Update on fire from last night

[zhie]

Everyone managed to get out safely, thank God. There's an article about it, with the windows all smashed in upstairs and such, but to be honest, that's not bad compared to the damage that could have happened.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/111096594.html

(you'll note in the comments, you'll be able to know which one is mine... when people started saying it was a waste of tax money to send the extra trucks in... sorry, if it's an emergency, it's not a waste of money)

Seriously, though, for such a small town, fires seem to happen way too often lately.

June 2009: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/47268302.html

July 2009: http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/50023137.html
(follow-up: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/50961012.html)
(btw, the punishment in that case was that the guys who started it now have to spend the next few July 4th in jail, since they ruined the holiday for so many)

August 2010: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/101942253.html

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that you lived near or in Milwaukee. I go there every year in June for the Bead & Button Show in downtown Milwaukee. Maybe we can meet for a drink or dinner in 2011. I always love meeting my on-line friends.

I am relieved that everyone escaped the fire unharmed. The building looks lovely, of course now there will be a lot of rebuilding or tear-down and rebuilding to do. But it is life that is most important.

- Erulisse (one L)