SFO Fire

[lashbear]

Hello to all our San-Franciscans - are you OK ??

[Snowflake]

A-okay in my neighborhood!

[cirquelover]

Those are some pretty scary pictures on the news!

[Snowflake]

Yes, and this is actually South of SF in San Bruno. Death toll and number of homes lost keeps fluctuating. In any case, it's pretty bad.

[Kevy Baby]

I know Alex is in the Bay area, but I don't recall where - has anyone heard from him?

Is there any other LoTers in the Bay area?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I think Alex lives on the other side of the bay.

[Kevy Baby]

I think Alex lives on the other side of the bay.Cool - good to know.



Pictures like this one always get me. If you own the house still standing, do you freak out as to how close you came to losing it? If you live next door (the burned out one), are you secretly mad at your neighbor that his house is still standing.

So weird and seemingly random.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100910/capt.22558609a8dc448b96bbb2cf2b7ab2c2-22558609a8dc448b96bbb2cf2b7ab2c2-0.jpg?x=400&y=255&q=85&sig=ygrN3cpRGSvgHGk20e291A--

[innerSpaceman]

Eh, just reminds of life right now. I have a job while so many around me don't. I'm glad my house is still standing, and will be sad for my neighbors until they manage to rebuild. If I were a general contractor, I'd lend them a hand.

[scaeagles]

I say Extreme Home Makeover has a project.

I have read news reports that resients in the area have been reporting a smell of gas for over a week. If that's the case, I would suspect that PG&E (is it PG&E? It was when I lived in Napa during high school) is going to be paying out a whole bunch in both property damages and punitive.

[Alex]

Sorry, I don't think of San Bruno as being anywhere near me to trigger any need to report (and not having watched much TV since night before last I barely even know this happened - I watchef five minutes of it last night but that's about it).

Having had my home burn to the ground (though admittedly I didn't own it), I thought it a cool life experience (and never a thought one way or another to the non-burnt houses around us) and just moved on with minimal angst or looking back. But I suspect I'm in the minority on that one.

[Kevy Baby]

I have read news reports that residents in the area have been reporting a smell of gas for over a week. If that's the case, I would suspect that PG&E (is it PG&E? It was when I lived in Napa during high school) is going to be paying out a whole bunch in both property damages and punitive.It was PG&E. A three-inch gas line burst.

I found this interesting:
Michael Sah, 62, lives one block from the blast center. He said he and his wife had taken their morning walk directly over where the gas line appears to have ruptured at 10 in the morning, about eight hours before the explosion.

They smelled no gas and saw nothing amiss at the time.
And this too:
San Bruno Fire Capt. Charlie Barringer said the neighborhood was engulfed by the time firefighters arrived, even though the fire station was only a few blocks away. He said the blast took out the entire water system, forcing firefighters to pump water from more than 2 miles away.Both quotes from this story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-10-calif-fire_N.htm).

[Stan4dSteph]

It was PG&E. A three-inch gas line burst.Thirty inch, not three. A three inch line would not have done that kind of damage.

[Kevy Baby]

Thirty inch, not three. A three inch line would not have done that kind of damage.Eh, what's 27 inches between friends?

You are indeed correct - it says 30 inch right there in the article by gum