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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22493 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Because it is - just that the focus just now is on the situation in the UK. Also there has been less re-working of older buildings and more demolish and replace - the rules for re-working tend to be less stringent than new-build, which in my book is not a good way to do things. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19359 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Very similar Deadly fire engulfs Russian hotel |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
What amazing, upstanding officials we have in this country! “Yes, it was an accident, but it could have been avoided. The residents never wanted cladding, we wanted sprinklers. We said to them many times it didn’t feel safe after the regeneration work they spent three years doing. They kept saying, ‘Be quiet, it’s fine.’†The 21st Floor |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
IMHO, some people should learn when to STFU! "Dent Coad was elected to Conservative-controlled Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in 2006, representing Golborne ward. She served as a council-appointed board member of Kensington and Chelsea TMO, the tenant management organisation which manages the council's housing stock, from 27 June 2008 to 31 October 2012.In 2013/4 she was a member of the council's Housing and Property Scrutiny Committee. She has been a member of the council's Planning Applications Committee since May 2013, and a member of the main Planning Committee since June 2014. She is a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority." Dent Coad's rant on Prince George's "expensive jumpers" |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
Is there no end to it? Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19359 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Shockingly stunning picture of Grenfell Tower on the BBC site. And in Birmingham Birmingham tower blocks have no central fire alarm Two thirds of Birmingham's 213 tower blocks only have one exit stairwell - and none have centralised fire alarm systems, a BBC investigation has found. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
"However, the true figure is likely to be considerably higher, as numerous local authorities and housing associations refused to give the BBC an answer. "We learned in the Great Fire of London it's not a good idea to clad buildings in flammable material," he added." Welcome to the modern world of profits 1st |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
52 building and counting in London alone. That is frightening. Makes me wonder about the US. But like so many things, enough people have to die before something changes. ... |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Except when it comes to gun control (which of course means taking them all away). People will keep dying and the answer is to arm more citizens with weapons. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
Except when it comes to gun control (which of course means taking them all away). People will keep dying and the answer is to arm more citizens with weapons. +1 It is a vicious circle of which I do not have an acceptable solution. I can see it changing in a couple more generations possibly. ... |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Given my understanding of your views on gun control, I think you missed my sarcasm. Gun control doesn't mean taking them all away and the answer is not to arm all the citizens as that will absolutely make things worse. Police arriving on scene will not be able to immediately tell who the hostile is, possibly until after it's too late. (Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread.) |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
Nope, I got it. Har! I do wish things were better. (Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread.) +1 BoT ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Hijacking? Says who? :-) I like good conversations. Never known one yet to stick rigidly to one topic. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
No one listened "Hidden within the story of the Grenfell blog is another story of the decline of local media. There simply was no local press on the ground in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea scrutinising the authorities and helping to amplify the voice of people like Edward Daffarn. But when the newspaper was closed down later that year Horrox was made redundant and all her Grenfell articles disappeared from the web." So much for archiving then. For all those letter writers, how sure are you that your letters are not in some basement filing cabinets gathering dust? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14676 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
In a properly civilised country, copies of the local paper would be archived in the local public library for future research - at worst, on microfilm. But I bet that's been binned too. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
March 2016 December 2016 When they're gone, they're gone! So who will archive sites/companies/newspapers/servers that go down? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
"The fire chief said a sprinkler system could have stopped the fire, which began accidentally, from spreading. Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said there were lessons to be learned." Unfortunately, nobody listens as all that is in their vision is ££££££. 1,400 vehicles destroyed |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30973 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
"The fire chief said a sprinkler system could have stopped the fire, which began accidentally, from spreading. Cars, not tower blocks, nothing to be done, no changes to fire codes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
True, but had that occurred after the show finished... |
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