Laurel Krahn ([info]laurel) wrote in [info]mnstf,

Mpls fans check in

Science fiction fans (and their friends) who live in the Twin Cities please comment in reply to this post to indicate you're okay (and those you know to be okay). If you prefer to contact me via email or IM, that info is further on down in this post.

[Updated to add an LJ-cut since people no longer need to check in here and the post is long]



Please do spread the word of this page to appropriate places.

(This is in regards to the collapse of 35W over the Mississippi).

Folks heard from (in alphabetical order, more or less):

Jonathan Adams (and Carol Kennedy and family)
Joe Agee
Tesla Aldrich
Will Alexander
Barth Anderson
Sarah Anondson and family
Eleanor Arnason
Kevin G. Austin
Don Bailey
Kelly Barnhill
Joella (Bonser) Berkner, Karl Berkner, and their son Kaspian
Peter Berman
Ruth Berman
Andrew Bertke
J. Michael Blumer
Jeri Byrne
Margo Bratton
Jack Brennan and family
Mark Anthony and Andrea Bejarano-Robinson
Seth Breidbart
Nate & Louie Bucklin
Lois Bujold
All sorts of Brusts (Reen, Aliera, Toni, Carolyn, Corwin & Dee & family)
Charmaigne & Michael Burgess
Angel & Jason Burnett (and family)
David Buth
Eve Cain
Raphael Carter
Lee & Lara Chandler (and kids)
Rebecca Chesin
Katie Clapham
Karen Cooper
Mary Cooper
Tim Cooper
Jerry Corwin
Greg Cotton
Sarah Jane Dibble
Tae Kidd (Danae)
Alice Dodge
Mike Dorn
Eleanor Dorn
Dan Drake
Peer Dudda (and partner)
Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet
Maggie Della Rocca
David Dyer-Bennet
Amanda Elg and Kristopher
Ben Ellis
Sigrid Ellis
David Emerson
Mark Engels
Karen Engelson
Terry Faust
Liz Fish (and son)
Ken Fletcher (Giovanna Fregni, and Eleanor Fregni & family)
Ricky Foos
Eric Forste
Giovanna Fregni, and Eleanor Fregni & family (and KenFletch too)
Lisa Freitag (and Greg and William)
Beth Friedman
Neil Gaiman (and family, including the Fabulous Lorraine)
Dean Gahlon
Terry Garey (and Denny Lien)
Dan Goodman
Magenta Griffith
Mark Gritter
Andre Guirard
Marianne Hageman
Jane Hansen
Beth Hansen-Buth
Clay Harris
Melanie Harrison
Jeff Hartley
Thraicie Hawkner
Eric Heideman
Bill Henry
Peter Hentges
Felicia Herman (and Joel Rosenberg and family)
Chris & Allison Hill (and extended family)
Rachael and David Hoffman-Dachelet
Jennifer "Fer" Horn
Doug Hulick and family
Ben Huset
Rob Ihinger (and Peg Kerr and family)
Mary Helen Inskeep
Scott K. Jamison
Barb Jensen
Ericka Johnson
Karen Johnson
Darren Johnson
Sharon Kahn
Michael Kauper
Scott Keever
Shaun Kelly
Carol Kennedy (and Jonathan Adams and family)
Peg Kerr (and Rob Ihinger and family)
Greg & William Ketter (and Lisa Freitag)
Ken Konkol
Laurel Krahn
Laura Krentz
Naomi Kritzer (and family)
Rachel Kronick
Christine LaBounty
Brian LaBounty
John Ladwig
Dena Landon
Elizabeth LaVelle
Jaye Lawrence
Becca & Graham Leathers
Michael Lee
Margie Lessinger
Ben Lessinger
Mike Levin
Fred, Susan, and Gavi Levy Haskell
Denny Lien (and Terry Garey)
Marissa Lingen
Rachael Lininger
Lynn Litterer
Aaron (Rusty) Lloyd
Sara Logan (and family)
Eileen Lufkin
Catherine Lundhoff
Betsy Lundsten
Abby Lundsten
Scott Lynch (and family)
Rebecca Marjesdatter
Elise Matthesen
Glenn & Mia McDavid (and family)
Erin McKee
Kelly McCullough
Amy and Erik McInroy
Jeanne Mealy
Paula Merns (and family)
Michael Merriam
Cynthia Moore
Kenneth Moore
Hilary Moon Murphy & family
Lyda Morehouse (and family)
Richard and Janet Myers
Lydia Nickerson
Sean Novack (and family)
Cat Ocel
Peggy O'Neill
Jason Parker and Cathy Crea and family
Gregg & Myrna Parmentier
Fran Pass
Steve Perry
Linda & Anton Peterson
Polly Peterson
Joel & Beth Phillips
Bob Poate
Leslie Powell
Scott & Irene Raun (and Irene's kids too)
Victor Raymond
Paul Regge (and family)
George & Sarah Richard (and all members of the IKV Rakehell too!)
Norman Riger
Brian Louis Rogers
Ann Roubik
Dave Romm
Joel Rosenberg (and Felicia Herman and family)
Shawn Rounds
Mason Rounds
Lisa Sanders (and son Ben)
Larry Sanderson
Laramie Sasseville
Nancy Saunders
Martin Schafer
Jeff and Marjorie Schalles
Mike Schoenberg
Bruce Schneier
Zach Schuster and family
Amy & Michael Scott
Joyce Scrivner
Damian Sheridan (aka Dan Reid Shamin)
Phillip Shill
Josh Simon
John Sjogren
Chas & Bonnie Somdahl
Alison and Ethan Sommer
Tony Spears
John L. Stanley
Erica Stark
Adam & Betsy Stemple (and family)
Mark Sterling
Caroline Stevermer
Aric Stewart
Matt & Kelly Strait
Felix Strates
Martin Summerton
Brad Svenson
Karen Swanberg
Richard Tatge
Thorin Tatge
Bryan ThaoWorra (and family)
Laura Thomas
John Thompson (and Ann Viviano and family)
Allen Tipper
James Trainor
Kevin Trainor
Keith Vargo (and family)
Joan Marie Verba
Ann Viviano (and John Thompson and family)
Tony Von Krag
Aaron Walker
Beth Wallace
Greg Wallin
Ann Waltz (and family)
Paul Weimer
David Wilford
Ishmael Williams (and family)
Jason D. Wittman
Karl Wolff
Patrick Wood
Patricia Wrede
Jody Wurl
Jim Young
Ben and Stephanie Zvan

