videoeditor1 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 A fire hit a [url=http://www.news12.com/NewCDA/articles/article_detail/0,5942,%26rid%3D11%26region%3DWC%26tab%3Dtopstories%26id%3D53754,00.html]building[/url] in the middle of my block at noon today. I lost power at the job and water at home (both sandwich the bldg on fire). Area is under lockdown. It was a 100 apartment unit. (That's a [b]LOT[/b] of missed coke sales... :) ) I had to park my car up the block, and 12hrs later, I still can't put it in the garage. The smells remind me of being in Manhattan after 9/11... I'm convinced that *my* firefighters and Law 'nforecmnt officers still don't get it. Ther eare at least 12 fire trucks up here (some are relay stations for pumping water up the block), and way too many police car. I already see how the "evil doing terrorists" are going to completely fuck us.... 1. Stage an accident (like a propane truck in a building in NYC), then when 1000 rescue / law enforcement officers swarm down on the scene, 2. Detonate a couple of explosives in, and beyond the perimeter of the 1st scene. I've been loooking at how these crews respond, and they congeal on the scenes of these situations with no plan, idea or formation for a expeditious pull back. Memo to self: check and double check homeowners insurance policy. Memo to self: GET homeowners insurance policy... Yeah, the name "NYC Drew" gets retired after 2222 posts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 But not before you could give me a "singe"! :p Sorry about your situation man. What are you doing? I guess you have no idea what the damage is yet? Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted March 17, 2003 Author Share Posted March 17, 2003 Shit, double post. Now I have one left.... [b]GT3![/b] Naaaaaa man, that was just the humorous Drew! :cool: In no way, manner, shape or form was I stepping to you. If you took umbrage, I'm very sorry. It's not my style to rip into people. Sorry again if you felt [b]sing[/b]led out... Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Don't waste your last post on GT3!! Goodbye, NYC Drew JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by JDL: [b]Don't waste your last post on GT3!! Goodbye, NYC Drew[/b][/quote]Why are you going around dogging me? Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Don't take it personally It's late. Sorry if I offended you I'm tired JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Why would I dog my dog? JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 No, I don't take things like that personally, but it did 'weird me out". By the way, if it was you that I said played a "vapid guitar solo," don't take it personally either. :wave: If it's not you, then ignore that comment. :D Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 NYC! I just remember! I just saw that building fire on the news! scary JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Glad you're ok and your work and home buildings are intact! Whew! Ok, but if you're not NYC Drew, who are you???? Is this a reaction to our agreeing on everything? I promise.. I'll contradict you... really I will. ;) :D It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCDrew1642606430 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by fantasticsound: [b]Glad you're ok and your work and home buildings are intact! Whew! Ok, but if you're not NYC Drew, who are you???? Is this a reaction to our agreeing on everything? I promise.. I'll contradict you... really I will. ;) :D [/b][/quote]Hi Neil, Kinda sux about losing power at work. I had a 24 track remote recording from this past Thur that I needed to go thru...there was another fire up here on Friday - 7 or 10 row houses up in (crack) smoke. It was just a few days ago I copied all of my family's personal documents/etc and put them in the safe at work. Re: "NYC Drew" - as you can see, the apple falleth not far from the tree... Sidebar: There's a gun nut in my building with four guns, but a shitload of ammo and no safe. What types of hazards does that present to the FD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Where was the last post? I don't think it was here...was it in GM's forum? Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Good idea, re protecting your family's important docs. My Grandparents had a summer house in the Catskills since my dad was a kid. In the early 1980's, I believe, two kids burned the place to the ground. Guess where they were storing most all the family portraits and important documents regarding our family history? Nothing survives, my grandparents are now both deceased, and what little info my dad remembers has been little or no help in tracking down where my grandfather came from in Poland. Between his brother's family living in France and Israel and us, we're not even sure of the correct last name. Ellis Island changed it, we believe... but I digress. Arson, fire in general, is a terrible way to lose everything. Most fires are [i]so[/i] preventable. :rolleyes: It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 This is one of the more surreal threads I've read here lately. Good luck Drew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 This thread IS weird. If you didn't read other threads you wouldn't really get all of it :D Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by NYC:Drew: [b]Re: "NYC Drew" - as you can see, the apple falleth not far from the tree... Sidebar: There's a gun nut in my building with four guns, but a shitload of ammo and no safe. What types of hazards does that present to the FD?[/b][/quote]Thank goodness... for a minute there I thought one of my favorite people around here was thinking of leaving us. :eek: Drew, in NYC, they have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. I am not up on all of your city's regulations (it's hard enough keeping track of stuff here in the People's Republik of Kalifornia), but I would think that: 1. I believe that unless he's got the right permits / licenses, he's not supposed to have guns in NYC - ESPECIALLY handguns. My understanding is that getting a permit to own a handgun in NYC is next to impossible - and I'm talking [i]permit to OWN[/i], not a CCW (Concealed Carry). 