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What was he doing in the chimney?Chimney fell on a car with an 18 year old man inside.
What was he doing in the chimney?Chimney fell on a car with an 18 year old man inside.
IndeedChimney/Santa jokes aside, amazing that with all of the exploding houses the only person killed was a kid sitting in his car. Poor, unlucky *******. :(
One wonders what analogies will be drawn between car/chimney deaths and gun control by some posters in the political forum.Chimney/Santa jokes aside, amazing that with all of the exploding houses the only person killed was a kid sitting in his car. Poor, unlucky *******. :(
That poor kid died.Chimney fell on a car with an 18 year old man inside.
Local broadcast news had pictures of what appeared to the be the car/chimney. Wrong place. Wrong time. The pictures are stunning, not in a good way.One wonders what analogies will be drawn between car/chimney deaths and gun control by some posters in the political forum.
Just a few weeks ago one of the t.v. tabloid shows showed a guy who took off from a backed up traffic stop about two seconds before a giant tree would have flattened him and his car. Looked like he didn't even know what happen behind him.Chimney/Santa jokes aside, amazing that with all of the exploding houses the only person killed was a kid sitting in his car. Poor, unlucky *******. :(
I lived out in LA for a bit and it was always funny when you reached the edge of Beverly Hills. I was in the middle of UCLA and USC and it was amazing the difference when you went towards UCLA/Beverly Hills or towards Crenshaw or USC. It was a long time ago but just a few miles in different directions were different worlds.Al O'Pecia said:It may be difficult to find two adjacent towns/cities in America that are more different than Andover and Lawrence.
Wow, I didn't even think of that.Every home in the area on gas has to be checked. Anything that uses gas in the houses need to be inspected before gas is even turned on. The gas mains all need inspecting and probable replacing. Unfortunately this is going to take a long time. Very long. Thank god this wasn’t the heating season as a lot of burners were off. If this was December/January the loss of life and property would’ve been astronomical.
I know it’s terrible (I live 20 mins away and know people affected)... but hownanyone can listen to that recording and not be bored out of their skull I dunno
I know it’s just noise to a lot of people who will listen to it. If you aren’t familiar how fire depts work on scene you won’t or can’t understand it either.I know it’s terrible (I live 20 mins away and know people affected)... but hownanyone can listen to that recording and not be bored out of their skull I dunno
Four minutes in someone says to call Gas Company re: over pressurisation. Pretty solid based on not very much info at that point.https://youtu.be/T7HYA_HJbP4
This is a recording from Lawrence Fire from the start of the fires/explosions. To help understand, Lawrence engines are numbered in the 30’s, their ladders in the 40’s. Deputy chief is 21 and 20 is the Chief. Crazy and two towns next door dealt with the same chaotic scene. We use a mutual aid system to get help in, but we all use the same so it was extremely hard knowing who was coming in. Cities and towns were monitoring and just came to the scenes and then a staging area. There was some great firefighting and work between different communities without radio communication. Proud of ALL my fellow FFs working that scene.
I grew up with scanner traffic constantly in my house. Dad was a chief (I was a volunteer for a while), and my mom actually used to work one of the town’s dispatch centers in what is now the family dining room until they centralized everything.wilked said:I know it’s terrible (I live 20 mins away and know people affected)... but hownanyone can listen to that recording and not be bored out of their skull I dunno