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adrian
May 1st, 2007, 05:16 PM
A Chevy Astro van caught on fire at the Haleiwa Boat Harbor area about at noon today.

I was eating lunch, when I heard a commotion coming from the parking lot. I looked towards the parking lot, and saw thick black smoke. I thought someone was cooking BBQ, but then I realized it was coming from a van. Since my car was parked a few feet away from it, I moved my car to a safe place and proceeded to take pics.

click here to view the rest of the pics (http://pyehac.com/photography/main.php?g2_itemId=11)

(and if you're keeping track, this is the second "news worthy" event I took a picture/video of)

(and do you think I should submit the video to a news organization?)
achow
May 1st, 2007, 05:48 PM
Glad that you are okay and your car is safe.... how long did the car fire burn?
adrian
May 1st, 2007, 05:51 PM
how long did the car fire burn?
A few minutes.

Two police cars (their personal cars with the blue lights) were there but went dig out when I moved my car after I spotted the fire. Afterwards, HFD came and put it out.

I have a few videos of the event, but my broadband is acting like dial up ATM.
zff
May 2nd, 2007, 11:52 AM
..........but my broadband is acting like dial up ATM.Dude, that statement totally threw me off. It's been a few years since I was in the telecom business, but I'd never heard of dial up ATM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode).
joshuatree
May 2nd, 2007, 11:57 AM
Dude, that statement totally threw me off. It's been a few years since I was in the telecom business, but I'd never heard of dial up ATM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode).

Maybe it's a loose description of when the ATM establishes the virtual circuit? :D
adrian
May 2nd, 2007, 03:41 PM
ATM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode).
ATM = At The Moment
zff
May 2nd, 2007, 04:08 PM
Maybe it's a loose description of when the ATM establishes the virtual circuit? :DATM encapsulated inside dialup PPP? :D Interesting.


ATM = At The MomentYeah, I eventually figured it out. I was in the telecom business for a long time. Old habits are hard to break.
Hellbent
May 2nd, 2007, 04:20 PM
Hey, I heard you can find out how to withdraw money from your PC in this thread. Do you put your bank card inside the flippy disk drive somehow? Do you need a printer to print out the money? :P
Technology these days!