Archive for May 2nd, 2006

It’s been burning since 5:30 this morning and my clothes still stink of smoke even though I was across the river. The 10-Alarm fire in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is being called the worst fire since 9/11. The flames seem to be contained and mostly it’s just smoke at this point, but firefighters still say it’ll be another 24-hours before it’s out completely. No one is quite sure how it started, although there is talk of arson.

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In case Stephen Colbert mysteriously dissapears, this is why:

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