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01-27-2009, 06:19 PM
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Awkward
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Downtown Fire: San Pedro and Marshall
Holy Crap! Huge fire being reported by KENS 5 in apartments at Marshall and San Pedro near the Lubys (and Lulu's) on Main. Anyone have first hand info?
Last edited by SilverCreek78250; 01-27-2009 at 06:37 PM..
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01-27-2009, 07:12 PM
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220 people need to be fired
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saw it and went to look up renters insurance rates for my son's apartment. that was an awful fire and I wouldn't want something like that happening to them. I'm surprised I didn't think of it until tonight. It's a little over $300/year, but worth it if something happens.
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01-27-2009, 07:17 PM
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I hope everyone made it out of that apartment building.
Why was the news man saying the helicopter pictures where HD? They sure didn't look good to me.
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01-27-2009, 07:32 PM
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220 people need to be fired
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They were HD on my HDTV. The broadcast signal probably wasn't that great, so the HD resolution just made that more apparent.
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01-27-2009, 08:06 PM
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Matthew 22:36-40, Matthew 19:21, Exodus 20:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rd2007
saw it and went to look up renters insurance rates for my son's apartment. that was an awful fire and I wouldn't want something like that happening to them. I'm surprised I didn't think of it until tonight. It's a little over $300/year, but worth it if something happens.
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It's worthy, because I bet your son is not the only person that lives in that building (same goes for me)
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01-27-2009, 09:06 PM
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I saw it coming home. Coming up from the south I thought it was much closer to downtown (it looked like it was not much behind the Crowne Plaza building). It was a huge fire! Very scary.
Renter's insurance is quite cheap, and very very worth it.
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01-27-2009, 09:42 PM
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when I google it it shows as a nursing home. The news didn't mention that as I watched. Can anyone confirm or deny?
that would be even more terrible.
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01-27-2009, 10:03 PM
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And she has sung...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dendox
when I google it it shows as a nursing home. The news didn't mention that as I watched. Can anyone confirm or deny?
that would be even more terrible.
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It was an apartment complex. There's two folks unaccounted for...but noone can say whether they were actually home during the fire.
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01-27-2009, 10:08 PM
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Any word on how this blaze started?
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01-27-2009, 11:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoot Owl
Why was the news man saying the helicopter pictures where HD? They sure didn't look good to me.
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The helicopter's camera is HD. The transmitter from the helicopter to the station is not. 
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