Season Three, Episode 19
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Dr. Early undergoes open heart surgery.
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Comments OffA CROWD OF PEOPLE ATTENDING A MAJOR CONCERT in Germany Saturday got pressed into a panic which led to a stampede, trampling hundreds of concertgoers and killing at least 19 young men and women, and injuring more than 350 others.
AP
Nearly 1.5 million people were attending the annual Love Parade, a “techno music” concert that is also billed as the largest dance festival in the world. The open-air festival is held in Duisburg, which is in western Germany. The festival carries on throughout the small town with parades, one lasting 10 hours, and other musical entertainments. But the main arena where the featured perfomances are held is accessed exclusively through a twin tunnel and it was at this “choke point” where the panic ensued.
This tunnel is the only way in to - and out of – the vacant
railroad yards where festival organizers had planned to
entertain a half-million revelers at the concert. (AP)
Witnesses say that the crowd had built up too tightly and then the press of the people reversed, putting pressure on the people trapped in the tunnel from both directions. The panic then built in the enclosed area and the stampede broke out.
The Associated Press filed this video report:
The tragedy occurred in a tunnel on the way to the festival grounds as police were trying to prevent people from entering the overcrowded site. Thousands of fans had been walking along a hundred-meter pathway toward the festival for several hours.
In interviews with German media, eyewitnesses questioned the safety of the 200-meter (650-foot) long and 30-meter wide tunnel that served as the Love Parade’s main access.
There was also some concern ahead of the festival that Duisburg’s former railway freight yard would not be able to accommodate all the party-goers. In an interview with Der Westen, organizers said the venue could hold up to 500,000 people. Some 1.4 million people were estimated to have attended the event, about 200,000 less than the previous year’s Love Parade in Dortmund.
Access for the paramedics to the victims was almost
impossible at first. (Getty images)
RT Television has this raw video taken during the rescue operation:
State prosecutors have opened an official investigation into the tragedy, with authorities having confiscated all documents related to the planning of the party. Initial accusations have been levelled at party organizers, with the German Police Union saying that many security personnel had been concerned about the event before it even started. According to the newspaper Neuen Ruhr/Neuen Rhein Zeitung, a fireman has brought criminal charges after he had warned organizers of the danger area before the tragedy even took place.
Much of the critique has centered around the fact that the tunnel where the panic took place was the only entrance to and the only exit from the party site. Furthermore, the German Police Union said on Sunday that they had for years warned that the city of Duisburg was not spacious enough for such a huge event. “At the end of the day, the city and the organizers are responsible for the tragedy,” said police union chairman Rainer Wendt told the mass-circulation daily Bild. “The city is too small and cramped for events like this.” Wendt also added that police should not be blamed for Saturday’s deadly chaos.
“When it comes to the Love Parade, you cannot rely on the rationality of the participants,” an experienced police officer told SPIEGEL ONLINE. “That never works.”
Perhaps prodded by the imminent threat of prosecution, the event’s organizers announced Saturday night the the festival will be shut down “forever” and discontinued. The Love Parade began in 1989 as a peace festival and grew considerably over the years.
Der Spiegel also has a 25-image photo gallery posted HERE.
Update: Fireground radio added. Scroll down.
TWO BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT FIREFIGHTERS, Lt. Steven Velazquez and FF Michael Baik were on the top floor of a 3-story house conducting a primary search when they got in trouble. They were able to send out a mayday call and the RIT got to them quickly, but despite having CPR perfomed on the scene, but they were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Connecticut Post photo
The alarm was dispatched just before 4 pm Saturday afternoon. The Connecticut Post is reporting:
Deputy Fire Chief Robert Petrucelli said he arrived on the scene 15 minutes into the fire and found heavy smoke coming from the second and third floors.
“Firefighters were making progress on the fire,” (Bridgeport Mayor Bill) Finch said, “knocking down the flames.”
He said Velazquez and Baik were the furthest inside the house, doing search and rescue and ventilating the house.
There’s no immediate word on what caused the fire, and Finch said the State Fire Marshal’s Office will be investigating not only the cause of the blaze, but also looking at the equipment used by the deceased firefighters. Officials believe, however, that the fire started in the second-floor apartment.
Understandably, there will be little more factual information released until a thorough investigation is carried out.
