Originally Posted: August 2, 2007
So that bridge collapsed yesterday in Minnesota. What a tragedy that was. I just don't see how something like this can happen. All those people on the bridge and I'm sure there was people around the bridge too. Yet not one of them got video of the actual collapse. All we have is video of the aftermath. That video is boring. All we really need is pictures of the aftermath. There is nothing that video can add to the aftermath that a picture can't do. What we need is video of the actual collapse. That's what I want to see and I'm sure everyone else wants to see. And to think, with cell phones these days nearly everyone has video capabilities. Even grainy video of the bridge collapsing is better than what we have, which is nothing. So I'm proposing that we put cameras on every bridge. To make sure this tragedy never happens again.
Oh, nevermind. Turns out there is video, sort of. It's just some surveillance camera footage of the bridge collapsing. It isn't a continous thing though. It's just one of those cameras that takes pictures every second or so. Still it's better than what I thought we had, or didnt' have. The bridge isn't really centered in the frame. Poor camera work I say. But if we have surveillance cameras on bridges can't we get them on a continious loop?
Here is the video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKK7rWfEpe4
If you go to Yahoo you can watch the whole thing. I suggest going there so you can see the lady frantically running in front of the camera. Thats the best part.
The problem is that the camera only takes a picture every second. So the lady more just scoots across the screen. But if we put good cameras on our bridges we could see this lady running at full speed. Imagine how much more hilarious it would be.
But at least we have some video. That's better than I previously thought. It took awhile for this video to surface. Hopefully we'll get some more video in the coming days.
If anything, hopefully this tragedy helps people realize that we need good cameras pointed at every bridge. Let's not let this tragedy happen again.
Oh, nevermind. Turns out there is video, sort of. It's just some surveillance camera footage of the bridge collapsing. It isn't a continous thing though. It's just one of those cameras that takes pictures every second or so. Still it's better than what I thought we had, or didnt' have. The bridge isn't really centered in the frame. Poor camera work I say. But if we have surveillance cameras on bridges can't we get them on a continious loop?
Here is the video. http://youtube.com/watch?v
If you go to Yahoo you can watch the whole thing. I suggest going there so you can see the lady frantically running in front of the camera. Thats the best part.
The problem is that the camera only takes a picture every second. So the lady more just scoots across the screen. But if we put good cameras on our bridges we could see this lady running at full speed. Imagine how much more hilarious it would be.
But at least we have some video. That's better than I previously thought. It took awhile for this video to surface. Hopefully we'll get some more video in the coming days.
If anything, hopefully this tragedy helps people realize that we need good cameras pointed at every bridge. Let's not let this tragedy happen again.
Imagine if we had good video of this.
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