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R.A.Danny		2013-01-23 07:36:55 PM

That's amazing. Thanks, Subby

ultraholland		2013-01-23 07:49:55 PM

Robert Frost approves.

drjekel_mrhyde		2013-01-23 07:51:57 PM

Damn now I want to go check that out

Peter von Nostrand		2013-01-23 07:56:21 PM

Wanted for questioning

thumbs.anyclip.com

namatad		2013-01-23 08:08:09 PM

3700 block of South Ashland Avenue

holy crap, I grew up 50 ft from there !!!
nice

MBK		2013-01-23 08:29:40 PM

Thanks a lot Obama

calbert		2013-01-23 08:37:47 PM

how the f*ck was that building able to burn with all of that ice on it?

basemetal		2013-01-23 08:37:53 PM

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

ultraholland		2013-01-23 08:42:59 PM

calbert: how the f*ck was that building able to burn with all of that ice on it?

suspect #1

cdn.bulbagarden.net

Fark It		2013-01-23 08:56:43 PM

calbert: how the f*ck was that building able to burn with all of that ice on it?

notsureifserious

JerkyMeat		2013-01-23 08:59:14 PM

R.A.Danny		2013-01-23 09:07:37 PM

basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

There's a rather famous pic from the OKC bombing of a fireman holding a dying kid.
I make me cry my eyes out every time, being so strong, brave, and helpless... Heart wrenching.

MBK		2013-01-23 09:09:16 PM

basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

That is a glorious mustache.

basemetal		2013-01-23 09:12:33 PM

JerkyMeat: [i1048.photobucket.com image 850x567]

That's awesome!

DownDaRiver		2013-01-23 09:21:46 PM

I thought the pics of the fire were something.
Those are really cool pics.

Peter von Nostrand		2013-01-23 09:54:37 PM

R.A.Danny: basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

There's a rather famous pic from the OKC bombing of a fireman holding a dying kid.
I make me cry my eyes out every time, being so strong, brave, and helpless... Heart wrenching.

The baby was initially found by a cop who then handed the baby off. The cop eventually quit the department and then later committed suicide. Possibly from PTSD

R.A.Danny		2013-01-23 10:03:49 PM

Peter von Nostrand: R.A.Danny: basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

There's a rather famous pic from the OKC bombing of a fireman holding a dying kid.
I make me cry my eyes out every time, being so strong, brave, and helpless... Heart wrenching.

The baby was initially found by a cop who then handed the baby off. The cop eventually quit the department and then later committed suicide. Possibly from PTSD

Well, I spent years trying to avoid that story....

Peter von Nostrand		2013-01-23 10:13:25 PM

R.A.Danny: Peter von Nostrand: R.A.Danny: basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

There's a rather famous pic from the OKC bombing of a fireman holding a dying kid.
I make me cry my eyes out every time, being so strong, brave, and helpless... Heart wrenching.

The baby was initially found by a cop who then handed the baby off. The cop eventually quit the department and then later committed suicide. Possibly from PTSD

Well, I spent years trying to avoid that story....

Oops. Pretend you didn't see that

Richard Saunders		2013-01-23 10:41:34 PM

ultraholland: Robert Frost approves.

His cousin Jack, too.

gameshowhost		2013-01-23 10:41:35 PM

#11 is just cool.

JerkyMeat: [i1048.photobucket.com image 850x567]

yeah that one :-|

R.A.Danny		2013-01-23 11:17:32 PM

Peter von Nostrand: Oops. Pretend you didn't see that

Nah, I looked up the pic again just to torture myself.

Paris1127		2013-01-24 12:09:57 AM

Cool pics, Subby(pun intended).

calbert: how the f*ck was that building able to burn with all of that ice on it?

Yeah, that joke wouldn't work in Worcester, MA...

alienated		2013-01-24 02:06:38 AM

I have a bad feeling this is going to turn into a mr freeze pic thread. Anyhow, number 14 was one of my favs as I can just see the operations manager telling the mechanics to get that truck ready to roll in 2 hours.
Thanks for sharing, subs

AverageAmericanGuy		2013-01-24 03:02:13 AM

Walking in a winter wonderland...

ReapTheChaos		2013-01-24 03:11:06 AM

It's a shame about the fire, but those are some bad-ass pictures.

sexorcisst		2013-01-24 03:22:03 AM

Chicagwnd.

srtpointman		2013-01-24 03:31:12 AM

R.A.Danny: That's amazing. Thanks, Subby

You are welcome.

