DonziJon
02-17-2008, 06:49 PM
I'm from Rhode Island so I'm an observer of what goes on in this neck of the woods. Some of you may have heard about the fire that occured here 5 years ago...this coming Wednesday. It made national news at the time. 100 people were burned to death and 200+ more were greviously injured.
Today my wife and I drove by the site......it's been a "makeshift" memorial ever since. She hadn't seen the site before. There were..."functions" about to transpire at the site as we drove by.... to commemerate the event.
What caught my attention was the size of the footprint that the nightclub building took up. My estimate would be 75 feet wide across the front and maybe 40 feet deep.
It is estimated that there were 400+ people inside the building....a bar,...a kitchen, a stage, and tables....in about 3,000 square feet of floor space.
The fire started when the band.... "Great White" ..began their show with Pyrotechnics. The building went up in seconds.
The entire lot including parking was maybe 120x120.
There must be a lesson here somewhere. :confused: John
Today my wife and I drove by the site......it's been a "makeshift" memorial ever since. She hadn't seen the site before. There were..."functions" about to transpire at the site as we drove by.... to commemerate the event.
What caught my attention was the size of the footprint that the nightclub building took up. My estimate would be 75 feet wide across the front and maybe 40 feet deep.
It is estimated that there were 400+ people inside the building....a bar,...a kitchen, a stage, and tables....in about 3,000 square feet of floor space.
The fire started when the band.... "Great White" ..began their show with Pyrotechnics. The building went up in seconds.
The entire lot including parking was maybe 120x120.
There must be a lesson here somewhere. :confused: John