WTNH-TV filed this video report from the scene:
The Connecticut Post continues:
Almost “half the department” was at the fire, the mayor said, and the first truck — Engine 3 — was actually on its way to an elevator rescue when firefighters spotted the smoke and diverted to the fire.
Firefighters from Milford and Fairfield provided mutual aid during the fire, and Fairfield firefighters, their equipment and their chief, Richard Felner, stayed to fill in for the Bridgeport crews.
At the Congress Street headquarters, Felner said, the Bridgeport firefighters were being debriefed and receiving any help they might need. “We’ll stay here as long as they want us; we’re here for them. It’s a bad, bad scene, especially for the crew that was working with them.”
Bridgeport apparatus responding to the fire were Engines 1, 3, 4 and 7, Ladders 5 and 11 and Rescue 5.
Finch said he was grateful for the assistance from other communities. “Our firefighters need to go home,” he said.
STATter911 has a good background article on Lt. Velazquez HERE.
Read the early story from the Connecticut Post HERE.
Update, 9:30 am. Fireground Scene Audio has posted the radio traffic:
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Morning Lineup – July 25
Comments OffWe’re back after our 3-day break in Charm City with all of our booth furniture back into storage and a day’s worth of photo imaging downloading to do. We all agreed that we had a great show this year. Attendance appeared to be up and a lot (I mean a lot) of readers came by to visit with us and tell us how much they like Firegeezer. We really appreciate that and we thank you for your support and loyalty.
As usual, Dave Statter was sharing the space with us and greeting some of his many fans and readers while telling them how life is going now that he has retired from the television business. He hasn’t retired, though. He’s working to establish his own communications consulting business and to nobody’s suprise, he’s off to a great start. But his STATter911 blog will continue to be published every day, and we’re all glad for that.
During a slow moment as the show was winding down yesterday, I managed to get a clear view of the booth for a moment:
This year the newly-organized Firefighter Netcast gang joined us and it made for a great time. Rhett Fleitz, publisher of Fire Critic and John Mitchell, who pens the Fire Daily blog (both of them members of the FireEMS Blogs family), have grabbed the netcasting format and are going great guns with it. They brought a lot of activity and fun to our booth this year. And they were able to get a lot of interviews “in the can” for upcoming netcasts:
photo by Mike Legeros
While we’re on the subject, I’ll point out that we had some good protection on our right flank. This year our neighbor was the FDNY chapter of the Firefighters for Christ mission. It doesn’t hurt to have the Big Guy on your side.
Ok, we’d better get this equipment checked out now. I’m going to see how the Sunday breakfast is coming along and get another pot of coffee started. See you back in the day room in a little while. Enjoy this week’s Sunday Photo Art:
FIREFIGHTER NETCAST interviews F G Gnome
As the Saturday crowd waited to enter, Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell interviewed F G Gnome for Firefighter Netcast.
Hope that you stop by today, we close at 3!
Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
I decided to cash in some frequent-sleeper credits and stay at the Baltimore Hilton while at the Firehouse Expo.
A new luxury hotel with a walkway to the convention center and a view of the ballpark, it is almost worth the price for the convienience.
SIXTH FLOOR POLICE POST
It was 11 pm Wednesday night and I was surprised to see a city police officer on a post on the sixth floor lobby. Did not see that when I stayed in the hotel for last year’s Firehouse Expo or this year’s EMS Today conference.
Got the answer at the opening session of Firehouse Expo the next morning, as reported by Peter Hermann at The Baltimore Sun:
It seems a warning more appropriately aimed at fifth-graders than firefighters attending a national conference in Baltimore: If there’s no fire, don’t pull the fire alarms. Don’t activate the sprinklers and don’t empty the water pipes.
The warning was given Thursday morning by Baltimore Fire Chief James S. Clack, who said that last year visiting firefighters pulled numerous false alarms and flooded the top floors of the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel, causing “hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage” and earning him a scolding from the mayor. (…)
Clack reminded the visitors what he doesn’t need to tell city residents — the 757-room, $301 million hotel was built with taxpayer money, and the city is self-insured. But taxpayers won’t be footing the bill; the money to cover the damages comes from the hotel’s revenue.
read entire article HERE.
from http://tinyurl.com/3557cyh
2009 BOYCOTT
Just before the 2009 expo, the city was announcing another round of budget reductions, including the closing of Truck 2 that runs out of the Steadman House blocks away from the Convention Center.
