Posted on 12/04/2016 6:30:20 AM PST by libstripper
Anyone who wants to see what the interior looked like before the fire should go here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3997712/I-spent-lot-time-planning-escape-routes-sh-People-warehouse-converted-artists-collective-gutted-Oakland-party-blaze-knew-deathtrap-waiting-happen-building-just-cited-month.html#ixzz4RqbeKEu8
Oakland's property values have gone up. Those folks are going to have to move elsewhere...maybe to Cuba. I've give them one-way, non-refundable tickets.
Prayers up for family and friends.
Nothing good happens after midnight.
Pics of the interior are here
http://www.oaklandghostship.com/
it was a cluttered mess, a tinder box waiting for a spark
looks like extension cords were used as electrical wiring as well
Cities and towns all over the country are always giving money and encouraging these ‘artist’ communities to come into town and setup shop. They give them old warehouse buildings and all kinds of breaks because they think that it brings culture.
In reality its just a bunch of hippy vagrants that need a place to squat for almost no money so they can smoke dope and create junk “art” out of twisted metal and garbage.
There are a bunch of lawyers who’s prayers were answered today.
Why does the Daily Mail, half a planet away, have better and quicker coverage than The LA Times?
These honkies were probably the reason property values were going up; not that they contribute anything, but they were “whitening” the city...
That's the bottom line. In trendy cities, nobody wants to deal with houaing for people who aren't at the two extremes....upper-echelon and low income rent subsidies. So what do they do? Look the other way with these horrendous working, recreational, and living conditions.
The city has to be held accountable for any violations they knew about, but did nothing.
There is no one with any assets worth going after involved, is my take.
Remind me of the Cocoanut Grove and Beverly Hills Supper Club fires.
In both cases the building were expanded and remodeled without regard to safety or codes. Fire codes were inadequate at best.
The body count in this fire was much lower, however...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire
It looks like it was a really cool pad, but there is a thousand bucks worth of kindling in there. If they didn’t have sprinklers, something like that was bound to happen.
Those kids did not deserve to die such a horrible death. When I was in my late teens/early 20s, I would have also thought it would be really cool to attend a bash like that. I wouldn’t have been thinking about smoke detectors, sprinklers, emergency exits, etc. Prayers for the families of the victims.
Huh?
I have read how bad this building was, and with all the fire and other codes it seems funny, like city payoffs, for this building to even be open...but has anyone other than me wondering if this hasn’t got the smell of the Orlando fire???
***When I was in my late teens/early 20s, I would have also thought it would be really cool to attend a bash like that****
NOT this old boy! For some reason I don’t like crowded dark spaces! One reason why I never got into the bar hopping scene is when I found ONE small door into a joint, no back door to be seen, then I found ONE small back door. A real death trap.
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