Still think TITNC3: Return of the Iceberg was peak

I've also been in some warehouses where I've seen the rack installs and noped the fuck right out until they put some more anchors in before I'd come do expansions or repair estimates. Never underestimate human laziness

 

It's about 35 west of Chicago... Surrounded by corn fields

 

I didn't dig into it too much, but it is in a seismic zone, so depending on the height of the racking, I'd expect 6x8 or 8x8 footplates, two anchors per plate min. Should be plenty sturdy if installed, tested, and loaded properly.

It's been a long time since I did this stuff, but common size for storing documents would be a bay taking two 40x48" pallets, total load not to exceed around 4800lbs across an 8' span

Uprights can typically static hold 27k lbs if they're the common 3x3 uprights.

Edit: Also anything over 6' needs to be anchored and permitted shelving wise. Somewhere in some boring government office in Chicago is the original rack permits. I'd love to see them if they surface at some point. Hopefully they weren't stored on site at a safe document storage facility...

 

@kairo

Taking out any suppression system is as easy as closing the main flow valve. Wonder what state the arson investigator is gonna find them in? lol

 

closed, welded shut, chained, and covered with spikes

 

How much you wanna bet there was a flow test done within the last week and some goober from ABC fire "forgot" to open the system back up

 

Seismic ratings go out the window in a hot fire.

 

@kairo

 

No doubt. I guess the question is:

Did the rack fail and disable the sprinkler system prior to the fire (or at the same time as the fire)?

or

Did the fire cause the racks to fail and disable the sprinkler system?

or

 

I got a kick out of this one too

 

My life-preserving ass goes out the window in a hot fire as well

 

This meme seems appropriate …

 

Flash frozen shut with liquid nitrogen...and THEN turn the heat down/off so it looks like a malfunction of climate control that ALSO sparked the blaze...simple

 

I was unaware the document warehouse lit itself back on fire after being extinguished. That's fishy

I don't necessarily agree with people taking issue with the "fact" a shelf disabled sprinklers "oN dA cEiLiNg!!!" Since it's probable a shelf hit a pipe on the wall that went to the ceiling.

Regardless, "secure document storage" should and likely did have multiple failsafe systems in place should any other one fail.

Fishy fishy fishy fish. I wonder where, my fish... could be?

 

you seem to know a lot about these kind of things...

 

reddit has been down for over an hour now. Moass monday

 

Confirmed.

 

Reddit: Let's IPO

Also Reddit: Should we make sure our platform stays up consistently?

Reddit Management: IPO!

 

I swear to god if this is the end of bigtittygothgf and buttsharpies imma be pissed. PISSED