Thursday, August 02, 2007

Sorry to Disappoint, The Captain is Not Dead

So I was playing volleyball when the bridge collapsed, I got back and had about 7 voicemails seeing if I was OK. And instead of spending an hour calling everybody back, I figured I'd just post to let everybody know, yes, indeed, I am still alive.


What's scary is I took this bridge at least twice a day, and more back when going to college. The bridge is just 2 miles down the road from my old place. Have to head into the city, might see if I can get some decent pictures for you all.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you're okay. AtlasBlogged's own G-Dawg is up your way right now, too... a little hard to get ahold of, but apparently safe.

2 for 2, and as I don't know anybody else up that way, my interest in the situation now turns to the engineering.

Anonymous said...

Nice to hear that you're OK. But still, it's a great tragedy which probably could've been prevented.

I'm eagerly awaiting your commentary on why this had to happen, e.g. how much of the state/local budget is actually directed to such important things like infrastructure and highways.

I've just read a short article which said that 10 percent of all bridges in Germany are in desperate need of repair and are considered unsafe. The government spends 50% of GDP and still has no money to finance road building...

Anonymous said...

Good to hear! There would have been tribute for your passing on my website if the unthinkable had happened - just as well, i'm too busy for that! :)

Anonymous said...

Good to hear you're alright.

Do you think more transportation funding would have made a difference, or would that just increase the opportunities for waste and corruption?

Captain Capitalism said...

Wulf - Hey, if it isn't too late, have G-Dawg contact me, we'll get a beer.

Dtrum - Actually, I don't know if it could have been prevented. I'm putting my money on this bridge collapsing for a faulty rivet or something. People are quick to claim underfunding, GW, or some PERSON responsible for it. I think it's just going to be a crack that was unforeseen.

Frank - Thank you for your concern. Should I die I will rely upon you to tell the masses and write my epithat.

Ryan - See my latest post, it will more or less answer your question.

Zabrina said...

Glad you're still with us. The world doesn't need any more great dead economists.