Woodland Scenics destroyed by fire

[leonard newton]

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-huge-fire-destroys-business-in-linn-creek-20120105,0,4228890.photogallery

[Carl Heinz]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:43:21 -0800 (PST), leonard newton <lex...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-huge-fire-destroys-business-in-linn-creek-20120105,0,4228890.photogallery

Really sorry to hear this. They've been a major supplier for our layout.
--
Carl Heinz
cfhe...@charter.net
(Remove number)

[Twibil]

On Jan 5, 5:43 pm, leonard newton <lexo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-huge-fire-destroys-business-in-linn-creek...

Darn!

Hope they carried fire insurance!

~Pete

[Wolf K]

On 05/01/2012 8:43 PM, leonard newton wrote:
> http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-huge-fire-destroys-business-in-linn-creek-20120105,0,4228890.photogallery


Ouch! I hope they can recover from this.

Wolf K.

[Wolf K]

Latest news is:
a) No one was hurt; and
b) “Our shipping department, warehouse and corporate offices were spared
any damage,” Cousins [Woodland Scenics director of sales] said, “as were
most of our manufacturing buildings, so it’s business as usual.”

Per Kalmbach's Model Retailer Newsletter (on-line news).

Good news, I think.

Wolf K.

[Gordon]

Wolf K <wek...@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:guKNq.73693$h94.41917
@unlimited.newshosting.com:

> Latest news is:
> a) No one was hurt; and
> b) "Our shipping department, warehouse and corporate offices were spared
> any damage," Cousins [Woodland Scenics director of sales] said, "as were
> most of our manufacturing buildings, so it's business as usual."
>
> Per Kalmbach's Model Retailer Newsletter (on-line news).
>
> Good news, I think.
>
> Wolf K.

So what actually burned?

[Wolf K]

Here's the whole story, copyright Kalmbach Publishing.
Wolf K.

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Woodland Scenics buildings damaged by fire
Published: January 6, 2012
A fire struck a pair of buildings at model scenery manufacturer Woodland
Scenics Thursday in Linn Creek, Mo.

The blaze damaged two small portions of the company’s manufacturing
facilities, said Gale Cousins, Woodland Scenics director of sales and
customer service, in an email.

“The good news is that no one was hurt during the fire or evacuation
process,” she said.

According to local newspaper the News Tribune, the fire cause of the
fire was unknown, and it drained the town’s water supply. The fire
started in a roof area that serves two buildings that are part of the
factory.

“Our shipping department, warehouse and corporate offices were spared
any damage,” Cousins said, “as were most of our manufacturing buildings,
so it’s business as usual.”

Woodland Scenics employs about 150 people, and the entire complex had
been evacuated before firefighters arrived, the News Tribune reported.

Nine fire departments and were needed to control the fire, which was so
intense that all the available water in Linn Creek was used to combat
the fire’s spread. Water was brought in from neighboring towns and Linn
Creek’s two water towers were drained, according to the News Tribune.

Linn Creek, located about 50 miles southwest of Jefferson City, Mo., has
a population of about 250 people.
................................

[Mark Mathu]

I live in the Milwaukee area and I went to Walters at noon Monday to
pick up a few supplies. I got talking with the guy at the counter
about the Woodland Scenics fire - as has been reported here, their
warehouse was not affected. The fire was in the building where they
grind foam products.

However, the Walters salesman said that there were a lot of orders for
Woodland Scenics products placed by hobby shops last Friday after the
fire. Their Woodland Scenics inventory isn't gone, but it was being
drawn down.

__________
Mark Mathu
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
The Green Bay Route: http://www.greenbayroute.com/

[Matt]

Was at my LHS (Phoenix, AZ) yesterday (Wednesday). They had just gotten
in an order from Woodland Scenics. Several of the packages of ground
foam products looked like they had minor (smoke, water?) damage from the
fire. The owner and the manager were none too happy about them - don't
like the idea of putting them out for sale to customers...

Matt

[Tom]

On Jan 5, 7:43 pm, leonard newton <lexo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-huge-fire-destroys-business-in-linn-creek...

Thanks for the link. It would seem subsequent posts have indicated
it's business as usual... that's good.

Now that the smoke has cleared, so to speak, I have to ask why did the
FD have to transport water to the scene?

I live in St. Louis have been to Camdenton countless times... the Lake
of the Ozarks is HUGE! Why would they experience a water shortage?

Just a rhetorical question... I had to type it to get it out of my
head! ;-)

Tom

[Wolf K]

The fireplugs use municipal water, so "water shortage" just means that
the town's water tank(s) are too small. Which would not surprise me at
all, as upgrading the system would costs loadsadough, and people just
hate to spend "hard-earned tax-dollars" on the things they actually need.

So you might ask, Why are the fireplugs on the same lines as the
drinking water? One reason is cost: you'd have to build two sets of
water lines, etc. The other is that the fireplugs are also used when
flushing the lines, a regular maintenance practice.

OTOH, as the cost of maintaining a pure water supply escalates, some
engineers are arguing that two systems would be cheaper in the long run:
one for drinking, bathing and such; and one for everything else. One guy
said "It's bizarre to use drinking water to wash the car or water the lawn."

HTH,
Wolf K.