I can just see the lawsuits forming, all sorts of negligence going on there. I don't know what I would have done if this had happened to me. I can't even begin to image the loss everyone is feeling.
I was taking my routine morning shower and heard there was a tragic accident on the 35. Hmm. That didn’t sound right, WHICH 35? (See metroplex has a 35E and a 35W) I left the bathroom and walked in front of my TV, nothing looked right until it was mentioned the tragedy was up in Minnesota.
Damn.
What I saw looked like a security video, taken from the angle of Galloping Gertie and then all of a sudden, the bridge collapsed!!!...And that is one of my biggest fears.
Not only did the bridge collapse, but it collapsed during rush hour traffic. There were kids on a bus that the story was focusing on (and pretty much all I’ve seen so far today). A reporter asked a Red Cross worker who was below the bridge what he saw and the Red Cross worker stated that what happened was what you would have expected to happen under the circumstances. To me that means the unspeakable. I can imagine this would have brought out the worst in people, because you know rush hour is also angst hour for many combine that with an unexpected tragedy and I’m sure the results are astounding.
When I lived in San Diego and moved to southern suburbia, the direct line to and from work was driving on the 805 over the 8. For any of you who have lived in or traveled over that bridge know that it’s HUGE (at least a quarter mile long, if not longer and at least 10+ stories tall if not taller). I know that it’s retrofitted every so often but that doesn’t make me feel any better when I would drive over, and it really made me feel icky when traffic would come to a standstill and I could feel the bridge shake.That is one of the worst / scariest feeling that I can feel and have no control over.
Now this morning I heard that the bridge in MN was pretty much not even fit to be driven over. I can just see the lawsuits forming, all sorts of negligence going on there. I don't know what I would have done if this had happened to me. I can't even begin to image the loss everyone is feeling.
