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Massport should really send out alerts when they set things on fire on purpose at Logan
By adamg on Fri, 07/12/2013 - 12:20pm
Because given what happened here in April and given what happened in San Francisco a few days ago, people are going to get jumpy and alert reporters who are going to place immediate calls to Massport PR people who are going to sigh and say, no, it's just a practice fire, nothing to worry about, and none of that would happen if they'd just send out a press release and maybe tweet something before the fact.
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Same thing in May.
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Well, they could send out a
Well, they could send out a tweet and such, or issue other alerts. But chances are most people are going to miss those alerts and freak out about the smoke anyway.
Either way, some sort of alert might be a good idea.
Exactly right, tcf098
Almost everyone who isn't a news reporter is going to miss the alert.
At all events, any local reporter who looks at that picture or the actual scene for more than a second and doesn't realize that the smoke is coming from the same location on the aerodrome at KBOS that it comes from every so often is not worth his/her salt.
(And given how much salt I've sweat out lately because of the ridiculously high humidity, I hate to see it wasted - not that I want a donation, though - I could just ride the Green Line during rush hours or Red Sox home games for that ;) )
If you live in Boston,
and unless you are blind or don't leave your house, you know that every once and awhile Massport fire practices on the fake aircraft at the end of the runway. The only ones who are shocked are the out of towners flying in and see flames and smoke coming from this thing.
Was walking Castle Island
with Main Squeeze and we were alarmed at the sight of the smoke. When we got to the airport side, we could see the fire and figured out what was going on, but we wouldn't have if we hadn't gone to that side. They should send out warnings: if they do, Adam will post them; UHub is the first place I went to for confirmation that this was an exercise.
Maybe they should use a
Maybe they should use a different color fire
They are called "pit" fires.
They are called "pit" fires. Massport Fire-Rescue trains there periodically, as do many other departments that use the facility for part of their training requirements. I have lived here for almost 30 years and I never "panic" when I see the smoke. As someone already noted, the fire is in the same location each time. The public doesn't require advance notice.
Not everybody has lived there for thirty years
Also, you can see these from downtown and places where not everybody "has lived for thirty years".
Nobody cares that you know what is going on - what matters is that people can easily find out what is going on whether or not they have lived on one place for thirty years.
That's pretty simple.
30 years
Please, someone notify all the Yuppies and every college grad from the last 29 years.