Burn, baby Burn

[aizuchi]

So, last night there was a fire in the building where I work, on the fourth floor in an electrical closet. This has resulted in the shutdown of the hotel where the fire spread smoke and water damage, right before a home game weekend. And while I don't care about the Hawks, that is precious revenue that we can't afford to lose

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[rollick]

I vote for the river-of-blood thing, myself. Wouldn't be any nastier than the usual pesticide-swamped Iowa City River Fluid.

Any idea what started the fire? And where are you working now?

[aizuchi]

I'm still in the building. My office *is* part of the Iowa House Hotel, but the smoke 'n' water mostly damaged the for-rent portion of the hotel, leaving the freeloader section undamaged. Probably because the firemen went door-to-door evacuating people and spraying water everywhere.
It smells like a burnt sock in here, but it's getting better with the window open. And as far the cause, it's unknown as of yet. We'll get a report from the fire marshal eventually, I suspect.
At least we didn't get the frozen waterfall that you did.

[skipperdee]

Damn. Glad they caught it before it did too much damage (or at least I assume as much, since I bought coffee there this morning).

Also:

[aizuchi]

Turns out that they weren't supposed to sell that coffee to you ... the health inspector hadn't cleared it yet. Tainted! I've had two cups of tainted smoke coffee already today.

[rollick]

Is it tasty tainted smoke coffee? Or can you even tell the difference, given your burnt-sock-smelling office?

[aizuchi]

It ain't chicory. Actually, the smoke is probably more in my nostrils than the coffee. At its worst, the smoke smells like those crappy snake fireworks that burn pure sulfur.

[marphod]

Fire wasn't one of the plagues...

I vote Tsunami. Although, the midwest is overdue for a significant earthquake, too.

[lcohen]

hailstones!

i'm really sorry that you're having so many acts of god out your way.

when are you all coming back this way?