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Millionaire cybersecurity expert missing as Maryland mansion burned to rubble
The Washington Times ^
| January 19, 2015
| Phillip Swarts
Posted on 01/20/2015 8:29:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If the house was built in the last 5 years it would have been required by MD law to have fire sprinklers. It still should have had smoke and heat detectors that should have alerted the family and with a house this size I can't imagine that it didn't have the Fire Alarm with an automatic dialer to the Fire Dept.
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posted on
01/20/2015 11:17:03 PM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Boiler Plate
I just don’t get. How does a house that big go so fast and so hot that no one gets out. If gas,or propane was involved—wouldn’t there have been an explosion? Yet none was reporated and it was the security company that called it in.
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posted on
01/20/2015 11:33:43 PM PST
by
applpie
To: applpie
I agree. It doesn’t sound right at this point.
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:06:40 AM PST
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Jack Ryan’s house was near there
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:20:15 AM PST
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: applpie
Us sheeple are confused !
Baaaaaaaaaa !
Why technology man and family blow up ?? Why ??
Perhaps it’s got something to do with those wolves.
Silly me, they’re only conspiracy theory !
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:25:18 AM PST
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: BunnySlippers
The fire spread throughout the hour very fast. It looked like a lot of other fires Ive seen in the US and UK where the father has had a huge financial setback. He kills his family and burns down the house.
He could have caught suiciditis from a banker.
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:27:04 AM PST
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Boiler Plate
I think by the reports the place blew up. apartment building next to me at 3rd and arch became a torch in seconds. luckily no one died. arson via union. do government required safety standards actually work? i doubt it. but heh heh actually in philly the fathers required brick’s for houses. saved some major fires that occurred in other cities . now every house has a natural fire chain of tar that bleeds over every row house roof. Union workers don’t you know.
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:33:42 AM PST
by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
01/21/2015 12:47:30 AM PST
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: dila813
North Korea?Iran? China? Russia?
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posted on
01/21/2015 1:35:33 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Fear not little flock, from the cross to the throne, from death into light he went for His own)
To: Nachum; MarchonDC09122009; ClearCase_guy
“To: ClearCase_guy
If final report / evidence indicates arson, then this tragic incident oughta be included in Nachums Obola dead pool list.”
Pinging Nachum...
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posted on
01/21/2015 1:47:24 AM PST
by
TEXOKIE
(We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
To: maggief; Travis McGee
Ping, Maggie what is this guys ties to N -S. A and c eye A.
Crosslink
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:14:13 AM PST
by
crosslink
(Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You could smell that fire burning all over Annapolis. The pictures of the house fully ablaze sure look like arson
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:25:42 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
My theory is that the grandparents were desperately looking for their grandchildren who out of fear may have hidden in closets.
Also, thick smoke makes it almost impossible to see.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:39:40 AM PST
by
Atlantan
To: JennysCool
Time i i ime is on our side, yes it is!
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:57:33 AM PST
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: Atlantan
The terrifying accounts of spousal murder/suicide does not fit this incident. This couple were grandparents.
The most likely scenario is a gas leak which rendered the family unconscious - thereafter some other malfunction caused the fire.
The wiring and other installations in this massive building must have been very complicated - and apparently not up to code.
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posted on
01/21/2015 4:08:59 AM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I think America entered a dangerous new phase after the Nov elections. They’re playing hardball now. You can call me a conspiracy nut, but I think time grows very short.
<><><><><>
Who is they?
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posted on
01/21/2015 4:33:44 AM PST
by
dmz
To: dmz
“They” came from the demilitarized zone.
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posted on
01/21/2015 4:38:31 AM PST
by
Sawdring
To: jocon307
Minor point: the Grandchildren were visiting the parents.
The parents were not in the house when the fire occured. . .
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posted on
01/21/2015 4:40:26 AM PST
by
Salgak
(Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You guys certainly can come up with some doozies. If it’s suspicious, it’s probably a lot less sexy than you’re thinking. The couple’s sons are mixed up with booze and drugs. I’m guessing the fire was set to cover up another crime. The four grandkids don’t make sense though. Maybe it just got out of control.
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posted on
01/21/2015 4:49:15 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: applpie
One thing I was wondering about - given he’s in security (albeit cyber), one would think with a house that large it would have had all the best bells and whistles wrt fire alarms, sprinkler systems, etc.
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