From mhughes@delphi.com Tue Nov 07 19:19:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!mhughes From: mhughes@delphi.com (Marta Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 19:19:39 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. 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? -- Marta Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From eweber@illinois.edu Tue Nov 07 22:25:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!eweber From: eweber@illinois.edu (Élodie Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov07.222539.2785@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 22:25:39 GMT References: <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com>, mhughes@delphi.com (Marta Hughes) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. 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. -- Élodie Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From iwatanabe@pipeline.com Wed Nov 08 18:05:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!iwatanabe From: iwatanabe@pipeline.com (Ines Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov08.180539.4878@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 18:05:39 GMT References: <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com> <1995Nov07.222539.2785@illinois.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov07.222539.2785@illinois.edu>, eweber@illinois.edu (Élodie Weber) 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. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Ines Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aperez@ox.ac.uk Wed Nov 08 23:13:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!aperez From: aperez@ox.ac.uk (Astrid Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov08.231339.4252@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 23:13:39 GMT References: <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com> <1995Nov07.222539.2785@illinois.edu> <1995Nov08.180539.4878@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov08.180539.4878@pipeline.com>, iwatanabe@pipeline.com (Ines Watanabe) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. 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. -- Astrid Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lweber@illinois.edu Fri Nov 10 20:02:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!lweber From: lweber@illinois.edu (Lucia Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov10.200239.4964@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 20:02:39 GMT References: <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov07.191939.6391@delphi.com>, mhughes@delphi.com (Marta Hughes) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lucia Weber -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "They will send a copy in my place."