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LPink, please check in

13 years ago

The news this morning reported on a gas explosion in your town. Several homes were damaged and one person died. I know that person wasn't you (it was an elderly person), but let us know if this affected you. I sure hope not.

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caliloo
13 years ago
I just heard that too!

Pam I heard there are 6-8 still unaccounted for and over 100 have been evacuated. Lpink - we are worried!

Alexa
dedtired
Original Author
13 years ago
Omigosh, I didn't know it was that bad. Pinkie, let's hear from you.
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lindac
13 years ago
That was in Allentown...I thought Lpink lived in New Jersey?
Teresa_MN
13 years ago
Does Lpink check in often on this side. I don't usually but I did today because I thought of her.

If any of you know she is not on this side very often - I think it warrants a post on the discussion to get her attention. I looked at her home page last nite when I heard about his on the news and it still said Allentown.

Teresa
caliloo
13 years ago
I just talked to her - she is fine. She will be checking in later.

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lpinkmountain
13 years ago
Jeff and I heard a bunch of noise last night, including what sounded like helicopters. We thought it was road construction. Anyway, I don't have TV and haven't been listening to the radio so I was blithely unaware until Alexa called me. Sorry, I have no news to report other than it kept us up for a while last night--the noise. Sounded like an alien space ship invading. Must have been TV news helicopters. Until I check the news I don't even know where exactly in Allentown it happened. Close enough for me to hear it but it didn't affect anyplace real near me.
lpinkmountain
13 years ago
This happened right when we were going to bed last night. It was only 12 blocks from my house. We didn't hear a specific explosion, but a rumbling noise and then lots of other noises from the response and evacuation. I was coughing a lot since I'm sick so maybe I coughed thru the explosion. I know that the noise was keeping Jeff up so we moved to the middle bedroom of my row house where it was quieter. We were completely unaware that it was such a tragic situation. This is a very full neighborhood, with houses, businesses, etc. One poor guy lost his wife, daughter and baby granddaughter in the fire. He was working out of town, that's the only reason he wasn't home then. Two housed completely blew up and then erupted in fire that affected all the homes on the block. It's a row house neighborhood so everything is in close quarters, a lot can be affected from something like that.
So sad for the families who lost so much. There was no warning or indication that anything was amiss before the explosion.
annie1992
13 years ago
Hey, L., I sent you an email, I'm glad you are OK. I know you didn't live at 13th and Allen, but I didn't think you were too far from there either. I even checked Google maps to see how close you were!

I'm glad you are OK, but I feel horribly for those affected.

Annie
dedtired
Original Author
13 years ago
Happy to hear that you weren't in the area of the explosion, but I'm feeling bad for those who suffered. Thx for checking in.
riverrat1
13 years ago
I'm so glad you are safe Pinky! I'm feeling sad for those that are affected by this horrible accident.
sally2_gw
13 years ago
Yes, it's mixed feeling time. I'm so happy you weren't affected, but so very sad for those that were. So sad.

Sally
lsr2002
13 years ago
Somehow I missed this on the news. I'm so glad you are safe and so sorry that it was unbelievably tragic for others.

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