Charm sent this. There were some good photos but I couldn't get them to copy/paste. If you want to see pictures, there are some links below. In there somewhere I read that this was #2 in the nation for twitters - maybe tweats? today. I thought the twitters were boring, but the other stuff was good. Amazing to me to see the helicopter videos right on the computer screen.
A natural gas explosion early this morning in downtown Bozeman destroyed several businesses, including two bars, an art gallery and the American Legion. Information is still coming in, but so far, there’s no confirmation on reports of possible injuries or casualties. The explosion happened at 8:12 a.m. at Boodles bar and restaurant and spread from there, destroying the nearby Rockin R bar, the Montana Trails Gallery and the American Legion. Starkey’s Deli is also burning but crews are hopeful to stop the blaze there on that side of the site. On the other side, the Rockin R is destroyed, but crews are working to stop it there, so it doesn’t spread into the Montana Rug Gallery. City officials said at a press conference this morning that one gas line is off, but others are still on—to make sure gas isn’t building up in other places. Crews haven’t been able to get into rubble to check for injured people or casualties. Bozeman City Manager Chris Kukulski said at the press conference: “There’s so much damage there and so much fire there that we can’t get our crews in to assess at this time ... to do the kind of searches we typically do.” NewWest.Net Bozeman editor Lucia Stewart says there’s glass scattered for seven blocks and debris is spread in at least a 200-foot radius. Gov. Brian Schweitzer immediately flew in and was on hand at the press conference this morning. He promised support for those affected by the explosion—business owners, workers and the likes. He encouraged people to call the Department of Commerce for help at 841-2700 Main street is all closed, but officials said parts of down may open soon. The 100 block of east Main is likely to be closed for several days, however. Fire crews from surrounding towns are all on the scene, as are glass trucks—many business owners are walking around the site trying to figure out what to do with their stores now that the glass is broken out. Many are boarding up their windows. There’s some amazing photographs and on-the-scene information coming out of Twitter. Go here (#bozexplod) to see the tweets and here to see some photographs. Watch superjaberwocky’s Twitter feed here —so far the most updates. You can also follow live coverage on KMMS here. or see coverage here from the Bozeman Chronicle or here from KBXZ. Here’s a few photographs from Craig Dugas, who also has a bunch of photos from right after the explosion here: and on his Flickr page here.
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We can only hope that no one was in the buildings when the gas exploded. I tried all the various links you had in the blog. Had not gone to these kinds of sites before.
At Mac Club they talked about wireless routers and having other people in the neighborhood get online using YOUR wireless router. That way they didn't have to pay themselves. There is a way to block that with a password.
When someone else was found to be using the wireless connection they would be gleefully disconnected, hoping that the "someone else" would lose info in their computer.
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