There was a call on a few mid-Atlantic firefighter forums for a boycott of the expo to protest fire company closings.
Herman’s article quotes Visit Baltimore President Tom Noonan that the Firehouse Expo brings in $12 to $15 million in revenue every year.
The cost of repairing the damage caused by opening standpipe discharges in the hotel exceeded any impact from a late-organized boycott. Besides repairing the water damage, parts of the hotel could not be used for revenue during the repairs.
POINTING FINGERS AND MAKING ACCUSATIONS
The heat and anger is not about the incident, but about remarks made by Stephen Fugate from IAFF Local 964 . Representing the Baltimore Fire Officers Association, President Fugate attributed the 2009 action to “squirrels,” volunteer firefighters from small towns and rural hamlets.
I think he wanted to avoid concerns that disgruntled city firefighters opened standpipes on a Friday night, flooding a dozen rooms at the Hilton.
OUTTA TOWN SYNDROME
I cannot completely agree with Captain Fugate’s assessment, but anyone who goes to emergency service conferences or shows has encountered the “Outta Town Syndrome.”
When you attend a two-week residential course at the National Fire Academy part of the introduction warns against bad behavior on campus and in the community.
When I rode an ambulance at a beachfront town we met many tourists who would never behave that way at home, or drink as heavily, or think that the laws of physics and physiology do not apply.
OVERTIME FOR BALTIMORE POLICE
Returning to the hotel last night, spoke to one of the officers who said that the hotel detail was an overtime gig.
Nice that we can support our law enforcement bretheren while acting out during “training.”
This years overtime cost for police patrols in the Hilton will come from the revenue from this year’s show.
Combined with last year’s repair/lost revenue costs, probably enough to cover the staffing of Truck 2 for a few months.
Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized $39,000 worth of products labeled as cyanide antidote kits from Keystone Pharmaceuticals in Laguna Hills, California on Thursday.
The kits contain unapproved drugs that have not been proven safe and effective, and they are also mislabeled.
RamblingChief.com has the full press release and more information on it HERE.
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, POLICE have arrested a 16-yr.-old boy who stole fire engine shortly before midnight last night. The youth broke into the Lithgow fire station and started up the pumper, then drove it around the town of Blue Mountains with all the warning lights turned on.
ABC file photo
The errant fire engine all lit up quickly caught the attention of a police patrol and he was pulled over. A breathalyser test show a BAL of 0.045. He was taken to the police station and issued with a “court attendance” notice for drunk driving and other traffic offenses. Then he was further charged with breaking and entering, and theft of the firetruck.
Read the full press release from the New South Wales police HERE.
Hat tip: Darren V.
Morning Lineup – July 24
Comments OffThis is the last day of the Expo, and will also be our busiest. All the day-trippers will be here today filling in the space left behind by the folks who were here all week for the seminars and training. So far, we’ve met a lot of nice folks who have made a point of visiting our booth to say hello to the Firegeezer crew, Dave Statter, and the Netcast guys from Fire Daily and Fire Critic.
I need to apologize to all of you who have sent me emails over the past couple of days. I haven’t ignored you, just haven’t spent much time online with all the activity on the floor of the hall. I’ll get caught back up over the rest of the weekend, but thanks for your mails and tips.
Our friend Mike Legeros from Raleigh, North Carolina,
took this shot of Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
peddling the Geezercups.
Second year in a row that I’ve been asked for an autograph.
This time it was for a newly-purchased Firegeezer mug.
Well, I’d better get ready for Day 3, so let’s get this equipment checked out. I’m going to get some more coffee started. Catch you later.
THIS PHOTO ARRIVED FROM THE ASIAN news desk, India I think, but the caption went someplace else. So I can’t tell you what’s going on here. Could it be a short stretch? Or magic water? I don’t know . Help us out here and tell everybody what you think the caption should be for this pic.
As always, post your entry in the Comments section.
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IN SKOVDE, SWEDEN, AN AERIAL UNIT was responding to a call for a house fire and while going around a curve, the rear wheels went up onto the median. The elevation was just enough to throw the center of gravity up and led to a rollover of the apparatus.
