Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Here. Fine. Good.

My "irrational" fear of bridges collapsing while I'm driving on them doesn't seem so irrational anymore.

People were asking, so here I am.

I'm fine, the husband is fine.

All I can think about is someone like me, driving home in the heat and humidity and rush hour traffic- all you want to do is get home, or go out and see your friends...then the ground gives out and there you are.

Everything changes in an instant.

19 comments:

Nocturnal said...

I was wondering about you, I saw the breaking news (pardon the pun) on CNN. That is really scary, I hope the deaths/injuries are as minimal as possible.

Mamacita Chilena said...

wooooah, what happened?!? that did not show up on the news in Chile!

H said...

So glad to hear you're okay. I've been freaking out about bridges ever since I saw Mothman Prophecies. Now I know I was justified.

Butrfly Garden said...

I know. I wrote a post, but it seemed so...I don't know. I'm just going to keep praying.

I don't handle stuff like this well. At least I know my family is all okay. That's enough for me right now. I'm just going to keep praying.

I'm glad you're okay.

Brillig said...

Yikes. I'm glad you're okay.

Flenker said...

Well I just sent you an email, I guess I should've checked here first. But I'm glad to hear that you are ok, I was a little panicky trying to contact H and (understandably) not being able to get through. Thankfully text messaging was there to save the day and to see that my friends in the area are alright.

-R- said...

Yeah, my husband called me in a panic at about 6:15. I don't even take that bridge to get home, and I was still at work, but he was freaked out nonetheless. I'm glad you and your family are ok.

viciousrumours said...

When I opened my browser tonight it was the first thing that popped into my mind, "I hope Whiskey Marie has something up to let us all know she's okay." I'm glad to hear you and your husband are well, I hope no one you know was involved.

Sandy said...

Glad you're ok.

3carnations said...

I'm glad you're OK. How terrible and scary.

T said...

Glad you are OK.

Jag was actually blissfully unaware of any tragedy until I got a hold of her. She couldn't figure out why I was concerned.

Stefanie said...

Glad you're OK. (Obviously I was, luckily, no where near that bridge at the time, either.) Talk about terrifying, though!

Courtney said...

Been thinking about you... thanks for posting.

nancypearlwannabe said...

Seriously, that is so effed up. It's worse than the tunnels collapsing on cars in Boston, at least that only happened to one person and they didn't plunge 70 feet to a watery death.

Glad you and the hubby are okay!

Katrin said...

Good that you're okay! I also have family in the area, and I was freaked out. Why didn't they put up such a post?

Miss Kate said...

1. Yay that you're okay!
2. Katrin - putting a post in the middle was thought of as a unnecessary hindrance to river traffic, so they didn't design it for on. Seems weird in hindsight, but in the late 60's, some other bridges had gone down due to barges/ships hitting the support posts. So I'm sure the engineers thought it would be safer.

3carnations said...

I thought Katrin was asking why her FAMILY didn't put up some sort of (blog) post (saying they were OK)...not the bridgemakers.

Amaya said...

I'm glad to hear you're okay.
For the life of me, I can't remember where I saw the clip - but yesterday I saw this video of a guy crossing the street and then getting hit when two cars collided. One car literally rolled on top of him and after that you couldn't even see where he was. It was awful and I can't believe that, not only did I watch it, but that I'm re-telling it. Anyway, the bridge collapse was kinda like that - here one second and gone the next.
Almost surreal.

Domestically Disabled Girl said...

i'm so glad you are okay!

the whole thing has been difficult to explain to the three and five year old here at home. i think i'll be afraid of bridges for a while myself. it's an absolutely horriffic situation.