I’m sitting at home glued to the TV right now. As you have probably heard, there was a major bridge collapse in downtown Minneapolis this evening. As I write this there is no news on fatalities. It’s such a bizarre feeling having something like this happen so close to home. I drove over this very bridge just this morning, and have been on it many days at 6:05 pm.
It took me an hour to get a hold of Laura because the cell-phone lines were all jammed up, fortunately she is fine. I’m kind of in shock right now, but here is at least a message to everyone out there that Laura and I are ok.

UPDATE: This is not the bridge I thought it was, I rarely drive over this one. They say it will be at least 2 years before the bridge reopens, this will make a major impact on the twin cities for a long time. Here is a link describing the bridge construction and how it’s “non-redundant” construction may have lead to the collapse: http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/bridges/pages/ms16.html.