There were no injuries from the accident. The alarm turned out to be no service.
SOS Stockholm
The Gotesborgs-Posten has the story HERE.
How to Trade a Cellphone For a Porsche
Comments OffAN ENTERPRISING 15-YR.-OLD BOY IN GLENDORA, California, decided to use Craig’s List to make some sharp trading. Two years ago, Steven Ortiz was given an old cell phone for free from a pal and then he went to the “Barter” section on Craig”s List.
Jalopnik continues the tale:
Steven used the “barter” section of Craigslist to move up to a better phone. He then traded the phone for an iPod Touch, the iPod Touch for a dirtbike — which was turned around several times for other, better dirtbikes — and then a MacBook Pro arrived, which opened the door to vehicles.The MacBook Pro was traded for a Toyota 4Runner, which was then bartered for a custom off-road golf cart. Keep in mind that Steven was only 15 at the time, so even if he’d kept that 4Runner, he couldn’t drive it anywhere.
The golf cart was then traded for a much more expensive dirt bike, the dirt bike was traded for a street bike, and then Steven traded that for a series of boring cars, ending up with a sweet 1975 Ford Bronco.
Had we been Steven, we’d probably have stopped there, as it doesn’t get much better than an old Ford Bronco. However, by the time he acquired the Bronco he was of driving age. After enjoying it for a while, he decided to mix things up and go for a Porsche.
Over period of two years, Steven consummated 14 trades, never spending any money, and turned his cast-off cellphone into a Porsche Boxter. Read the full story in Jalopnik HERE.
This video report from ABC News shows a proud Steven in his sports car:
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FLYING CAR SYNDROME IS BREAKING OUT ALL OVER the world. In the last few months we have brought you stories from Germany and the U. S. on this phenomenae where people have discovered ways to send their automobiles airborne and deliver them onto the roofs (or into the walls of high-rise buildings) of helpless structures, sometimes with fatal results.
Yesterday Fireball brought in this report from Alassio, Italy, one of those postcard villages that are built literally on a hillside, where an unoccupied Fiat Panda slipped its handbrake Thursday morning and rolled down a driveway, through a decorative railing, and landed on the top of the house on the next level down.
The car plunged through the roof and halfway into the bathroom of the house, ironically blocking the one room that was likely the most-needed immediately after the event.
The local Vigili del Fuoco checked it out and found no imminent life hazard, then evacuated the house until the car could be retrieved later in the day.
IVG.it has the story and a 15-image photo gallery HERE.
Day One at the Firehouse Expo was a success….. it seems like more people were visiting this year over last year’s count. And our booth attendance was just great. A lot of nice people made a point of stopping by to tell Mike, Dave Statter and I that they enjoy our blogs and are regular readers. It’s great to hear that.
Mike showed you a pic of the empty booth yesterday morning, awaiting the arrival of the furnishings. Here’s a shot of the spot after everything was put together taken at an early moment just after the doors opened to the public.
As I mentioned earlier, the Firefighter Netcast duo, Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell are recording from our location too. They had a great start yesterday, interviewing at least a half-dozen fire /EMS notables for upcoming netcasts. In this photo they have Greg Friese (in the center) visiting and talking about Public Information services and I think some EMS talk, too:
Another popular spot in the booth this year is F. G. Gnome who is making his first appearance with us. The guy is such a ham, he tells people that he doesn’t charge for photos, hoping that they will pick him up and have their pictures taken together. Several people did that, including our friend Gordon Routley:
FossilMedic and GeezerDotter keep an eye on F. G. to make sure
that he behaves himself as Gordon Routley starts a new investigation
into the effects of gnome acitivities on spontaneous human combustion.
We’ve got our internet connection working fine, so our blogging should be a little more productive from the floor of the exhibit hall today.
First, we have to get a little productive here and get the equipment checked out. I’ve got time for some coffee before I have to leave for the Baltimore Convention Center again.
Best time to buy a ZR1
Comments OffLast week we had three articles on changes in the marketing of the high-end Corvettes, the Z06 and the supercar ZR1.
These changes were to reverse the worst sales year in 40 years, with just 13,934 Corvettes sold in 2009.
Over 500 new ZR1s in inventory
Keith Cornett, writing in CorvetteBlogger, reported on GM rebates for the $118,000 supercharged Corvette.
