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January 03, 2007
The flames, boss! The flames!
Scene: My cubicle, yesterday. My phone rings.
Me: Hello?
Antwon: Are you near a window?
Me: Yeah, why?
Antwon: Are you looking out it?
Me: Yeah, well, I can be.
Antwon: See that big plume of smoke?
Me: OMG.
So yesterday there was a huge fire at the Rivermark plaza in Santa Clara, right near where we live. Apparently a construction site went up in flames (NBC11 has pix and a story). Very exciting. Took quite a while to find out exactly where the fire was - for a while, Twon and I thought maybe YGCHQ had gone up in flames, along with our cats and all our stuff. We are deeply grateful that it wasn't our complex - and that it wasn't anybody's home yet. Phew.
The sight was amazing - we could see the flames from where we stood right outside my cube. Dig the photos my coworkers took (I didn't have my camera with me, dammit):
It was really amazing. I was glad I got Rich and others to take photos. It's all too easy in moments of excitement to forget to document stuff like this. I mean, look at the way the smoke curled around the sky in that last photo! Amazing!! Well worth photographing, no?
Sucks for the construction company, mind you, but still. Amazing.
File under: Pure Ego!
Posted by Ealasaid at January 3, 2007 01:39 PM
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I sympathize with the construction company buy hey, they have insurance and at least there weren't really any people involved! WHEW!
My penultimate words to the dogs every morning are "now, remember the house rules: if there's a fire, run outside!"
Posted by: AM at January 3, 2007 02:15 PM
I'm really glad it wasn't you guys and that you're both okay. That said, that is a completely awesome fire. Great pictures!
Posted by: Annie at January 3, 2007 03:45 PM
Graphics from works 