{"id":52,"date":"2007-08-02T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danflies.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/02\/unbelievable"},"modified":"2007-08-02T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T15:07:00","slug":"unbelievable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/unbelievable\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbelievable."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">We are asking that <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ALL<\/span> partners and employees based in Minneapolis check in:<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/ffximage\/2007\/08\/02\/470_bridge_distaster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/ffximage\/2007\/08\/02\/470_bridge_distaster.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Katrina, my employer sent everyone laminated check in cards.  They have had a national check-in system for some time.  I took the understood the value and kept it in my wallet, but I never thought I&#8217;d have to use it.  <\/p>\n<p>Then the bridge I used to drive everyday, twice a day collapsed. I check in with my brother and father and everyone was OK.  Sarah is in Baltimore, so every one was accounted for.  And really knowing where everyone works and lives, I wasn&#8217;t too worried.  That is the great thing about having a predictable, reliable brother.  Of course they can&#8217;t say that about me. So I made the calls.  <EM>&#8220;I&#8217;m safe in downtown Des Moines.&#8221;<\/EM><\/p>\n<p>It is a terrible tragedy, I can only hope the best for all Twin Citizens, in the coming days and months as we figure out why and try to rebuild a main artery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/10204\/story\/1339588.html\">4 dead, 79 injured, 20 missing as recovery efforts continue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are asking that ALL partners and employees based in Minneapolis check in: After Katrina, my employer sent everyone laminated check in cards. They have had a national check-in system for some time. I took the understood the value and kept it in my wallet, but I never thought I&#8217;d have to use it. Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}