The rebates for the Corvette ZR1 run through September 7th. You can get either a $3,000 rebate on the purchase of the 2010 Corvette ZR1 or 0% APR for up to 60 months. A $5,000 rebate is being offered on 2009 Corvette ZR1s, but we see there are only 11 09′ Corvette ZR1s available.
The Corvette ZR1 also qualifies for the $1,000 Toyota Conquest rebate which can be combined with the $3,000/$5,000 rebate. However, you lose that money if you take the 0% APR financing.
The graphic in the story shows the situation:
Even with the rebates, it is still a six-figure purchase. Gotta sell a lot of Firegeezer mugs to make the monthly note!
Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
Urban Firefighter Magazine – 2nd issue out
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Bus Crash Kills 6 – 34 Injured
Comments OffA Greyhound bus crashed into an already-wrecked SUV on a California highway early Thursday morning near Fresno. The crash killed the driver of the bus and five other people, at least one of which was in the SUV.
Witnesses say that the SUV had previously rolled over and was laying on its side in a traffic lane with no lights on. The Greyhound piled into the car, then struck a second car sending all three of them down an embankment.
The Los Angeles Times has the early STORY.
Wish we had a step ladder(!!)
BOOTH 738
Waiting for the rest of the crew to show up.
We have a couple of show specials that will be announced later.
Hope to see you here.
Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
A NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT EMT was arrested and arraigned Wednesday, charged with a series of five rapes over a period of a few years. Angus Pascall, 33, was finally caught when a recent victim was able to get his license plate number. Two of his known victims were girls aged 11 and 14.
He has been suspended for at least 30 days by the FDNY.
WNYW-TV has this video report this morning:
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Morning Lineup – July 22
Comments OffLineup will be brief today because I will be leaving the station to head up to Baltimore in a few minutes. But before we dismiss, I would like to point out a novel fundraising scheme being held in Minnesota. Our friend from the Land of Sky Blue Waters, Wayne K. sent this announcement along.
The fire department in the town of Cologne (pop. 1,012) just outside of Minneapolis, will be hosting a weekend at the Firehouse Drive-in. Apparently they have set up a drive-in movie re-enactment complete with a 30-ft. by 50-ft. screen and they’ll be running a full show including a cartoon and then two feature movies on the nights of August 20 and 21. They have different flicks each night, so you can go both nights and enjoy a visit to the past. I see one of the features will be American Graffiti…..why, of course.
The focus of the fund drive is to pay for the restoration of their 1923 American LaFrance pumper that was the town’s first motorized firetruck. They are really fortunate that they still have it.
Click on their nicely-designed WEBSITE to see what they’re doing and visit the different pages that hold more information. And if you’re within driving distance of Minneapolis, mark your calendar for the weekend of August 20 and 21. It looks like fun, and for a good cause.
Now let’s get this equipment checked out. I need to get some coffee started before I head out the door.
Gnome Report – Made It!
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On The Road to Baltimore – Made it!
Hi, Everybody!
Yes, that’s right…. I made it into Baltimore today and all the way down to the Convention Center near the Inner Harbor. It was good weather all the way and I didn’t have a traffic problem at all. In fact, everybody seemed to be running off in the opposite direction. But here I am, in the lobby of the facility…..
It sure is a big place. And it’s right across the street from the Baltimore Orioles baseball park. I might catch a game while I”m here! I’ve already found a cozy, dark spot underneath one of the escalators where I can probably sleep tonight. Then after the guys get the booth all set up tomorrow, I’ll make my grand entrance into the exhibit hall. Maybe I’ll see you there, too! Come on by Booth #738 and say “hello.”
See you at the next Gnome Report.
TWO MEN WHO WERE VISITING A FIRM THAT BUILDS and services race cars are in the hospital with critical burn injuries today. They were seriously injured Sunday night around 9 pm when they attempted to “barrel ride” across the parking lot. The Skagett Valley Herald, reporting from Sedro-Woolley, Washington, explains for us:
The men, from out of the state, had placed about four gallons of methanol in a 55 gallon barrel, sat on top of it, then lit it on fire, Sedro-Woolley Fire Chief Dean Klinger said. “Apparently it was supposed to slide across the parking lot like a rocket,” Klinger said. “Instead it blew up.”
