Why is there no live video of this bridge collapse?

[DUyellow]

for the past hour, no live video. It is not dark yet, so whats the deal? You would think these 24 hour news channels would be showing as much live video as possible for ratings. Is there some home land security law that i don't know about?

[Demeter]

1. It's Not Moving Now

The collapse couldn't have taken very long.

[musette_sf]

2. CNN was running the live feed

from a local station, no audio.

try http://www.kare11.com/

[Richardo]

3. 'Claps'?

I've been seeing nothing but live footage.

[Bluebear]

7. :)

[DUyellow]

8. i see nothing but looped video

[KitchenWitch]

4. It is dark in Minneapolis now.

It is starting to get dark here in California.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

5. saw a scroll that said T-storm might be moving in

[Bitwit1234]

6. The two CBS channels and ABC that show here on the Iron Range

are all three showing it. NBC is not. The reason they are not showing live shots is because they requested that the heliocopters, taking the shots move out of the area. They want the medical heliocopters there to pull up victims. They can only get the other type of shots.

[Berry Cool]

9. So how come what I'm looking at on MSNBC seems live?

Maybe it's not?

[ISUGRADIA]

10. If you mean footage of the actual collapse, there is none as of yet

[RiDuvessa]

11. I don't know why there would be footage of the collapse itself.

It's just a bridge. Unless there was some sort of traffic or security camera pointed at it. Very few people are going to take footage of a bridge just for the hell of it, and it was probably too fast for someone to catch the collapse on their cell phone.

[Up2Late]

12. The video is up at YouTube now, here's some links...

...<http://youtube.com/watch?v=790E9kUxxbI>

Also here: <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070802bridge,1,5546538.story>

If you want to see some very clear "before" Aerial photos, click the "Birds-eye view" button at this link: <http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=44.979227~-93.244773&style=h&lvl=18&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=6176719&encType=1>

After you click the link above, it should take you to an almost fully zoomed in satellite picture of the two bridges looking in a northerly direction if you are in the "Hybrid/2D" modes.

To see the "birds-eye view," click the button on the little control panel (with the slider) that looks like a little city. The control panel changes a little and now has a directional compass on it with a triangle in the middle, it should be pointing North. You should also see the North looking "birds-eye view." You can also zoom in a little by clicking the + sign above the slider.

The coolest part of this "Live Search" Maps "birds-eye view" is that if you click on the compass points on the little control panel, it changes to a photo taken from a different direction, which usually shows a lot of details that you couldn't see from the North looking photo. You can see the bridge from 4 directions (North, South, East, and West).

I'm just amazed at how weak this bridge looked compared to the other bridges near it. I mean, look at the 10th Street bridge right next to the I-35W bridge, it's half as wide but looks like it was built at least 5 times stronger! The I-35W bridge looks positively wimpy in comparison.

There are a few thinks regarding this "Live Search" site do kinda suck (compared to Google Maps). The site is loads very slowly, especially in the "Birds-eye view" and, when you slide a photo, you will reach the edge of one photo, usually it takes a lot of time for it to switch to the next photo, but when it loads, it's usually worth the wait.

If you've never tried Microsoft's "Live Search" Maps before, here's a link to a on-line "tour," a few tips from me are above: <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5721937>