Fire Update
Here's a picture of what Arlington Towers (which has a plural name even though I'm pretty sure there's only one actual Tower) looks like today, the day after one of the condos caught fire and burned. See if you can guess which one it was:
Although police and fire officials have given no explanation for what started the blaze, unofficial speculation is that the fire, which began out on the unit's balcony, was caused by a discarded cigarette casually tossed from one of the higher units. This is quite possible, as the weather has been unusually hot and dry for May, and no matter what the time of year I constantly find discarded cigarettes on the observation deck of the Fortress of Solitude. Since I don't smoke and no one else lives there (It's a Fortress of Solitude, don't you know) the only reasonable explanation is that some inconsiderate jerk or jerks who live above me would rather toss their garbage off their balconies than dispose of it properly.
Then again, that may be just what my arch-enemy Apocalyp-tor wants me to think.
Although police and fire officials have given no explanation for what started the blaze, unofficial speculation is that the fire, which began out on the unit's balcony, was caused by a discarded cigarette casually tossed from one of the higher units. This is quite possible, as the weather has been unusually hot and dry for May, and no matter what the time of year I constantly find discarded cigarettes on the observation deck of the Fortress of Solitude. Since I don't smoke and no one else lives there (It's a Fortress of Solitude, don't you know) the only reasonable explanation is that some inconsiderate jerk or jerks who live above me would rather toss their garbage off their balconies than dispose of it properly.
Then again, that may be just what my arch-enemy Apocalyp-tor wants me to think.
3 Comments:
That's the scariest thing about living in a highrise---I once had to evacuate Park Towers because of a fire. Yikes.
Things that used to find on my balcony at Park Towers:
bars of soap
broken glass
cups
sponges
screws, nails, plaster, etc.
toilet paper rolls
sunglasses
cigarette butts
sunflower seeds and peanut shells
coins
Did you happen to find a Rolex? I think that was mine..
Sheesh...what is it about the towers downtown? Does that little condo tower on the south side of the river (on Arlington) still catch fire, too, every once in a while?
Idiot smokers.
(by the by: I did a Cubs-related post: http://blog.bbkld.com/2006/05/16/the-long-national-nightmare/)
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