news feed; Monday, January 16th, 2012
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Weather Cloudy with sunny periods, windy at times. A few flurries likely developing..High 1°C and a low of -4°C (34deg;F/25°F)
Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Morning sirens go off at 9:05am, and evening sirens are at 5:40 pm.
Breaking News
Bombing at the Tower Apartments, Many Newcomers Left Homeless
A half hour before sirens yesterday evening, there was an attack on the Tower Apartments, a suspected hate crime against the city’s newcomer population. The apartments were bombed using charges set in the elevators, though it appears only one set of them went off, as one of the bombers was taken into custody before she could finish setting the charges.
Based on early accounts, there appears to be massive damage to both the building and the surrounding areas, damages compounded by the fact that the building was set upon by internal exposure to the darkness decay effect and monsters soon after. Fires were not yet extinguished by nightfall, most hook and ladder pulling out shortly before the dangers of nightfall.
Remarkably, the towers were still standing by morning, although Tower Two seems to be the worst off, suffering heavy internal and sustaining structural damage, particularly around the elevator shaft. Though Tower One seems to be somewhat better off, it has still been deemed uninhabitable till properly re-proofed.
For now, it appears that other arrangements will have to be made for newcomers, as the SPPD has declared the building unsafe. The greeter station and landlord’s office for Newcomers appears to also be damaged, though salvageable, but the garage is, according to sources, utterly destroyed. City Hall has expressed some worry about lacking municipal budget for repairs, and rescue and clean up has been going on since last night. There is no word on when or if the building will ever reopen, and AGI and SERO seem unwilling to make a funding decision until the full extent of the damage has been evaluated.
There is no official casualty report, although Skye Medical Center received some of the injured (including several firefighters from the company which refused to pull back till after nightfall). It is presumed that a majority of the newcomers residing in the apartments evacuated and took cover during the night in nearby residences, some of them also inhabited by newcomers who have been living longer on the island.
As for the caught bomber, confirmation has not been released by the SPPD, but reliable sources on the scene claim she was arrested as a suspect for multiple acts of terrorism agains newcomers, one one of the famed 'Newcomer Killers'. More news will be reported live as it arrives, though the SPPD are apparently being fairly tightlipped about the situation.
Someone is expected to make a statement from the offices of the Governor later in the week, and the article promises to reveal the latest as it comes, though it's pretty clear from the lack of quotes and figures that the editor still had very little to go off of at the time of publication.
- McKinley Zoo's Northern otter, Sunflower, successfully gave birth to her first pup today just after morning sirens. The aquatic mammal experts in charge of Sunflower's care confirm the pup appears healthy - though too fluffy to determine a gender just yet! Sunflower and her pup are being allowed to proceed with business as usual for the time being, since separating Sunflower from her regular habitat and routine could have potentially dire affects on both her and the pup. However, zookeepers will ask that all visitors to McKinley Zoo keep their cries and coos of delight to a low volume while observing their newest arrival.
Once the pup's sex has been determined, aquatic-mammal lovers in Siren's Port will be asked to submit names for it. One marine biologist on the scene today comments: "We've just been calling it Dandelion all day. Seems like a perfect name, boy or girl."
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Weather Cloudy with sunny periods, windy at times. A few flurries likely developing..High 1°C and a low of -4°C (34deg;F/25°F)
Current Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
Morning sirens go off at 9:05am, and evening sirens are at 5:40 pm.
Breaking News
Bombing at the Tower Apartments, Many Newcomers Left Homeless
A half hour before sirens yesterday evening, there was an attack on the Tower Apartments, a suspected hate crime against the city’s newcomer population. The apartments were bombed using charges set in the elevators, though it appears only one set of them went off, as one of the bombers was taken into custody before she could finish setting the charges.
Based on early accounts, there appears to be massive damage to both the building and the surrounding areas, damages compounded by the fact that the building was set upon by internal exposure to the darkness decay effect and monsters soon after. Fires were not yet extinguished by nightfall, most hook and ladder pulling out shortly before the dangers of nightfall.
Remarkably, the towers were still standing by morning, although Tower Two seems to be the worst off, suffering heavy internal and sustaining structural damage, particularly around the elevator shaft. Though Tower One seems to be somewhat better off, it has still been deemed uninhabitable till properly re-proofed.
For now, it appears that other arrangements will have to be made for newcomers, as the SPPD has declared the building unsafe. The greeter station and landlord’s office for Newcomers appears to also be damaged, though salvageable, but the garage is, according to sources, utterly destroyed. City Hall has expressed some worry about lacking municipal budget for repairs, and rescue and clean up has been going on since last night. There is no word on when or if the building will ever reopen, and AGI and SERO seem unwilling to make a funding decision until the full extent of the damage has been evaluated.
There is no official casualty report, although Skye Medical Center received some of the injured (including several firefighters from the company which refused to pull back till after nightfall). It is presumed that a majority of the newcomers residing in the apartments evacuated and took cover during the night in nearby residences, some of them also inhabited by newcomers who have been living longer on the island.
As for the caught bomber, confirmation has not been released by the SPPD, but reliable sources on the scene claim she was arrested as a suspect for multiple acts of terrorism agains newcomers, one one of the famed 'Newcomer Killers'. More news will be reported live as it arrives, though the SPPD are apparently being fairly tightlipped about the situation.
Someone is expected to make a statement from the offices of the Governor later in the week, and the article promises to reveal the latest as it comes, though it's pretty clear from the lack of quotes and figures that the editor still had very little to go off of at the time of publication.
- McKinley Zoo's Northern otter, Sunflower, successfully gave birth to her first pup today just after morning sirens. The aquatic mammal experts in charge of Sunflower's care confirm the pup appears healthy - though too fluffy to determine a gender just yet! Sunflower and her pup are being allowed to proceed with business as usual for the time being, since separating Sunflower from her regular habitat and routine could have potentially dire affects on both her and the pup. However, zookeepers will ask that all visitors to McKinley Zoo keep their cries and coos of delight to a low volume while observing their newest arrival.
Once the pup's sex has been determined, aquatic-mammal lovers in Siren's Port will be asked to submit names for it. One marine biologist on the scene today comments: "We've just been calling it Dandelion all day. Seems like a perfect name, boy or girl."
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