Anping's world

Survivors recount escape from bridge

2007-08-02T05:59:00.000-07:00

MINNEAPOLIS - Dennis and Jamie Winegar were driving across the Mississippi River, stuck in the late rush-hour traffic, when they felt the bridge beneath them start to shake. The visitors from Houston, Texas, were among the survivors of Wednesday's collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge near downtown Minneapolis.

Their car landed on top of a smaller car.

Jamie Winegar said she suddenly started hearing "boom, boom, boom and we were just dropping, dropping, dropping, dropping."
She said her nephew yelled, "'It's an earthquake!' and then we realized the bridge was collapsing."
Behind the wheel, Dennis Winegar fought to keep their rented Chrysler 300M under control.
"I slammed on my brakes and saw something in front of me disappear and then my car pointed straight down and we fell." He estimated they dropped about 50 feet.
Jamie Winegar said everyone around them got out of their cars and tried to help others off the bridge. "There were a bunch of people right around there helping everyone. Angels is what I call them."
Among the other vehicles caught on the ruined span as it came to rest was a school bus filled with children on their way back from a day of swimming. Ryan Watkins, one of the children, said the bus bounced twice and stopped, its front door wedged against a concrete traffic barrier. The children fled through the rear door.
Catherine Yankelevich tumbled into the Mississippi River. "Cars started flying and I was falling and saw the water," she said. She climbed out the driver's side window and swam to shore uninjured.
"It seemed like a movie, it was pretty scary," said Yankelevich. "I never expected anything like this to happen here."
Jacob Reynolds of Minneapolis, who had just returned from a family wedding out of town, was driving downtown and ready to get onto the freeway when he heard that the bridge had collapsed.
He said he's certified for disaster relief by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, so he ran over to see if he could help. Emergency crews were already fighting the fires.
"I realized there was nothing I could do so I continued to take pictures," Reynolds said. "I realized I couldn't capture it on film. It couldn't fit it in the camera. Some things are meant only for the eyes."

(From Yahoo News)

The News also appear in the Taiwan Yahoo.

The chinese title:美跨河大橋斷塌數十輛車落河 9死20失蹤
( The bridge was broken several cars fall in down to river 9 people dead and 20 people disappear in US)

It's the End

2007-08-02T05:35:00.000-07:00

Time is flow very fast

and I will back to Taiwan.

Acturally I can't wait for back to my country , it's sad one of my professor give me a "F".

I never forget the beautiful campus ,comfortable dorm and the high class classrome.

I feel my English ability is more promote.

Oh!!!
My blog seems like full of the "space".
In fact I don't like the "blogger" which usually let my blog disappear and I don't know why...

and I don't have a habit to type a blog.

but now when my freetime I will type a blog to describe my recent happends.

After all my English still have a lot to work on.

A memory of the "bus love"

2007-07-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

About 3 years ago , when I just a student.
The wether is not good, it's a small raining. About 9:20 P.M. in a bus stop.

There is so much student waiting for the bus, and it's so bored. After several minutes, I took

the bus 225. I notice "her" .A "Blessed Imelda's school" student with a good stature long hair

and her height may over the 1.7M . Oh!!! how wonderful style I love. That's no anything

could attract my sight until she got off the bus.

From this time on, not only waiting for the bus but the important thing was waiting

for the girl. When I saw her , my soul just like disappeared. I decited to conversation with

her but I don't have the courage. The time is passed from winter to spring , I will be graduate

from high school that's mean I couldn't seeing her again.

One day before I went to bed, I written a letter for her. The substance of the letter is

about my missing and my heart is falling in love for her. I handed the letter to her when I

met she again. Her face was full of the confuse but she still accept the letter.

The next day , It's the last I waiting for the bus. Today were more and more people

in the bus so I can't saw her. I'm so scare whether if I could saw her again.

Fortunately, when the bus near the stop that is she always got off the bus, the beautiful

girl finally appeared, and she give me the reply letter and she was got off the bus.

I'm so exciting . The day is a raining day too. But my mood is different with the

letter she give me.

And the follow up story? What's the substance in the reply?

That's a secret in my heart. But the sure thing is that : I never seeing "she" again .

Hi I'm Anping Wang

2007-07-08T12:36:00.000-07:00

As tittle

My name is Anping Wang
I'm from Taiwan (The Formosa)

My Birthday: 1987/06/29
Yeah! I just 20 years
But most of people are unbelievable because i just look like a Senior high school student.

Welcome to Portland

The city is very beautiful
I hered Portland is also named "Rose city"

Wow! so cool

Weather

Portland's weather belies the stereotype of the rainy Pacific Northwest. Our average annual rainfall is less than that of Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, Indianapolis or Seattle.Which is not to say that it doesn't rain in Portland. It does, on average, 36.3" per year. But the precipitation keeps Portland impossibly green - and helps enforce a casual, comfortable dress code. (What else would you expect in the home of Pendleton and NIKE?)Want a seven-day forecast? Visit KOIN-TV's weather page, which is updated by the National Weather Service.
TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE
High 46F (8C) 51F (10C) 56F (13C) 61F (16C) 68F (20C) 74F (23C)Low 34F (1C) 37F (3C) 39F (4C) 42F (5C) 47F (8C) 53F (12C)Rainfall 5.35" 3.85" 3.56" 2.39" 2.06" 1.48"JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBERHigh 80F(27C) 81F (27C) 75F (24C) 64F (18C) 53F (12C) 46F (8C)Low 57F (14C) 57F (14C) 52F (11C) 45F (7C) 40F (5C) 35F (2C)Rainfall .63" 1.09" 1.75" 2.67" 5.34" 6.13"

I think it's great time to visit Portland...