Twizelite		2013-01-24 03:40:46 AM

Things like this make me proud to be a fireman, albeit and old and chubby volunteer one.

CipollinaFan		2013-01-24 04:49:13 AM

Peter von Nostrand: Wanted for questioning

ultraholland: calbert: how the f*ck was that building able to burn with all of that ice on it?
suspect #1

memorizeherbs.com

dbirchall		2013-01-24 05:26:10 AM

Awesome pictures - reminded me of the ice storm on Lake Geneva (Switzerland) a few years back, except in this case, the "ice storm" was delivered by firehose.

Ow My Balls		2013-01-24 05:53:51 AM

Anyone have historic information on that building? All I can seem to find is that it's currently an abandoned warehouse.

the_colors		2013-01-24 06:20:55 AM

Man, I've been tossing around the idea of moving to Chicago, but this confirms that it may just be a tad *too* cold there.

LordOfThePings		2013-01-24 06:31:50 AM

the_colors: Man, I've been tossing around the idea of moving to Chicago, but this confirms that it may just be a tad *too* cold there.

Only during months with an "R" in them.

Vegaz73		2013-01-24 06:59:20 AM

See....this is why I moved to Vegas.

But glory me, them are some incredible pix. Haven't seen one that big since the Helene Curtis warehouse that burned for Backdraft.

Love the Chicago Fire Department.Grew up in a firehouse.

OregonVet		2013-01-24 07:18:59 AM

Water sprayed in the cold, how does it work?

Omnivorous		2013-01-24 07:23:55 AM

Man, I've been tossing around the idea of moving to Chicago, but this confirms that it may just be a tad *too* cold there.

Until two weeks ago, it was remarkably warm. In all of the photos of Lake Michigan, it was clear -- when normally there would be ice floating everywhere and the harbors would be completely covered with it.

Seth'n'Spectrum		2013-01-24 07:26:24 AM

Well, looks like I have a new icame.jpg.

BalugaJoe		2013-01-24 07:40:36 AM

The building is on fire again!

joness0154		2013-01-24 07:52:13 AM

BalugaJoe: The building is on fire again!

Yup. Just saw on the news this morning that the hotspots flared up again. Crazy.

abhorrent1		2013-01-24 07:53:24 AM

BalugaJoe: The building is on fire again!

Yep. The FD spokesperson on the news this morning said it was never 100% out in the first place. They can't go inside because the building is so unstable. All they can to is put water on it from the ladder trucks and just try to control it at this point. It's an abandon building so really, zero farks are given about it.

Riotboy		2013-01-24 07:53:33 AM

That fire has been burning since Tuesday!

Cybernetic		2013-01-24 07:55:57 AM

Riotboy: That fire has been burning since Tuesday!

I just saw a report that the fire flared up again this morning.

abhorrent1		2013-01-24 08:01:01 AM

Ow My Balls: Anyone have historic information on that building? All I can seem to find is that it's currently an abandoned warehouse.

One article said "The warehouse was formerly the Harris Marcus Group Building, a lamp manufacturer". Probably been empty a long time though

bikerbob59		2013-01-24 08:11:25 AM

MBK: basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

That is a glorious mustache.

In Chicago, it's required that you have a mustache...

abhorrent1		2013-01-24 08:27:31 AM

Ow My Balls: Anyone have historic information on that building? All I can seem to find is that it's currently an abandoned warehouse.

I guess not lamps but furniture. Some old pics from inside.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmuch/sets/72157626625784284/with/57305 85 999/

sonofslacker		2013-01-24 08:38:02 AM

bikerbob59: MBK: basemetal: [s3-ec.buzzfed.com image 850x567]

Gotta love firemen/women, salute to you fine people.

That is a glorious mustache.

In Chicago, it's required that you have a mustache...

You are given a full grown mustache at birth in Chicago, male or female!

abhorrent1		2013-01-24 08:57:25 AM

sonofslacker: You are given a full grown mustache at birth in Chicago, male or female!

That's only if you're born on the south side.

Bpjosep		2013-01-24 09:06:51 AM

Ow My Balls: Anyone have historic information on that building? All I can seem to find is that it's currently an abandoned warehouse.

Lee Bey (a Chicago architecture guy) did a piece about it on wbez, the local NPR station. I'm too lazy to see if its online anywhere, but basically he said the building was built as part of an early 20th century office park. It fell into disuse in the 1950s when companies started moving to the suburbs.