Sports news grabs the top headlines today. The New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl yesterday taking the National Football League championship. This was a team that was a lot of folks’ sentimental favorites because their history in league is pretty bleak. I think they’ve only made it to the playoffs twice in the past 35 years, earning them the nickname New Orleans Ain’ts. It’s a nice story to end the season with.
Those of you who took my advice and watched the hockey game between Washington and Pittsburgh yesterday got your money’s worth, no matter which team you were cheering for. Pittsburgh jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and at one point were leading 4-1. Then the Caps came back to score three times to tie it up and take the game into overtime where they won the sudden-death finish, taking their 14th-consecutive win. While that was going on, the Boston Bruins were breaking their losing streak at 10 by beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-0.
Just as I was getting ready to start today’s Lineup I learned that a Fairfax County (Virginia) firehouse suffered a partial-roof collapse during the night from snow accumulation. It was mostly over the apparatus bays, so everbody got out safely (and I think there was some warning from those ugly sounds that you get when building parts start shifting). There were 18 firefighters asleep inside when it started to go, but they all managed to dash to side emergency exits in time. From what I understand, the entire building has been quarantined until it can be inspected and today’s shift is temporarily transferred to another station.
The fire station is 35 years old, but the roof was replaced 12 years ago. I’m waiting to see Dave Statter’s report on it…..it’s right in his patch and the Channel 9 camera crews are already there. As soon as he gets something posted I’ll give you the link.
I’ll be spending part of the day digging my car out from the snow, so I may be a little delayed in answering emails and such. But I won’t be going far, be assured of that.
Our roof is still intact, so let’s get the equipment checked out. It’s Monday, so the checklist is a little longer. I’ll get the coffee started, then we’ll meet back in the day room.
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