Admiral Twin is on Fire

[dbacks fan]

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.

I can remember as a child going to the Admiral Twin, 11th Street, Airview, and Belaire drive ins and playing in the play grounds at the base of the screens. The Admiral Twin had the best in the 60's and 70's. I remember seeing the previews for Don Knotts "How To Frame A Figg" at the Airvew, "Shark" with Burt Reynolds at the 11th St, and Vincent Price in "Scream, And Scream Again" at the Belaire. Anyway, the playgrounds were removed as the cost of insurance went up.

This is why so many public events have liability claims printed on the tickets. Any sporting event, habor cruise, lake tour, concert, movie theater, and amusement park, have a printed, posted or stated clause that you are at your own risk by purchasing a ticket to theis event. I have seen this at Diamond Backs, Coyotes, NASCAR, NHRA, tour boat to Alcatraz, and Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, that buy purchasing this ticket the event holder holds no liability to anything essentialy. At these events, Diamond Backs, Coyotes, NASCAR, NHRA, it is very specific about things that can happen.

[Hoss]

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.

The towers on the ClearChannel HQ at the old Oertle's have them also.  I lived at 16th/Memorial for 10 years, but now still live close enough to the airport (Traffic Circle) that I get to hear it everyday.  Doesn't bother me at all really.  I live in the same house I grew up in, so I had a lifetime of getting used to it.

[dbacks fan]

The towers on the ClearChannel HQ at the old Oertle's have them also.  I lived at 16th/Memorial for 10 years, but now still live close enough to the airport (Traffic Circle) that I get to hear it everyday.  Doesn't bother me at all really.  I live in the same house I grew up in, so I had a lifetime of getting used to it.

I grew up just west of the old MA-HU Mansion in the from birth in '63 until I moved to Copper Mill at 71st and Yale in March of '84. I can remember when the Air Nat'l Guard flew F-100 Super Sabers, and my dad was a mechanical engineer at Douglas where they worked on B-47's, B-52, did mods on F-101's, F-105's, F-4's, F-15's and together with North American Rockwell next door to the north worked on 747's, and with NASA on the Apollo and Skylab missions.

[DolfanBob]

I grew up just west of the old MA-HU Mansion in the from birth in '63 until I moved to Copper Mill at 71st and Yale in March of '84. I can remember when the Air Nat'l Guard flew F-100 Super Sabers, and my dad was a mechanical engineer at Douglas where they worked on B-47's, B-52, did mods on F-101's, F-105's, F-4's, F-15's and together with North American Rockwell next door to the north worked on 747's, and with NASA on the Apollo and Skylab missions.

Ha DBack. We were neighbors. I lived at Cock Roach Mill then too. I enjoyed the upstairs club house and the pool at the office. Ahhh to be 23 again. Great times indeed.

[heironymouspasparagus]

dbacks,
Were you one of the kids watching the barn burn at Ma-Hu? 

When the old couple lived there, at Halloween, they would give out silver dollars as treats instead of candy.  I was only there for that once, but made an impression.  Not long after that once, they were gone - never knew if they died or went to a home or what.  Had to walk all the way up that driveway, but it was worth it.  Place was sadly empty for a long time, before finally being burned out and torn down.  Turned into a housing addition eventually.  Yeah, that was an improvement....  not.

[dbacks fan]

dbacks,
Were you one of the kids watching the barn burn at Ma-Hu?  

When the old couple lived there, at Halloween, they would give out silver dollars as treats instead of candy.  I was only there for that once, but made an impression.  Not long after that once, they were gone - never knew if they died or went to a home or what.  Had to walk all the way up that driveway, but it was worth it.  Place was sadly empty for a long time, before finally being burned out and torn down.  Turned into a housing addition eventually.  Yeah, that was an improvement....  not.

No when the barn burned I was with my parents and one of my brothers in Kansas City, we actually road the train there and back from the old Santa Fe station downtown. (Archer & Detriot I think? 1st & Elgin) Actually the kids that set the fire lived diagonaly across the street from out house.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I came down the street to watch the fire.  Pretty bad.  It almost torched a couple of those houses north of it in Johansen Acres.

The whole thing was so nicely built.  The barn, the servants quarters and the house were all amazing for what they were.

[sauerkraut]

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.

I was just going by it said the  Tulsa World after the fire, the fire department said mim. electric was going to the screen and at the time of the fire there was no electric on.

[Rico]

I was just going by it said the  Tulsa World after the fire, the fire department said mim. electric was going to the screen and at the time of the fire there was no electric on.

Judging by this exchange, the Fire Department has found no apparent cause of the fire?

If it were electrical there would be evidence to that effect.

[Conan71]

Judging by this exchange, the Fire Department has found no apparent cause of the fire?

If it were electrical there would be evidence to that effect.

I heard a cruise missile hit it.  Where's Altruismsuffers when we need him?

[Hoss]

I heard a cruise missile hit it.  Where's Altruismsuffers when we need him?

Once again, well played!

[sgrizzle]

Here's the proposed new design (from channel 6)

[custosnox]

I don't like the open side, but that's me.  I just wonder if they will actually come up with enough money to rebuild

[sgrizzle]

I don't like the open side, but that's me.  I just wonder if they will actually come up with enough money to rebuild

They raised $30,000 before tonight's concert. Cost to rebuild is $250,000+

[custosnox]

They raised $30,000 before tonight's concert. Cost to rebuild is $250,000+

the total they keep tossing out is 300k, but what bothers me about it is how much labor, skills and material have supposedly been offered as a donation.  Why has this not effected the total cost?