UPDATE: One of the spires at the building has collapsed. At least 30 fires units are on the scene.
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LoganInSA |
Four-Alarm Fire Burning At OLLU |
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SAN ANTONIO -- A four-alarm fire is burning in the Old Main building of Our Lady of the Lake University. There have been no reports of any
injuries. Officials at the university have evacuated the buildings completely, according to the Associated Press. The second and third floor of the building
comprise computer labs and the fourth floor is occupied by the psychology department.
UPDATE: One of the spires at the building has collapsed. At least 30 fires units are on the scene. |
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Firefighters are battling a 4-alarm fire at Our Lady of the Lake University on the West Side. The call came out just before 8 p.m. on the 400 block of SW 24th Street. News 4 has learned there is a fire on the fourth floor of Moye Hall, the main building on the campus. The building was evacuated Thirty-eight fire units have been dispatched to the scene. "This is definitely going to be a loss to the city of San Antonio," Chief Randy Jenkins. Some people had to be treated for smoke inhalation |
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Bubba McBrewski |
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How sad and tragic a loss this will be!
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
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koda |
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it was just a fucking building ppl. no one was hurt. can't people just deal? sorry... i just watched the press conference and it was so very overly
dramatic due to the media.
"Live every week like it's Shark Week!"
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Bubba McBrewski |
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Moye Hall is not just a building. It is also an historic symbol - a symbol of the possibilities learning brings to the masses. It is an historic part of the
city of San Antonio. Saying Moye Hall is just a building is like saying the Alamo is just an old church, or that the Tower of the Americas is just a tower.
It is PART of San Antonio.
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
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and don't forget all the term papers, semester projects and personal belongings that students have lost because of this.
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It's usually like this:
1 - Thank God no one was hurt.... it's only a building; 2 - After it's determined that no one was hurt, THEN the sadness for the loss of wonderful parts of San Antonio history comes into play. 3 - Then the students wake up to all their personal things that were lost. It is very sad that something like OLLU was damaged so severely.... I'm assuming it was severe damage from what I heard last night.... I'll check the news for SA and see for myself, but I do feel for all of you.... or most of you, at any rate. It's very strange, but Long Island is supposed to be my "home town", but I feel much more pull to San Antonio than I do to NY.... I really miss the city and everything about it.I never would have believed I'd feel this way, but I do....
We get the leaders we deserve
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koda |
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it is just a building. and so is the alamo. i am truly surprised by the attachment to this thing.
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Bubba McBrewski |
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koda wrote: The Alamo is a shrine to those who gave their lives to nurture a dream - that of an (albeit short) independent Texas. It has the same historical significance as Independence Hall in Philly - granted, it's "just a building" as you say, but thanks to the men who met in that building, an experiment in self-govenrment was launched, and the Constitution which gives the citizens of that experiment the rights they have was written and signed. As one of the oldest centers of higher education in San Antonio, OLLU's Moye Hall IS significant, espicially to the students and alumni. My house at Canyon Lake was flooded by Canyon Lake in 2002, but nobody said "Barry, get over it. It's just a house". The same attachment can be felt for something like Moye Hall or other significant structure. In the case of Moye Hall, it is a common point for generations of graduates AND their families. I was saddened when I learned the school I attended as a child was being torn down, and I hadn't been in that building since leaving Knoxville in 1974. People have different values and sense of value. Some people put no emotional attachment on ANYTHING or anybody. Some people have no pride in history of notion of how significant it ties into their lives today. Some people don't a rat's ass about anything they didn't create or buy themselves. And some people cry over lost material things, like jewelry or DVD's or books, or their car. But if you only see "just a building", you'll never be able to understand the history it has, or the lives affected by it or who have left a piece of themselves in it.
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
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koda wrote:
Second of all.....a big high five to Barry. I couldn't explain it any better. Heck, not even close! I guess history doesn't excite you at all. BUT, that's okay. Everyone is different and that makes the world go round........ |
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Bubba McBrewski |
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Thanks for the update and the props, Sandy!
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
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koda |
um, again - no. | ||
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i love history and am always learning more. but shit also happens and nothing lasts forever. sorry about your house barry, but i am sure you didnt sit around
for days mourning. sure it is sad, take a picture. here i thought i was being all silly cause i was glad no one was hurt. ANYTHING can be replaced. just as
most people can.
"Live every week like it's Shark Week!"
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Bubba McBrewski |
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koda wrote: Actually, I did sit around sad for days - days I was unable to get back into the subdivision to try and salvage whatever could be salvaged. I mourned for
the lost photos of my daughter April, missing for many years at the hands of my ex-wife, finally found dead in 1990, likely as a result of something my ex did.
I mourned for the lost photos of my father who passed away in 1987. I mourned for the lost photos of people I worked with 10, 15, even 20 years before. I
mourned for the MEMORIES the house contained, Koda, not so much the house itself. Maybe when you live as long as I have you'll treasure the memories a
home can contain.
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
--Benjamin Franklin
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koda |
wow. | ||
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once again.. i was meaning the building is just a building. i am sorry you lost your pictures. i can on suspect you are better at making copies these days and
putting them in a safe place. and i guess i need to spell it out, but that crack at the end about replacing people, yeah i didnt mean that literally... of
course. how did i turn out to be the one preaching against getting torn up about lost material things? and how many people noticed that a preggers teenaged
girl was fatally shot in the head, also in the news along with the fire. i bet she would be pretty sad about that building, too though. (i can't believe i
just pulled the dead baby card to shed some light on this stupid argument)
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I am sorry for your losses Bubba. The loss of a child is one of the worst possible things someone can endure.
As to the pictures, that is one of the best things of living in the age of computers. I know I would be devastated if I lost all the pictures of my family so I keep a backup of them online as well as on more than one hard drive at the house. I also went and gathered all the old snapshots from my relatives and scanned them all in then made backups of them. I am guessing that within the next ten years losing pictures will be a thing of the past.. Our childrens children will live in a world where any sort of digital media is automatically backed up to someplace safe.
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Bubba McBrewski |
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TheSkell wrote:At the time, I finally was starting to scan my photos in to the computer. I had owned a scanner for about a year or so, but hadn't been able to get it to work right with my computer. I ended-up buying three different ones before I could find one to work. I got about 100 or so scanned by the time of the flood. I couldn't afford a digital camera until AFTER the flood. Nowadays, I have copies on two computers and an external hard drive (which is stored in my gun safe - VERY secure, it actually survived the flood). As for keeping backups prior to that, I had many of the negatives - except the Polaroids (my family is famous for Polaroids), secured in a fireproof strongbox - which ironically wasn't waterproof. Some people still can't afford digital cameras or online backup, unfortunately, especially older folks and married people with kids.
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wishes us to be happy..."
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