One of the ends of the barrel flew 120 feet outside of Funk Racing at 631 Sunset Park Drive, Klinger said.
The men were severely burned in the explosion, but were responsive when paramedics and firefighters arrived just before 9 p.m.
After being transported to the hospital in Sedro-Woolley, they were later transferred to a burn center in Seattle. Presumably, the barrel was totalled.
Sedro-Woolley Fire Department WEBSITE.
All Hands in Kingston
Comments OffA CHEMICAL-FUELED FIRE IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY afternoon called out literally every piece of apparatus. There were 15 firetrucks plus the city’s fireboat on the scene when a maintenance building at a marina burned down in a spectacular blaze.
Whig-Standard
The call came in shortly after 3 pm for the large shop building on a pier at the Rideau Marina located on the Catraqui River. The Whig-Standard reported:
The building, built shortly after the Second World War, was full of paint, Fiberglas and solvents and it had a double roof, through which the fire burned as firefighters tried to extinguish the flames at ground level. Chain saws and cutting tools were left in a neat pile a safe distance away from the structure by retreating firefighters. The roof of the building collapsed in a gout of flame and black smoke about 10 minutes after they pulled back.
“It was a really stubborn and deep-seated fire to try and fight,” said Kingston Fire and Rescue assistant deputy chief Steve Hurst.
Adding to the difficulty was the fact that the shop where the fire started was on a pier that jutted out into the river, offering firefighters just one narrow approach to the building.
Whig-Standard
Witnesses said that at one point the flames turned green as the chemicals became involved. Firefighters were able to contain the fire, preventing it from spreading into other areas of the marina. One boat and several vehicles parked nearby were destroyed with damages expected to exceed $300,000.
The Whig-Standard has the STORY.
CKWS-TV has more plus a VIDEO HERE.
Hat tip: Mark
Amsterdam Arson Arrests
Comments OffAMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, POLICE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY that they have arrested two juveniles in connection with the 7-alarm fire last week that destroyed a large, vacant mill building. (See the Firegeezer report on the fire HERE.)
WXXA-TV image
Two boys, ages 13 and 15, were arrested Monday and have been cooperating with the police who say that the fire was not set maliciously. The building had most recently been used as a book warehouse and the boys took some of the abandoned books along with some cardboard and started a fire in a barrel for “self-entertainment.” When it grew larger than they could handle, they tried to put it out with old extinguishers that were in the 4-story building, but they didn’t work.
City officials gathered at the site Tuesday
to announce the arrests. (Times Union photo)
The two teens then ran off and left it. Investigators say that the fire grew and smoldered inside the factory for as long as a day before anybody discovered it. The juveniles have been charged with 4th-degree arson, misdemeanor criminal mischief and trespassing.
WXXA-TV Ch. 23 has the video report on the arrest:
The Albany Times Union has the latest REPORT.
Morning Lineup – July 21
Comments OffThe Lineup will be brief today because I’ve got a lot of last-minute chores and tasks to take care of before I head up to Baltimore in the morning. GeezerDotter will be joining us again this year and I think Son of Geezer will be there on the first day, too. Of course, FosslMedic and Dave Statter are going to be at the booth along with F. G. Gnome who is expected to be pulling his wagon into town sometime this afternoon. We’ll keep an eye out for his arrival notice later today.
As I mention previously, the Firefighter Netcast crew, Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell will be set up in the booth and recording some shows and interviewing guests during the 3-day run. So make sure that you drop by and say hello to all of us. I had to yank his beard to do it, but F. G. Gnome has agreed to pose for photos without charging you for it. We’re going to have fun, so won’t you join us?
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Here’s a bit of reading/viewing material for you to check out when you get back to the day room. A fellow in Cleveland has invented a device that generates low levels of electric energy whenever it’s in motion. It’s about the size of a road flare and can be easily carried on your person while you walk. It has a connecting cable that fits your cellphone and the primary purpose is to have the ability to keep your cellphone charged while you are doing normal tasks. It’s a remarkable innovation and will undoubtedly lead to even more efficient personal generators once the big money gets ahold of it.
Watch this informative video report that Channel 8 filed. Neat stuff.
Ok, let’s get the equipment checked out now. I’m going to start some more coffee.
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