If I missed someone who checked in on this post, email me with your/their real name or whatever name you/they go by (it's possible I missed someone in haste or that I don't know someone's name). If you don't reply here but want to be listed or know of folks you think should be listed-- you can email me at laurel@tvpicks.net; I'm also lakrahn on AIM and 509473 on ICQ and laurel@livejournal.com on Jabber/LJ Talk.

My attempt at a collection of useful links.

Thank you to everyone who has checked in, linked to this page, reported on the status of others.

I'm not gonna be updating as frequently now, so for latest news you might want to check the comments, especially on the last page.

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[info]laurel

August 1 2007, 23:58:03 UTC 4 years ago

[info]kaustin and I are both home now and watching the news. I'm twittering a bit and posting to LJ, of course.

[info]laurel

August 2 2007, 01:15:32 UTC 4 years ago

Laurel Krahn & Kevin G. Austin be our real names, for those not up on things LJ.

[info]jiawen

4 years ago

[info]tesla_aldrich

August 2 2007, 00:05:47 UTC 4 years ago

I'm at Keegan's, watching the news. I suspect that latter phrase will be pretty common here....

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[info]captinben

August 2 2007, 00:12:33 UTC 4 years ago

Wow just wow. i am shocked

Ben

[info]guppiecat

August 2 2007, 00:12:52 UTC 4 years ago

I am home in Des Moines, unaffected by the collapse but thankful that this thread is here for me to watch.

[info]mplsvala

August 2 2007, 00:14:13 UTC 4 years ago

All the Brusts are okay. I was in St. Paul for Anika's kindergarden graduation and came across on University in to pick up Martin just shortly before it happened, but it looked normal when I saw it. Woof.

[info]eileenlufkin

August 2 2007, 00:35:57 UTC 4 years ago

Even the ones not named Brust

Martin Schafer and I are fine too.

[info]mplsvala

4 years ago

[info]kalikanzara

August 2 2007, 00:15:22 UTC 4 years ago

I'm fine at home, listening to scanner traffic.

[info]brithistorian

August 2 2007, 00:15:41 UTC 4 years ago

[info]one_undone and I are okay, as are both boys.

Also, I've seen [info]fiddle_dragon and [info]autodidactic posting about the bridge, so they're apparently okay.

