Difference between revisions of "35W"

Revision as of 18:44, 2 August 2007

Share information about the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. You may contribute/edit text and links or upload images and files.

You can add links or pages by pressing edit next to appropriate section - no login required. Or edit the full page. Not sure how a wiki works, e-mail additions to: [1]

For discussion and opinions please join and use our Minneapolis Issues Forum.

How You Can Help

• Red Cross - What You Can Do? - More Groups, Give Blood
• Travel Safely - Advice from AAA - Detour Map - MNDOT - BUSES

News

• StarTribune Coverage
  • 4 Dead, 79 Injured, 20 missing ...
  • Full Coverage Section
  • Interactive Graphic
• Minnesota Public Radio
• St. Paul Pioneer Press
• The Bridge Online
• TV News - WCCO - KSTP - KMSP - KARE
• Channel4000 - More from IBS via WISN
• World Coverage - U.S. Newspaper Frontpages - Intl Frontpages - CNN - BBC
• Google News - Latest - Relevant
• Live blogging news - Minnesota Monitor - Minneapolis Metroblogging

Video

• 35W video - Large YouTube Collection
• Bridge Collapse Video - from Security Camera via CNN
• The Collapse - and - Video remix to REM Everybody Hurts

Pictures

Upload them to Flickr and tag them "mpls35W" along with other tags.

Photo by Dani Bora

• Flickr Photos
  • danibora - Unique shots of EMTs assisting a field of injured
  • ebrandt78's photos
  • mrbula's photos
  • Adam Wolf's photos
  • Tony Webster's photos
  • Noah Kunin photos
  • Diversy
  • nanobiker's photos
  • timdan2's photos
  • mntiens
  • tubes
  • shannok
  • jpnuwat
  • Another one
  • Shellyj
  • Dwetzel - Great cell phone shot
• 35W pictures - More Photos (Before and After)
• StarTribune Photo Gallery
• WCCO TV Slideshow
• MPR Pictures
• Time.com Photo's
• John Weeks I-35 Bridge Profile and pre-collapse Pictures
• I-35W Post-collapse
• Geotagged Photos at Flickr

Government

• City of Minneapolis News
• 511 MNDOT Traffic Conditions
  • Alternate Routes - AAA recommendations via KSTP.com
• Extra Buses from Metro Transit
• President Bush's Remarks
  • White House Spokesperson Tony Snow's comment: ``This doesn't mean there was a risk of failure, but if an inspection report identifies deficiencies, the state is responsible for taking corrective actions.
• MNDOT Fatigue Evaluation of the Deck Truss of Bridge 9340 - 11MB, download via StarTribune

Discussion

• Minneapolis Issues Forum
• MN-Politics
• MNSpeak
• MPR/Gather.com
• Captains Quarter Blog
• Blanked Out Blog - Home next to collapsed bridge
• Metroblogging Minneapolis
• More Blog Posts - Via Google Blog Search
• Facebook Group: A Minnesota Catastrophe - The Collapse of the 35W Bridge 8/1/07

Maps

• Google Map - the 35W logo is the epicenter.
• Ariel Photo of Bridge Before Collapse

More

• Wikipedia Story on 35W Collapse and I-35W Bridge profile
  • Bridge Disasters
• John Weeks I-35 Bridge Profile and Pictures

Help Edit

If you witnessed or were part of the disaster you may add a page with your personal story. Use a name like "35W Tom Smith story".

This site works just like Wikipedia - see their help on how to edit a page. You can create a page by simply typing something like - http://pages.e-democracy.org/35W_Tom_Smith_story - note the underscores "_" instead of spaces. (Note when you edit a page, it suggests an error on the top line. Just ignore that and type in the "captcha" and press return to confirm you edit.