Lobbyist's death ruled accidental (Turton)

Washington Post ^ | 2/12/2011 | Paul Duggan

[Gabrial]

The death of a lobbyist in a Capitol Hill garage fire last month has been ruled accidental by the D.C. medical examiner's office, which said Friday that 37-year-old Ashley Turton died from burns and inhaling "products of combustion."

An autopsy also found that "acute alcohol intoxication" contributed to her death, the office said.

[bgill]

The picture has a 2010 date but I believe the guy is telling the truth about it being a recent picture. The garbage cans look like the same ones and are “put away” in the same place as after the incident pictures. That means that someone in that house was sober enough to get the garbage out on the curb that night or she put it out on her way to the garage.

[crosslink]

sorry I got my numbers backwards. Progress only received 200,000,000 in the bill.

Progress Energy has won $200 million in federal stimulus money to help fund development of a $520 million electric “smart grid” in the Raleigh-based utility company’s Carolinas and Florida territories.

The award was among dozens announced Tuesday by President Barack Obama. All told, the federal government unveiled $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grants through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009

Read more: Progress Energy wins $200M in stimulus funds for ‘smart grid’ | Triangle Business Journal

[bereanway]

When was the aerial photo of the gold car angled parking taken? There would be many ways to park that car which wouldn't obstruct the backing of the SUV nearly so severely. It's almost as if it's parked to block easy egress from the garage by the SUV.

[azishot]

If we don't swallow that, it's because we're ignorant racists!

I would really like to see these "investigators" recreate this "accident". Show me how it happened!

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I still type 2010 at times. Takes more than a month or so to break the habit. :)

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I still type 2010 at times. Takes more than a month or so to break the habit. :)

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I still double post, too.

[csvset]

The Arresting Gear Engines used on US NAVY aircraft carriers use ethylene glycol and utilize salt water cooling.

[bgill]

Oh, I thought the date was from the camera itself and that the camera would automatically have the correct date.

Back to my garbage can obsession - hmmm, or since hubby knew she had left for work, could he have walked her out and took the garbage out at the same time? That goes back to why the heck he didn’t make the 911 call and why he wasn’t running into the garage to save his wife while he claimed everyone in the house was accounted for? I just know there’s something important about the garbage - when was it taken out and by whom? Why wasn’t it moved out of the firemen’s and hose’s way or tumpled over during all the chaos?

[Gabrial]

Most welcome.

[Gabrial]

“...the husband hasn’t been heard from in the media at all that I’m aware.”

Not a peep. Not a word.

Nothing.

[Gabrial]

“Overnight another press release. Interesting, huh? They really want this story ‘gone’ don’t they?”

They sure do.

[Girlene]

When was the aerial photo of the gold car angled parking taken?

Don't know....came from this thread. Ashley Turton: The House and why BMW was parked at wierd angle

There would be many ways to park that car which wouldn't obstruct the backing of the SUV nearly so severely. It's almost as if it's parked to block easy egress from the garage by the SUV.

There is a fence in the way.

[WHBates]

"In the bill was an 800,000,000 green energy earmark for Progress Energy. Progress Energy announced a merger later in the day on Jan 10 the day Mrs Turton was killed.

Do you have a link to a confirmation about this? Where, did you see this information?

[crosslink]

I was going from memory it was only 200,000,000 .

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html

[BykrBayb]

The current Google Earth arial image shows a car parked there. I think it’s the same car, but it’s difficult to be sure. It was apparently not uncommon for the car to be parked there.

[bereanway]

I may be making something out of nothing, but if my wife were leaving at 5 AM there are several different ways the Maxima could have been parked which would have made egress much simpler. It could have been angled closer to the street and still clear the fence or it could have been parked on the driveway straight in and closer to the street which would have made things much easier as the driveway with the alley is plenty wide for others to still pull around.

My wife would have killed me if I parked like that and she had to back around. Again, probably not a big issue given all the other inconsistencies.

[melancholy]

The Arresting Gear Engines used on US NAVY aircraft carriers use ethylene glycol and utilize salt water cooling.

Sure, the abundance of available cooling fluid, seawater, makes sense and that's where the generic word "brine" came from. That needs heat exchangers and piping systems are made of fairly exotic/expensive MOC, mainly copper/nickel alloys, to resist corrosion.

Abundance of cooling fluid is required because of combat service that may rupture the equipment, loose the fluid, etc.

It's quickly fixed and filled with the seawater pump, et voila!

[BykrBayb]

Oh, is that all? Hardly seems worth mentioning. ; )