From ckuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de Thu Apr 11 10:45:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!ckuznetsov From: ckuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de (Callum Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr11.104503.4074@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:45:03 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 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. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Callum Kuznetsov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hgarcia@rwth-aachen.de Thu Apr 11 15:38:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!hgarcia From: hgarcia@rwth-aachen.de (Hana García) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr11.153803.8149@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 15:38:03 GMT References: <1996Apr11.104503.4074@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr11.104503.4074@rwth-aachen.de>, ckuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de (Callum Kuznetsov) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Hana García "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / FreeBSD 2.1 From slee@stanford.edu Fri Apr 12 11:09:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!slee From: slee@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Apr12.110903.8869@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:09:03 GMT References: <1996Apr11.104503.4074@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Apr11.153803.8149@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr11.153803.8149@rwth-aachen.de>, hgarcia@rwth-aachen.de (Hana García) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. 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. -- === Sun-mi Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hold for relay."