the i-35 bridge collapsed in minneapolis on august 1, 2007.
the i-35 bridge collapsed in minneapolis on august 1, 2007.
when did the i-35 bridge collapse in minneapolis?
august 1 , 2007
minneapolis's wireless network was built with emergency preparedness in mind, a consideration which caldwell noted was always a part of the proposals for such networks. it was not until the collapse of the i-35w mississippi river bridge on august 1, 2007, however, that this application of the network was truly tested. by that point, usi wireless had managed to cover about of the city with its network. conveniently, much of this area was in downtown or along the mississippi river, near where the bridge collapse site was. shortly after the collapse, usi wireless opened up the network to anyone (not just subscribers) and hastily added more wireless transmitters to the area to give additional speed to the network. with cell phone service overwhelmed in just 30 minutes, it was caldwell's goal that people would use smartphones to communicate via the network instead. whether or not voice communications traffic jumped in that period was unclear, but the network's usage did expand from 1,000 users before the collapse to 6,000 afterwards.
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the opening bridge collapse has garnered considerable critical acclaim, with many stating it as being on par with the pile-up sequence from "final destination 2". it has been said to be "one of the single best sequences of any film all year" by boxoffice magazine. uk.real.com stated that the opening bridge collapse sequence is "beautifully directed and choreographed". eric d. snider has stated in his review for film.com that "the opening premonition is nerve-janglingly effective." "new york post" called the bridge collapse sequence "spectacular", and "daily news" deemed it "terrifying". "usa today" commented on the sequence, saying "the effect is terrific and reminiscent of the bridge destruction from ""." betsy sharkey, a "los angeles times" film critic stated in her negative review "i will say, the bus, and the bridge it must cross, does make for a pretty incredible wham-bam opening sequence," and further added "the big crumble is a stunner of an opener." in a review for msn.com, kat murphy said "the fifth chapter starts out with a slambang catastrophe", then stated that the bridge collapse is "skillfully orchestrated", and "this sequence is actually enhanced by 3-d: holes in the disintegrating bridge seem to pull the gaze down—dizzyingly—to the river below, and jagged camera angles on hanging railings and sliding debris muddle our sense of what's up, what's down." kirk honeycutt of "the hollywood reporter" praised "this film's opening sequence is undeniably spectacular." aaron hillis from "the village voice" called the bridge collapse "breathtakingly staged". "the advocate" stated that "director steve quale and writer heisserer stage the bridge's collapse in swift but exacting detail." "the austin chronicle" said the bridge collapse sequence is "spectacularly gruesome".
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