Admiral Twin is on Fire

[Gaspar]

So....I could be a Tea Party candidate?

. . .or the President! 

[Townsend]

. . .or the President! 

Rather be the Pope.

[swake]

Rather be the Pope.

It is a sweet ride he's got.

[Rico]

has the Tulsa Fire Dept made a statement as to the cause of the fire?

[sgrizzle]

has the Tulsa Fire Dept made a statement as to the cause of the fire?

No sign of arson or electrical. Sounds to me like someone tossed a cigarette onto nearby dry grass. Probably never know actual cause.

[sauerkraut]

There's an airbag joke in there somewhere.....

Either that or a big WindBag Joke~

[sgrizzle]

Either that or a big WindBag Joke~

They should correct your name to "Sour Kraut"

[Hoss]

They should correct your name to "Sour Kraut"

No, maybe Windbag would suffice.  It does get awfully windy in FtOmabus.

[sauerkraut]

Back to the topic, I visited the Admiral front gate Saturday Morn. alot of people were there, "BigFoot" was there selling tee shirts, I  got to speak with one of the owners who was there she told me they do plan to rebuild and get it up and humming once more, I mentioned to her that they should make it out of steel and she said "Yes, they are looking into that"... I donated $11.00 there last weekend and bought a tee shirt. It's still a sad grim site, all that is left is the cement pad and the steel foundation posts where the wood was bolted onto. Feelings and moods will pick up once the construction starts to re-build it. The new steel-framed screen will last forever. They got all the chared wood cleared away. It should not take that long to rebuild, and if they can re-use the old foundation things should move along quickly.

[sauerkraut]

has the Tulsa Fire Dept made a statement as to the cause of the fire?

Yes, and sadly the cause is un-known, an unsolved fire, the screen had no electrical power going to it at the time. I guess it was either arson or an unintentional caused fire.

[Bumby]

Didn't mean my post as an attack on you, Waterboy or the river.  I was trying to point out some of the differences an irresponsible business owner (your words) might see between a drive in movie screen and a responsible business owner floating people on an unpredictable waterway.   

I think your river trips sound really cool and have thought a float would be fun to do.  I might be a fun passenger...I have been on lots of rivers, including the Arkansas AND I wouldn't be all nervous nelly over what might happen if Keystone Dam broke while we were on the river.

[waterboy]

Is there no end to the depth of your naivete?   Of course there was electric to the screen. It had lights on the top of it. Fire dept officials said it MAY have been electrical but there was no obvious cause of fire. Doesn't that imply there was some electricity going to the screen?

And really. You think you're the only person that figured out metal might be a good choice to avoid fire? Geez, they saw you coming and raised the price of the T-shirt.

WC Fields was so right. Keep those cards, letters and donations coming folks. We're going to rebuild once that $200,000 payday is safely in the bank. Our bank. Cash is fine too. We just do'in God's work here. If we don't reach the magic number we'll send whats left to OUR favorite charity. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Note: This post was addressed to the SauerKraut guy.

[waterboy]

Didn't mean my post as an attack on you, Waterboy or the river.  I was trying to point out some of the differences an irresponsible business owner (your words) might see between a drive in movie screen and a responsible business owner floating people on an unpredictable waterway.   

I think your river trips sound really cool and have thought a float would be fun to do.  I might be a fun passenger...I have been on lots of rivers, including the Arkansas AND I wouldn't be all nervous nelly over what might happen if Keystone Dam broke while we were on the river.

No problem. There are differences but there is no good reason for putting drive in patrons at risk. The thing burned really quickly and there was a real potential for injury had it occurred during a show. Crowds do not generally behave well during fires.

If Tulsa wants a drive-in more power to them.

[dbacks fan]

Is there no end to the depth of your naivete?   Of course there was electric to the screen. It had lights on the top of it. Fire dept officials said it MAY have been electrical but there was no obvious cause of fire. Doesn't that imply there was some electricity going to the screen?

And really. You think you're the only person that figured out metal might be a good choice to avoid fire? Geez, they saw you coming and raised the price of the T-shirt.

WC Fields was so right. Keep those cards, letters and donations coming folks. We're going to rebuild once that $200,000 payday is safely in the bank. Our bank. Cash is fine too. We just do'in God's work here. If we don't reach the magic number we'll send whats left to OUR favorite charity. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Note: This post was addressed to the SauerKraut guy.

Yes there was electric in the screens structure. They had anti-collision beacons on top since they are inbetween the final approach to TIA, both N/S runways, closer to 36L than 36R and required to have the lights on top because of its height. Also they had flood lights on both screens to illuminate the parking area on both sides.

Even after John F Lawhon went out of business they had to maintain anti-collision beacons on the tower sign out front of the building because it was 4500' SSE of the touch down point of 36R. Same with the old McDonnell Douglas Plant between the time it was closed and Navistar took over there were anti-collision lights active on it. IIRC even the Jorgensen Steel plant has them on top.

[dbacks fan]

Yes, and sadly the cause is un-known, an unsolved fire, the screen had no electrical power going to it at the time. I guess it was either arson or an unintentional caused fire.

Look around all of the tall stuctures between Mingo and Sheridan, Admiral and 76th St North, and see how many have anti-collision lights on them. Even the AA facility (the former Builders Square) at 244 and Memorial have anti-collision lights on them.