Their families are entitled to learn why Oakland officials, well aware that this unsafe building was being used as a domicile and a site for large parties, was never vacated and sealed. Oakland officials did not enforce the law and people died. Begs the question who was making money and who was receiving “political donations”.
At least one was a kid still in school, and maybe other kids were there too.
Yeah dear. Live in that warehouse commune if that floats your artistic boat. Total immersion.
Unfortunately his last baptism there was in fire.
They need to show more pictures of the victims. Those pictures tell a story that the text is missing.
Modern day hippies living in a warehouse commune that hosts drug driven rave parties where highs and sex are free and rampant..........
I’m sure the people who set up the impromptu memorial site were well intentioned, but a bunch of lit candles? Isn’t that a little inappropriate and a painful reminder to the families and friends of those who died? Why fire of all things?
“It is someone elses fault. We were rounded up and forced to attend the rave party under threat of social ostracism”.
I’m sorry those folks lost their lives and the city bears some responsibility. But the adults there had to know those were unsafe digs so they were playing with their own lives. Being artists, I can imagine there were chemicals and flammables being stored unsafely in that space. And without electricians and maintenance staff to keep the wiring and facilities to code, it was just a matter of time. I can’t imagine a responsible parent letting their kid anywhere near such a place if they knew their kid was hanging around there.
I’ve been following this one. Count stands at 36, but the recovery efforts had to be suspended because one of the walls was threatening to collapse. A planned power outage in the local area took place, so that a large crane could be brought in to deal with it, they wanted to be able to move the equipment without having to worry about it bumping into live wires everywhere.
Estimates on how much of the building has been covered vary widely.
I have heard that the city isn’t but the county is, proceeding with a criminal investigation.
Still nothing from Derick Ion Almena. His churlish Facebook post made it to almost 3000 replies last night, almost all of them of the ‘FU’ variety. The post was eventually pulled, and now his FB page has disappeared. His wife’s is still up, but isn’t getting ravaged. The FB point-of-presence for the establishment is still there. Every once in a while someone swoops in and drops a bomb.
I saw a lot shows in old warehouses, and played shows in old warehouses.
First thing you do is check the exits and make sure tgey are clear.
The Ghost Ship was a firetrap with blocked exits, a poorly constructed interior structure, stairs made of pallets, and extremely questionable wiring.
While we played some sketchy dives, way would we have played that joint.
I suspect if I were to spend 10 minutes alone with any of these folks I would be ready to strangle them with their own intestines. But no one deserves to die in this hideous manner. RIP, all of you.
We know it is Oakland California so it therefore doesn’t matter
Not necessarily at the top of the list, but also not at the bottom is the lack of attention of the folks inside the warehouse. Look at those photos of the place before the incident. Did this people have no common sense from which to evaluate the risk?
How could anyone walk, much less dance, in that junk heap? And people were actually living there as well. Lousy job, Oakland city inspectors. A great deal of this disaster is your fault.
Triangle Shirtwaist factory.