Yikes. Looks bad.

They said it started at the bottom and worked its way up. Sounds real bad.

Do you wish Rick was in that building?

They said it started at the bottom and worked its way up. Sounds real bad.

its all a matter of perspective. As a Drake song, it sounds pretty good.

They said it started at the bottom and worked its way up. Sounds real bad.

London's fire department is going to catch a lot of shit. They were telling people who were in the process of evacuating (and were still able to) to stay in their flats.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/liv ... timer-road

"Ines said that firefighters at the bottom of the tower had told her mother, who got down earlier, to pass on a message that they should stay in their flat.

'They told my mum to tell my dad, for us to stay up in our flat safely, just close the windows and all the doors. But she didn’t tell us in time so we ended up coming down anyway. Obviously they never knew it was going to get to this extent.'"


I'm wondering if the cladding they put on the building is the same they are using in Dubai, where a bunch of skyscrapers have gone up in flames

In New Orleans after Katrina, a lot of the "cladding" on newer high rises had been blown off of newer mid/high rises. That crap looked like little more than painted styrofoam Made me wonder then...

London's fire department is going to catch a lot of shit. They were telling people who were in the process of evacuating (and were still able to) to stay in their flats.

If stairways were full of smoke/fire, than the safest thing to do is generally stay in your apt, and cover all cracks in doors and vents with damp towels or sheets.

This does not appear to be a typical fire, however. Its sort of amazing that the entire structure didn't collapse.

Watching NHK a few minutes ago, they said the fire spread because of some kind of insulation that has since the building has been built, been disallowed/outlawed because it is so flammable.

Project folks taking it on the neck, again.

as an aside, German news is on now. To watch their incredulity over Trump is hilarious. Did MAGA really mean laughing stock to THIS degree? JORR? PittMike?

Watching NHK a few minutes ago, they said the fire spread because of some kind of insulation that has since the building has been built, been disallowed/outlawed because it is so flammable.

Project folks taking it on the neck, again.

as an aside, German news is on now. To watch their incredulity over Trump is hilarious. Did MAGA really mean laughing stock to THIS degree? JORR? PittMike?

The most shocking thing in the aftermath of this is how they are downplaying the death toll.

They know at this point 100+ are dead yet they are still trying to run with their 30 dead as of today. The media knows the real story there. They have spoken with the firefighters and other 1st responders. Yet they keep towing the line of waiting for the coroner to confirm each death individually.

That would never fly with the US media. They would have a graphic on the bottom of the screen screaming in large type what the death toll is estimated as. It's making me question how independent the UK press really is.