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Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« on: November 03, 2018, 11:17:59 pm »
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"It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
Last Updated Nov 3, 2018 5:51 PM EDT

Two people are dead after a partial building collapse late Friday at an Amazon warehouse near Baltimore, the city's fire chief said. In a statement, Amazon said "severe weather" caused a wall to collapse at the facility in Dundalk.

Amazon said the victims were not employees but contracters. Their names have not been released.

The National Weather Service will have to determine if weather was ultimately a cause in the collapse, CBS Baltimore reports.

Read more at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-amazon-collapse-dundalk-two-dead-updates-today-2018-11-3/
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2018, 11:50:29 pm »
Someone at CBS News can't spell.  The word is CONTRACTORS."

Still -- a terrible tragedy. 

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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 08:31:32 pm »
Holabird Avenue and Broening Highway is right down the road from Jimmy's Famous Seafood, a place my old boss used to like to go.  There are lots of warehouses there.

Dundalk is an old, depressed, blue-collar neighborhood, and I'm sure the Amazon warehouse was welcomed.  What a sad event.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2018, 03:37:29 am »
Quote from: Applewood on November 03, 2018, 11:50:29 pm
Someone at CBS News can't spell.  The word is CONTRACTORS."

Still -- a terrible tragedy.

Contractors?   I always thought the warehouse workers were employees...the AMZL drivers are contractors I'm sure.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2018, 04:02:13 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 05, 2018, 03:37:29 am
Contractors?   I always thought the warehouse workers were employees...the AMZL drivers are contractors I'm sure.

"Contractors" is for tax purposes...

Dang, I mangled that...
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2018, 04:20:18 am »
Quote from: DB on November 05, 2018, 04:02:13 am
"Constracors" is for tax purposes...

I get that part, but I'd be surprised if MD allows that exemption for permanent workplaces, like a warehouse (Fulfillment Center).  :shrug:
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2018, 04:26:55 am »
"It sounded like bombs"

Know what else sounds like bombs? Bombs. I got a nickle says this is a cover up of extraterrestrial evidence from the Trilateralists, Monsanto, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Miller Beer (Tastes Great; Less Filling).
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2018, 04:29:51 am »
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"It sounded like bombs"

Know what else sounds like bombs? Bombs. I got a nickle says this is a cover up of extraterrestrial evidence from the Trilateralists, Monsanto, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Miller Beer (Tastes Great; Less Filling).

I thought it was the Whataburgers.
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« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2018, 04:39:15 am »
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I thought it was the Whataburgers.

Never had one. Are they better than Fuddruckers?
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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2018, 04:48:33 am »
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Never had one. Are they better than Fuddruckers?

Texans swear by them, but I've never eaten at one without getting sick.  I never had a Ruddfu...ooops, "Fuddruckers" so I honestly don't know.  If FR can feed me and not make me sick (I'm pretty tolerant, actually), then the answer would be, "No."
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2018, 05:33:14 am »
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Miller Beer (Tastes Great; Less Filling).

Cutting into Natty Boh territory, eh?
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2018, 05:35:49 am »
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I thought it was the Whataburgers.

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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2018, 06:50:14 am »
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Cutting into Natty Boh territory, eh?
Likely Carling Black Label or COlt 45 in Dundalk.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2018, 02:36:42 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 05, 2018, 06:50:14 am
Likely Carling Black Label or COlt 45 in Dundalk.

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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2018, 02:51:58 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 05, 2018, 03:37:29 am
Contractors?   I always thought the warehouse workers were employees...the AMZL drivers are contractors I'm sure.


Same.  Also, why was this called out?  Why does it matter for purposes of this story that they were contractors rather than employees?  Weird.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2018, 04:02:59 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on November 05, 2018, 02:51:58 pm

Same.  Also, why was this called out?  Why does it matter for purposes of this story that they were contractors rather than employees?  Weird.

Not weird.  It probably matters to the families of two people.  If they were employees and not contractors, the odds are they had Life Insurance with double indemnity for being killed on the job.  I had a friend get killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on a business trip, and his Mrs. collected $1M.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2018, 04:53:20 pm »
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Not weird.  It probably matters to the families of two people.  If they were employees and not contractors, the odds are they had Life Insurance with double indemnity for being killed on the job.  I had a friend get killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on a business trip, and his Mrs. collected $1M.

Ok, that makes sense.  I apparently just missed the subtext.
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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2018, 05:01:00 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on November 05, 2018, 04:53:20 pm
Ok, that makes sense.  I apparently just missed the subtext.

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Re: Baltimore: "It sounded like bombs": Amazon warehouse collapse leaves 2 dead
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2018, 08:20:53 am »
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Good point!

Since you know the area, you might enjoy this...

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