In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Wow. Right on your street? They know what happened yet?
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Luckily enough no. The fire was a couple of streets down from me then two or three more streets over. Still from the news you could see it was nasty. The engines had to call in off duty fire fighters to help handle it. Not sure how many people lost their homes. The fire is being investigated as no resident could tell the fire department what happened.
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Laundry day as soon as I move then my walk. Only small stuff to do today.
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At least it wasn't your building, Brenda. Bummer.
Yeah. We had quite a few houses burned down in our storms. Several of them not very far from me at all. I don't even know how that could have happened other than power lines snapping while still being live and lighting them up.
I never did get into the Electrician's Union because I didn't have a daddy to get me in there like my friend did, so I couldn't say for sure. But I would think that with all the Safety First mindset that's taken over everything, there probably should be a way to keep all of that from happening. And I would suspect that if it hadn't been done, it was only because the local power company was too cheap to implement it.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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That is true SIX. I was talking to someone in my building who went down there to look at it. She said most of the top floor was on fire.
Never know it could be snapped power lines. Yeah, you would think power companies would learn but some just don't.
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Finished for today. Got in from my walk and looked into the fridge and discovered I had forgotten something. So I went back out to get it. Now, sitting down.
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Well, I found out what was up with the two engines and paramedics. There was an apartment fire. News crews got there and it looked really bad. They said at least one firefighter and resident were sent to the hospital.
Oh wow. That's bad. Apartment fires can kill a lot of people. I can't help thinking of Grenfell Tower fire.
It sounds like only two people were injured, tho, thankfully.
Here in LA, a lot of the old multistory apartment buildings were grandfathered in, not required to retrofit with fire sprinklers, and some have only one stairwell. I hope safety standards are better in your area, BRENDA!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I found out what was up with the two engines and paramedics. There was an apartment fire. News crews got there and it looked really bad. They said at least one firefighter and resident were sent to the hospital.
Oh wow. That's bad. Apartment fires can kill a lot of people. I can't help thinking of Grenfell Tower fire.
It sounds like only two people were injured, tho, thankfully.
Here in LA, a lot of the old multistory apartment buildings were grandfathered in, not required to retrofit with fire sprinklers, and some have only one stairwell. I hope safety standards are better in your area, BRENDA!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
Yeah, they can. They got lucky that only two were injured.
My building does have smoke detectors and alarms but I don't think there is a sprinkler system. There are two stairwells. The worry in the building is the people with walkers and scooters.
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So hard reading fan fictions sometimes. Just read an Emergency story. Notes at the end said Randolph Mantooth died on July 9th at 80 years of age.
That was shocking to read and my heart is broken. Another one of my tv crushes gone.
2 years after David Soul and 2 1/2 years after David McCallum.
Farewell firefighter/paramedic Johnny Gage. Be safe.
KMG-365
Time out: July 9
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Slow Sunday around me. Bit of clean up and some music.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I found out what was up with the two engines and paramedics. There was an apartment fire. News crews got there and it looked really bad. They said at least one firefighter and resident were sent to the hospital.
Oh wow. That's bad. Apartment fires can kill a lot of people. I can't help thinking of Grenfell Tower fire.
It sounds like only two people were injured, tho, thankfully.
Here in LA, a lot of the old multistory apartment buildings were grandfathered in, not required to retrofit with fire sprinklers, and some have only one stairwell. I hope safety standards are better in your area, BRENDA!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
Yeah, they can. They got lucky that only two were injured.
My building does have smoke detectors and alarms but I don't think there is a sprinkler system. There are two stairwells. The worry in the building is the people with walkers and scooters.
Oh dear. Elevators can stop working in fires. I would worry about them, too!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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