TalcottWx Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Feels like the last day of school. After tomorrow, I'll check back in by Columbus Day to see how next winter is shaping up. Maybe briefly mid summer if we sniff 100F or a cane approaches. Otherwise, I hope everyone has a nice summer! See you all on the other side. Shame... We will have so much fog, mist, and phantom convection to track until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Feels like the last day of school. After tomorrow, I'll check back in by Columbus Day to see how next winter is shaping up. Maybe briefly mid summer if we sniff 100F or a cane approaches. Otherwise, I hope everyone has a nice summer! See you all on the other side.see you in 10 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy4Confluence Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Can March have been any more painful? I guess 2010 was bad but this has been just obnoxious. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Things are funny around here when nothing much is going on. I've been way too busy with work and the maple season but get to peek in from time to time. I see banned users, users jumping ship, new users acting like everyone else is an idiot, etc., etc. It's funny reading through posts when you're not here all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Do people need like a medal and pat on the back for not getting invested in this storm or something? It's been mentioned over and over that they didn't get invested or they knew it was a miss or didn't buy the west runs. I don't really get that mantra. This is a historic storm, that is having high impacts on the cape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Watching this magnificent storm from afar has given me a case of the meteorological blue balls. I need a snowstorm or thunderstorm or something IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Guys, say a big prayer for the Boston FD, Engine 33, the whole company is trapped at a now 9th alarm fire and no communication with them at all. Evacing the whole building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/26/boston-firefighters-battle-blaze-in-4-story-brownstone/?intcmp=latestnews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Pretty tough news for BFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 RIP... two LODD Boston Fire.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 They had smoke showing on arrival, 33 was first due. Sounded like initially they charged the line in the basement and had then lost water. They began to yell and scream for it but I don't think it ever came. A full company man, horrifying. Can hear over and over again someone asking if they are coming to get them. Terrible Right away you can begin to wonder if there was an equipment problem on their pump, or if there was a problem with the hydrant.. All speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I have lots of friends on police and fire. Hate hearing about that stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Striking a box now two blocks from the fire, separate incident completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Sad news about those brave firemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I have lots of friends on police and fire. Hate hearing about that stuffIt's brutal. I have a cousin in BFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It makes me sick knowing two people that live in our city went to work like any other day and didn't come back home to their families in our neighborhood. Life is so fragile, don't take it for granted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 My grandfather was district chief in Boston. When I was a kid, I used to walk down to the station and sometimes go on calls with him to fires. Meteorology was first and foremost, but second up was being a firefighter. I almost took the civil service test just to have under my belt. I hate hearing about that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 that audio is un real. i am amazed at how quickly that escalated. seemed like those guys were trapped in the basement from the moment they got there. i feel terrible for their families and friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Horrible horrible. They just had a tribute at the Celtics game for them. True heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Was sickening listening to that.rest in peace brothers. Sounded like a boiler fire then a backdraft, hydrant or pump failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Noticed that one member was from the truck company and not the engine. Leads me to speculate that he was the one in cardiac arrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Noticed that one member was from the truck company and not the engine. Leads me to speculate that he was the one in cardiac arrest. How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Noticed that one member was from the truck company and not the engine. Leads me to speculate that he was the one in cardiac arrest.probably, how many serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 My condolences to the families and friends of those brave men Such bravery in our midst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 How so? Ladder operations tend to be more exterior of the building, like ventilating the roof, laddering, etc especially before the overhaul process when the fire is more well controlled. Engine operations involve the initial attack into the building, water supply, rescuing people. Unless I'm missing something, I'd be surprised to find out that a member of a ladder company was trapped in the basement of a four story building that early into a fire. However, it is possible that you can be reassigned to the engine company of a firehouse on certain days. Sometimes when you show up at your shift you can also be sent to other firehouses across the city. The reason why I think that he was the cardiac arrest member is that I don't see him being in the basement at that point of the fire. But hey, I could be wrong, I'm not a professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 probably, how many serious? From what I heard 3 or 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Truck company operation are ventilation, forcing entry, search and rescue, outside ventilation, and finding the seat of the fire to direct the 1st due eng company with the hose line. The truck company was in the basement conducting a search and finding the fire so the eng company knows where to go. It's totally reasonable to believe the truck company was inside that basement. Truck company operations are not just Exterior operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Truck company operation are ventilation, forcing entry, search and rescue, outside ventilation, and finding the seat of the fire to direct the 1st due eng company with the hose line. The truck company was in the basement conducting a search and finding the fire so the eng company knows where to go. It's totally reasonable to believe the truck company was inside that basement. Truck company operations are not just Exterior operations I totally bow to that, but listening to the feed live and a second time the rush was to find the members of 33, no mention of 15. They made is pretty clear over the radio. I don't imagine for sure you heard it. Also, the rush to the guy in cardiac arrest was kind of sudden and during defensive ops/when they had already ordered everyone out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 BxEngine is here, he'll offer some great input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I totally bow to that, but listening to the feed live and a second time the rush was to find the members of 33, no mention of 15. They made is pretty clear over the radio. I don't imagine for sure you heard it. Also, the rush to the guy in cardiac arrest was kind of sudden and during defensive ops/when they had already ordered everyone out. The guy in cardiac arrest was pulled out of the rear by a truck company. You have the roles here sorta confused. Its impossible to make any sort of guess who was who, there were more than likely members of the truck with the engine when it went bad...the confusion of who was missing happens in every fatal fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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