If you get a real blaze, a grocery store will make a huge fire. I remember a store some 6-8 blocks away that caught fire in my childhood. It was a huge blaze, fully involving the store, and making quite a spectacle. (The roof burns first, spreading it all over.) Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 6:14 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > First the back story. I was in a local supermarket when their fire alarm > went off. This has happened before while I was there, but it was turned off > and everyone, including employees simply ignored it and went about their > business. I guess the system is prone to false alarms. This time after a > few minutes of customers and employees ignoring the alarm, managers started > moving about evacuating the store. In the parking lot I figured if the > place was going to burst into flame I'd at least take some pictures. > > A couple of observations, it's amazing how close these people will stay to a > possibly dangerous situation. It's also amazing that after the Fire > Department arrived they didn't clear people well away from the front of the > store just in case. > > So without further ado let me present Where's the fire? Not my best photo > reportage but at least I had a telephoto lens and stayed well back. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/duvvf4p7z3k3qv6/AAC1H-z2a7EVaL_F4zyrl85ca?dl=0 > > Usually I had code a web gallery but I was feeling fairly lazy at this > point. > > Equipment: In case anybody cares the photos were made with a Pentax K-5II > and the SMC Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 and the Sigma Zoom 70-210mm f4~5.6 UC-II > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
