Marina fire, Sept 26, 2009

not much to be said here except this:

 

This Goddamn fire has placed a very serious strain on Hockett's and mine... personal, domestic and business life.  WE DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT MUCH MORE! 

Webmaster's note:

I removed my somewhat negative comments about IGH's FD.  I incorrectly assumed that IGH had a full-time fire department.  With the huge mill rate that Dakota County levies on businesses coupled with the money that IGH is throwing around on installing stoplights on every intersection plus buying up every bit of land for more parks, I was under the assumption IGH had a full-time fire department,  but it's all volunteer... meaning, every firefighter has to get paged either at home or work and then go to the fire hall and leave from there.  With that thought in mind, IGH's response time to our fire at River Grove Harbor was quite admirable, and I offer my apologies, it was a very emotional time for me.

clyde

 

 

 

These are in pretty much chronological  order, the earliest time stamp I could find was 2:25 PM.  The first photo was grabbed within (roughly) 5 minutes of the call made to 911.  I apologize for the inverted photos, it's MUCH EASIER for you to correct than I.  Please note that in image #50, 4th from the end, that Rose's boat was almost totally gone and according to the time stamp that was @ 2:39:42and image 8th from the end showing Varlands boat just starting to go was stamped @ 2:31:37 ... by then I simply gave up in disgust.  The last image was stamped @ 5:07:05 with IGH guarding the ruins.

 

 

Here's another batch of photo's sent from my friends on the river  (yes, I have some friends)