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I grew up in Warwick, one town over from West Warwick and the Station. West Warwick was always looked at by Warwick residents as a white trash version of Warwick. The only reason one went to West Warwick was because the town had a local DMV office and it was a shorter distance to go there than it was to go to Providence.
I'd only been to the Station several times to see shows. Most of the acts were either local cover/tribute bands or acts, like Great White, that were a decade past their heyday. The Station was a place to go if you didn't feel like dragging your ass up to Providence to go to The Living Room.
I didn't know anybody killed in the fire. I know a couple of people who did, but it's not a subject that's really talked about. I had already moved out-of-state a couple of years when the fire happened. My first thought when seeing the footage on CNN was that The Station was NOT a place where indoor pyro should have been used, period. Has little to do with being versed in indoor ignition burn rate propensities, and everything to do with common sense. The same common sense that one sees being ignored when people turn on their ovens in the middle of winter and open the oven doors in order to heat the house, or deep-fry a whole turkey on Thanksgiving in their kitchens rather than outside, and end up burning their houses down.
The Station fire is tragic in that it was totally preventable. Just a senseless waste.
I'd only been to the Station several times to see shows. Most of the acts were either local cover/tribute bands or acts, like Great White, that were a decade past their heyday. The Station was a place to go if you didn't feel like dragging your ass up to Providence to go to The Living Room.
I didn't know anybody killed in the fire. I know a couple of people who did, but it's not a subject that's really talked about. I had already moved out-of-state a couple of years when the fire happened. My first thought when seeing the footage on CNN was that The Station was NOT a place where indoor pyro should have been used, period. Has little to do with being versed in indoor ignition burn rate propensities, and everything to do with common sense. The same common sense that one sees being ignored when people turn on their ovens in the middle of winter and open the oven doors in order to heat the house, or deep-fry a whole turkey on Thanksgiving in their kitchens rather than outside, and end up burning their houses down.
The Station fire is tragic in that it was totally preventable. Just a senseless waste.
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