Vid - Fire Still Burning 6/30 11:07am Madsion WI - Webster & Mifflin

Under control but still flaming in corner of building near roof line. It is now about 1:15pm and streets are still blocked with smoldering still going on ... air much clearer!

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Vid - Madison WI - Fire - 6/30 9:47am - Near End - Aftermath - Webster & Mifflin

The fire is reported to have been noticed around 5am. The Madison Fire Department arrived quietly and proceeded to get it under control. This video was shot around 9:47 and it is now 10:47. You can see how the equipment has been deployed on Webster St. There is more equipment along Mifflin but things are now slowed down ... most of the ladder water is off. Unfortunately you can also see evidence of personal belongs in the street ... books, papers, window frames ... how sad!

There are, as of now, five videos that I shot on YouTube!

Vid #3 - Madison Downtown Fire 6/30/2011 - 8:52am Webster & Mifflin

Madison - Webster & Mifflin

Better view of two ladders on Webster ... hose is also being used from ground based fire engine ... smoke really affects visibility as it blows back on firemen to the north.

#2 - 6/30 8:50am Madsion WI - Fire Downtown - Ladder Work

There are two ladder hoses being directed from Webster St ... probably another from Mifflin ... lot of smoke and steam!

Coming Our Way? More than 10,000 schools affected by strikes, No 10 confirms

Is this story under the category that it cannot happen here?  Beware claims of "going broke!"  Click the title to learn about strikes in the UK.

From the Guardian ...

...The government is coming under increasing pressure to justify claims that the current system is "unaffordable". The prime minister said this week that it was in danger of "going broke" but the report by the former Labour business secretary, John Hutton, on which the government's reforms are based, confirms that as a share of GDP the cost of pensions peeked last year at 1.9% and is now projected to fall to 1.4% by 2059-60. ...

WI 1848 Forward: Coming Our Way? More than 10,000 #schools affected by strikes, No 10 confirms - #Broke #Underperform

Darling protest rally - where are the jobs -video

Sen. Darling Protest on Umemployment Insurance from Matt Brusky on Vimeo.

6/30 Madsion WI Downtown Fire - Webster & Mifflin - Undercontrol

About an hour after many residents in area noticed!  The Madison Fire Department had evidently arrived quietly on the scene and were doing their job while many of us awoke to the smoke! 6/30/2011.