SFO Fire

lashbear · 09-09-2010, 08:50 PM

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

Snowflake · 09-09-2010, 09:14 PM

A-okay in my neighborhood!

cirquelover · 09-10-2010, 10:50 AM

Those are some pretty scary pictures on the news!

Snowflake · 09-10-2010, 11:02 AM

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 · 09-10-2010, 11:19 AM

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 · 09-10-2010, 11:35 AM

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

Kevy Baby · 09-10-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

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.

innerSpaceman · 09-10-2010, 12:47 PM

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 · 09-10-2010, 01:18 PM

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.

Kevy Baby · 09-10-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

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:

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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:

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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.

09-09-2010, 08:50 PM	#1
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	A-okay in my neighborhood! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Those are some pretty scary pictures on the news!
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	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. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	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? __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I think Alex lives on the other side of the bay.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	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.
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