Posted on 10/31/2006 11:07:23 PM PST by tlb
(BCN) SAN JOSE San Jose firefighters are responding to reports of explosions from within a four-story building in San Jose that has also drawn responses from a bomb squad and a hazardous materials team.
The fire department responded to the building at 2211 North 1st St. at 7:31 p.m. after being contacted by the building's private alarm company that some windows were broken and several explosions may have occurred inside, according to San Jose Fire Department Capt. Jose Guerrero.
The firefighters report no obvious signs of fire, but it appears there is a haze coming from inside of the building and several windows have been blown out, Guerrero said.
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Glad to know you're not jaded by life.
Well, this is certainly interesting.
Par pal is a tool of the globalist bankers to control internet commerce...in other words...truthers did it...
Ok ok...I'm just kidding....SHEESH!
Tyler Durden meets Web 2.0?
Why did I bother posting this?
Now how am I going to sell my collection of used Scotch tape?
Is it possible to tell if a window was broken from the outside, like by an intruder, or from the inside, like from an explosion?
Holy Crap! That's one of my favorite running spots in San Jose, and I used to eat lunch there every day!
I used to religiously run laps around that building's block - it is a huge building, that takes up the whole block when you include the parking lot. It's nice because it's a shade under a mile, and eBay / Paypal keeps a well-watered (& thus cushy) lawn around the whole thing, which is just what a big guy like me needs in a running surface.
I know some people who work there, too. Time to send out some e-mails....
Yes, it is possible to detect that.
It was overdue..
Is their website up and responsive?
A bombing in Silicon Valley?
I just used it, so it is still up.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
Oh, sounds like my check bombed...
Generally speaking they check to see which side of sash the glass shards are located.
Domestic Terrorism...
Thanks for the ping BurbankKarl.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711848/posts?page=1824#1824
Blown out windows and explosion like noises would be consistent with a halon fire extinguishing system going off. The windows blowing out sort of defeats the purpose of the halon but a halon system oversized for the space could easily create enough pressure when discharging to blow out windows.
My husband just heard this on the news so I did a search on FR for Ebay to find the story. Right underneath I found this.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1725588/posts
It was posted on the 25th of October. It is an article about a Christian group that is very upset about Ebay allowing the selling of relics of Saints on their site.
The group said they were calling for a boycott starting on All Saints Day, which is today, Nov.1.
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