2. Proper gun storage in NYC is probably mandated by law - if not requiring safes, then at least requiring gun locks - through the action(s) or trigger locks. 3. I don't know if there is any restrictions on the amount of ammo you can own in NYC, or if there's any regulations on storage, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were. And if I was a FDNY guy, and knew that there was a few hundred (or a couple thousand) rounds in a burning building, I'd be very nervous about going inside - all it takes are the wrong conditions, and the stuff can definitely "cook off". Anyway, if you want to get more info, a call to the local library or NYPD should get you the regulations. And as far as the FD and PD congregating, you bring up a very real issue. Hopefully the PD establishes a perimeter and watches for signs of a setup of the type you described... but I'm afraid that far too often they don't. And taking out a bunch of first responders would probably give those (terrorist) bastards a major woody. There's countless other ways that terrorists can "hit us where and when it hurts", but I personally don't feel comfortable mentioning several that come to mind. Suffice it to say that I'm going to be avoiding locations where large amounts of people are gathered and security is lax or non-existent - especially right after we go into Iraq (due to the threat of homicide bombers and other potential threats). There's just NO way that we can defend everything in the USA that could provide a potential target without severely reducing or eliminating "essential liberty". Our best defense is good intelligence, a good offense, defense of critical targets as well as all of us being aware of our surroundings. It's sad that it has come to that, but not surprising. What I find surprising is that they didn't start directly attacking us Stateside earlier than they did. But I can honestly tell you that, short of curtailing civil rights, everything that the best minds in the defense and intelligence agencies in the USA can think of and implement is being done to defend all of us. There's some VERY good people who care about this country and are working hard day and night to keep us safe. Anyway, on a happier note, I'm glad you're still "with us". I'd miss you if you decided to quit hanging out with us here. You're "good people". :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 I was personally worried that you were going to revert to your reak name, and that it would be Stephen A Wewus or Myron R Coaster..... :eek: The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCDrew1642606430 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Thanks Phil, It's Westchester County, which is next to Bronx county (NYC). Both of my joints overlook intersections where Bronx & West.Co meet. Gun laws are not as restrictive as NYC (for example, you don't need "paper" to own a shotgun/rifle in West.Co), you can own up to 4 handguns (with appropriate permit - typically takes 4-6 mths as a disincentive...) with the 5th handgun, you need a safe, the cops come in and inspect the place, etc etc. I gave up my permit (and handgun) a little while back. The missus had a big problem with handguns...I had a Glock 45 and a S&W 38 special. Now with the kids being so young and her being so paranoid, it's a uphill sell. Yonkers PD will not issue a permit for my job address (same street, down the block), and I don't want to test the spirit of the law by getting the permit for the house and then keeping the guns 24/7 at work. At some point in the near future, if cash flow gets crazy, I may have to get the damn permit again and upgrade to a CCW. The silliest part of the requirements (no not the mandated NRA course) is needing four character references that live in the SAME county - their statements need to be notarized...what a pain in the posterior... ...with regards to Police/EMS/FD procedure, I only state the very obvious. There are scenarios in my head which I only discuss with my Law 'nforcement associates. Prior to going solo, I had a lot of the Westchester County town and village PD's, as computer clients. I also did work for the *entire* City of Yonkers and Peekskill (all departments, overseeing their IT needs). I still talk to (as in provide back door consulting and oversight) a few of the City Managers and pencil pushing cops from some of these municipalities... ---------- Nursers, I'm not down with having weird mutations of my name. I'd like people to know with full certainty as to with whom they are engaged in dialog with... I just got power back at work, so my brief holiday has ended. Happy St Paddies Day to all of my peeps from the Emerald Isle... NYC Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by NYC:Drew: [b] [quote]Originally posted by fantasticsound: [b]Glad you're ok and your work and home buildings are intact! Whew! Ok, but if you're not NYC Drew, who are you???? Is this a reaction to our agreeing on everything? I promise.. I'll contradict you... really I will. ;) :D [/b][/quote]Hi Neil, Kinda sux about losing power at work. I had a 24 track remote recording from this past Thur that I needed to go thru...there was another fire up here on Friday - 7 or 10 row houses up in (crack) smoke. It was just a few days ago I copied all of my family's personal documents/etc and put them in the safe at work. Re: "NYC Drew" - as you can see, the apple falleth not far from the tree... Sidebar: There's a gun nut in my building with four guns, but a shitload of ammo and no safe. What types of hazards does that present to the FD?[/b][/quote]The ammo poses no more hazard than a sparkler. Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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