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2007-10-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Hangings too good for 'em, burning's too good for 'em. He should be chopped into little bitty pieces and buried ALIVE! ~Prosecuter of Hannover Smith (Heavy Metal)

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-25 00:08|| 2007-10-25 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Hannover Fist. Duh.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-25 00:09|| 2007-10-25 00:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Patterson said. Officers shot and killed him.

adios, MF.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-10-25 00:36|| 2007-10-25 00:36|| Front Page Top

#4 TWO arsonist bagged!

Incredibly good news and unbelievably good fortune!

I don't remember any fire where they have nailed an arsonist during the event. Even if they are only copy cats and didn't touch off the original it's still remarkable.

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-10-25 02:05|| 2007-10-25 02:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Like child molesters and serial rapists, repeat offender arsonists have a tremendous recidivism problem. When conclusively convicted, they should be permanently incarcerated as a danger to the public weal.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-25 02:19|| 2007-10-25 02:19|| Front Page Top

#6 If anyone here has about 20-40 minutes or so, this article about a DC serial arsonist is more than worth your time.

IMO, it's the best journalism the City Paper has produced in all the time I've read it.

I'll caution you: it's hard reading. But I hope you try, and you first-responders (Chuck, Barbara) in particular will find useful things here.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-10-25 02:46|| 2007-10-25 02:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Interesting,

Being a firefighter out east our biggest threats are triple decker houses and mansions. The fire is typically not the problem, it's the housing contents. We had a fire in which the occupant died because we could not get through the heaps of garbage and bags of clothes left at the bottom of the stairwells. The environment is pitch black, hot and dangerous. Each step needs to be checked (sounded) prior to advancing. This makes our job frustratingly slow at times. For those of us that see the horrible effects of fire both physically and psycological we can only hope that arsonist meet the fate they admire the most. Let them burn. As far as AQ we are well aware they are capable of setting these type sof fires because of the widespread economic and disruptions it causes. 9/11 caused more fatalities but this type of crime destroys peoples hopes and dreams and memories. Find them and destroy them.

Posted by Rightwing 2007-10-25 10:52|| 2007-10-25 10:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Word, Rightwing.
We are mostly wildland fire out here (but play all roles). Always thought that ball&chaining them in the line of the headfire with nothing but a flyswatter would be appropriate.

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-10-25 11:09|| 2007-10-25 11:09|| Front Page Top

#9 There never was a backlash agasinst muslims in the USA following 9-11. Americans are a good people capable of enormous self-restraint.

Should the arsonists turn out to be mulsim jihadis, no mulsim community should expect a repeat of the restraint shown to them after 9-11.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-10-25 13:02|| 2007-10-25 13:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Update: Another arsonist arrested, dead suspect identified.

Neither name seems to belong to ROPMA.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-10-25 16:04|| 2007-10-25 16:04|| Front Page Top

#11 I was thinking more along the lines of eco-terr's. Too many fires, lots of expensive homes going up, multiple perps.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2007-10-25 16:58|| 2007-10-25 16:58|| Front Page Top

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