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Officials fear up to 40 dead in fire during concert at Oakland warehouse
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oakland-fire-nine-dead-warehouse-20161203-story.html ^
| December 3, 2016
| Russ Mitchell, Peter H. King, Liam Dillon, Tracey Lien and Paige St. John
Posted on 12/03/2016 5:31:31 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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A second story firetrap with no sprinklers, no working smoke alarms, code violations, unpermitted alterations, not enough exits, unpermitted entertainment and possible faulty equipment and unpermitted pyrotechnic display.
On the plus side, they had protected class management, entertainers and attendees, to which the law does not apply.
To: Navy Patriot
My gut tells me this fire may get more coverage in the MSM than the fires in Tennessee, just due to this being a left wing area.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:38:56 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: PghBaldy
It already is, plus because the media is right there.
Most networks prior to this could not have found TN on a map.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:40:45 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: PghBaldy
My gut tells me this fire may get more coverage in the MSM than the fires in Tennessee, just due to this being a left wing area. Virtually all the victims likely to be Progs (Progrssives) but nonetheless a tragedy of the first order.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:46:46 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
To: PghBaldy
My gut tells me this fire may get more coverage in the MSM than the fires in Tennessee, just due to this being a left wing area.There is no doubt that every single employee of the City of Oakland is in maximum Cover-Your-A$$ mode and destroy all evidence of malfeasance in office proceeds at breakneck pace.
Who will be the scapegoat?
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:48:40 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Navy Patriot
Here are inside pictures of this place
http://www.oaklandghostship.com/
the place was a tinder box waiting for a match
plus the stair case getting to the second floor was made out of wooden pallets and other junk
all of this was built illegal without permits
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:49:17 PM PST
by
arl295
To: Navy Patriot
it’s Oakland. Is it a problem?
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:51:44 PM PST
by
Thibodeaux
(Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
To: Navy Patriot
Just like that one in Rhode Island a while back.
A terrible fate.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:54:57 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: Navy Patriot
unpermitted entertainment
You have to get a permit to entertain now?
That seems a bit much.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:55:25 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: PghBaldy
Yep. Had this happened in East TN we would’t know about it for a couple of days.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:55:47 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Gatlinburg wildfire: over 1000 homes and business damaged or destroyed.)
To: arl295
Looks like a cool place to sight see. Not sure I would want to hang out with the typical party-goers though. I’d have a hard time finding my way out of that crazy place - nigh impossible being drunk, high and the place on fire.
40 people dead - tragic.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:57:25 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: arl295
...the stair case getting to the second floor was made out of wooden pallets and other junk, all of this was built illegal without permits.Fortunately for city inspectors, all of this construction work was done just this morning, by the oppressed progressive victims that unfortunately perished in the fire.
Honest.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:57:30 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: sparklite2
That seems a bit much.Until 40 people die due to not bothering to do the things needed to get a permit.
Then we are reminded why building codes and fire regulations were written.
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posted on
12/03/2016 5:58:37 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Make US Intelligence great again!)
To: Navy Patriot
Does anyone else see the irony?
CA is regulated to death with building, fire, and environmental codes. Yet these alt-artists types managed to convert an abandoned warehouse into their own little utopia and no one on the city council or in Sacramento batted an eyelash.
To: 21twelve
Looks like a cool place to sight see.If you have a ounce of brains, you will stay permanently out of Oakland, ...
by about 50 miles.
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posted on
12/03/2016 6:00:08 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: arl295
I do like that rug. I can't imagine how there was space to hold bands and a crowd of people though.
To: sparklite2
It does bring up some thoughts on meeting code, etc. One extreme is “Hey - it’s my property and I can do what I want!” (Hope you have a good lawyer and lots of insurance).
The other extreme is “Yes - you DO need wheelchair access, hand rails and potty stalls for the disabled at your dance club.”
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posted on
12/03/2016 6:01:01 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
CA is regulated to death with building, fire, and environmental codes.Laws are for the little people.
Those involved here are special people.
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posted on
12/03/2016 6:02:42 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Navy Patriot
Yeah. Although I was surprised at the young white crowd in most of the photos at the site. (Plus the atmosphere of the club.) Looks more “Bohemian” than “Gansta rap”.
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posted on
12/03/2016 6:03:48 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: PghBaldy
That’s a bit unfair. Apples and oranges.
“Fire” may be the common denominator but the venue is not. Whereas TN is a wildfire of a more “natural” cause that gradually spread, this was a fire accident inside a single building with a “party” or something going on.
And we have heard about the wildfires in the south. As well as in the west the many times they happen out there.
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posted on
12/03/2016 6:03:56 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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