Thursday, August 2, 2007

We're Ok

The phone calls have all been made--we're ok.

The 35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis yesterday and it was a tense evening until we could contact everyone. I felt pretty confident that our friends and family would be fine, but it's hard to climb down off the ceiling until you know for sure. The wireless network was overloaded and it took a few tries before our calls could get through, but eventually they did and luckily everyone was safe and sound.

What keeps this from being just another news event is knowing that not everyone in our community could say the same.

2 comments:

Angoraknitter said...

It's all over the news even out here...that's crazy that a bridge would just bust up like that. Was there any indication to the local folks that the bridge was unsteady?

Rachel Koniar said...

angoraknitter - simply no. So many of us drive over it all the time without thinking. Us locals knew nothing at the time.