[info]aylinn

August 2 2007, 14:53:38 UTC 4 years ago

oh, good! I saw the headline on the newspapers and immediately thought of you.

*whew*

[info]timprov

August 2 2007, 00:18:46 UTC 4 years ago

We're fine, and [info]porphyrin's family, who live right near there, are also fine.

[info]allochthon

August 2 2007, 01:11:58 UTC 4 years ago

Good to hear you're ok, timprov, and thanks for the info on Porphyrin. I was worried.

[info]wild_irises

August 2 2007, 00:21:06 UTC 4 years ago

[info]pegkerr checked in okay in her own journal. She didn't mention her family, but they must be okay, or she would have.

[info]pegkerr

August 2 2007, 00:23:09 UTC 4 years ago

We're all fine and accounted for, thanks!

[info]princejvstin

August 2 2007, 00:24:09 UTC 4 years ago

I am okay.

[info]elizabethth

August 2 2007, 00:24:58 UTC 4 years ago

All OK at DreamHaven (assuming the Ketter/Freitag clan haven't run into any trouble in Maui).

[info]materia_indigo

August 2 2007, 01:48:36 UTC 4 years ago

Hail, DreamHaven folks. The Waltz clan is home and OK.

[info]bibliofile

4 years ago

[info]dsgood

August 2 2007, 00:27:04 UTC 4 years ago

I'm okay; haven't been anywhere near there today.

[info]dsgood

August 2 2007, 01:15:25 UTC 4 years ago

Oh -- I'm Dan Goodman.

I started insisting my initials were DSG rather than DG after having to work with Data General terminals.

[info]lauriemann

August 2 2007, 00:27:53 UTC 4 years ago

Hope everyone is OK!

[info]carbonel

August 2 2007, 00:28:38 UTC 4 years ago

This was the first I heard about it; I just got home. I was on 35W at the time, but nowhere near the spot.

I called my parents in Chicago to save myself a phone call when they hear about it on the news tonight.

[info]laurel

August 2 2007, 00:32:43 UTC 4 years ago

I figure it's the time of day where a lot of people are out and about so won't hear the news 'til later or won't be where they can post. I imagine commutes in some areas will be longer too.

[info]mplsfish

August 2 2007, 00:34:39 UTC 4 years ago

I am well. As is son of mine.

[info]_tallian_

August 2 2007, 02:13:29 UTC 4 years ago

Good to hear.

This is Aimee, by the way. Didn't know you were on lj!

[info]mplsfish

4 years ago

[info]sethb

August 2 2007, 00:34:47 UTC 4 years ago

I'm in the office, able to see the bridge's broken spot from a window.

[info]jenett

August 2 2007, 00:36:08 UTC 4 years ago

I'm fine (though a little shaken: used to drive that route regularly in the previous place to this one.)

[info]nancymcc

August 2 2007, 00:38:20 UTC 4 years ago

People may want to link to my composite pic (from some news videos and a google satellite view (before!))

http://www.hand2mouse.com/mcclure/bridgecollapse.jpg

I just chanced to be checking LJ (from Portland) when the first mention appeared. Only time in my life I've been glad of tv news.

[info]pgdudda

August 2 2007, 00:41:25 UTC 4 years ago

My partner (WINOLJ) and I are both fine. I was just arriving home from work when it happened, and didn't learn of it till my mom called to check on me.

[info]brithistorian

August 2 2007, 00:46:49 UTC 4 years ago

I was even more clueless - I didn't hear about it until one of A.'s friends from New Orleans called to check on us! Glad to hear you're all okay.

[info]novapsyche

4 years ago

[info]badger2305

August 2 2007, 00:43:18 UTC 4 years ago

Am okay; so is Lynn. I used to drive on that bridge pretty much every day. (shudder)

[info]fgherman

August 2 2007, 00:43:35 UTC 4 years ago

We are all fine here.

[info]miep

August 2 2007, 00:44:37 UTC 4 years ago

hi. myrna and gregg are fine, as are we.

[info]alirose

August 2 2007, 00:46:46 UTC 4 years ago

We're fine. Scary though. I crossed that bridge twice earlier today. *shiver*

[info]alirose

August 2 2007, 00:48:23 UTC 4 years ago

PS: Matt and Kelly are also fine.

[info]barondave

4 years ago

[info]alierajean

August 2 2007, 00:47:11 UTC 4 years ago

I've talked to [info]mrsmodew and both she and [info]aelburr are fine.
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