From csanchez@pipeline.com Wed Apr 12 10:10:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!csanchez From: csanchez@pipeline.com (Callum Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:10:10 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Callum Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jstewart@clari.net Thu Apr 13 23:59:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!jstewart From: jstewart@clari.net (Ji-woo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr13.235910.9984@clari.net> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 23:59:10 GMT References: <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com>, csanchez@pipeline.com (Callum Sánchez) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Ji-woo Stewart -- ClariNet Communications Corp "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From khughes@utexas.edu Fri Apr 14 17:54:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!khughes From: khughes@utexas.edu (Karen Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr14.175410.7036@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 17:54:10 GMT References: <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com> <1995Apr13.235910.9984@clari.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr13.235910.9984@clari.net>, jstewart@clari.net (Ji-woo Stewart) writes: > Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Karen Hughes "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Sun SparcStation 20 / System 7.5.1 From fsanchez@kiae.su Sun Apr 16 11:10:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!fsanchez From: fsanchez@kiae.su (Freya Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr16.111010.1132@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 11:10:10 GMT References: <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com>, csanchez@pipeline.com (Callum Sánchez) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Freya Sánchez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From erobertson@uu.net Sun Apr 16 17:29:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!erobertson From: erobertson@uu.net (Emi Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Apr16.172910.7343@uu.net> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 17:29:10 GMT References: <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr12.101010.9424@pipeline.com>, csanchez@pipeline.com (Callum Sánchez) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. -- Emi Robertson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."