SFist: "Blue Angel kills thousands in SF crash"

The Angry Young Man

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:10:10 -0800

I miss Bruno. He was my hero and role model.

alexei

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:24:21 -0800

Xenu, be fair: hundreds of thousands, max! ...maybe ONE million.

Xenu

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:40:15 -0800

How about "millions killed in war based on half-truths and faulty intelligence?" That's the headline we'd all be reading if we elect this George W Bush fellow come November 1999.

davey k

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:17:17 -0800

Perhaps Redmond can get a brand spanking new free city-subsidized crib at the new Academy of Sciences... with the rest of the living fossils...

grouchothebestmarx

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:13:08 -0800

One of these toys crashed into my neighborhood in 1968 in Tucson Arizona and killed a bunch of people. The airforce base is still there and going strong. I am stunned that people think watching these death machines are entertainment. But it's like baseball, even if you don't like it, you gotta pay.

shazwozzle

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:53:42 -0800

I doubt there's actually much risk, but anything that will get rid of those stupid planes buzzing the city is good in my book.

lanersg

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:45:33 -0800

@montrealnow - nicely done!

montrealnow

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:23:33 -0800

Are all of you too young to remember when the USS Missouri spun out of control during Fleet Week, demolishing the Embarcadero freeway and killing thousands on its way up Haight street before being stopped by the heroic efforts of Bruno of Zam-Zam, moments before it would have killed thousands more in the baby shower being held at Murio's Sport's Lounge? And how all of SF watched this passively, half believing it was Survival Research Laboratories and the other half thinking it was part of Critical Mass?

missiondweller

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:01:49 -0800

The airbase (Former Top Gun school) has been there long before the houses. Its actually a much bigger statement on land use and urban encroachment than anything to do with aviation. I feel for the family.

Oznog

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:48:00 -0800

It seems funny that the Navy would put their Air Station smack in the middle of all those houses. http://www.flightsim.com/review/mega04/miramar-sd-big.jpg Those houses weren't there when the military built the runway in 1936.

mushmouth

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:22:01 -0800

I'm waiting for Brugmann to get on and blame the whole thing in PG&E. When that gets simply ignored finally sue the SF Weekly.

judd870

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:14:18 -0800

My favorite part is when Tim gets on the comments and insults everyone for disagreeing with his knee-jerk, alarmist pseudoscience. What a steaming pile this guy's post is.

The Angry Young Man

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:10:32 -0800

Blue Angels pilots are experts in their fields. The guy in SD was on a training run. The likelihood of a Blue Angel pilot plunging his aircraft into a crowd and killing thousands is nil. The Bay Guardian is ignoring these simple facts because they're more interested in pushing their stupid left over 1970's agenda than in telling the truth.

jimH

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:09:43 -0800

In San Francisco, you kill air show. In Russia, air show kill you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster Or Ukraine, whichever. Didn't realize that houses could be less than one runway's length from such an active airbase. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cather+avenue++san+diego+ca&sll=32.857239,-117.148933&sspn=0.114927,0.187454&ie=UTF8&ll=32.859979,-117.194595&spn=0.114924,0.187454&t=h&z=13&g=cather+avenue++san+diego+ca&iwloc=addr It seems funny that the Navy would put their Air Station smack in the middle of all those houses. http://www.flightsim.com/review/mega04/miramar-sd-big.jpg

Slappydafrog

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:45:06 -0800

"Tim Remond likes to molest children and gerbils....this is the headline we might be reading if Redmond ever pulled his head out of his ass and left the little world he lives in."

fsharp

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:38:09 -0800

"Blue Angel kills thousands in SF crash" - Still it's so totally worth it.

periqueblend

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:35:11 -0800

Nuh,uh! Um, what if maybe like the crash happened during one of the practice days, and it crashed into a building, and somehow brought it down, and it was lunch hour, see, and instead of running, everyone was having 9/11 flashbacks and froze in place... then it like so totally could kill thousands! Then you'd wish you'd listened to the Bay Guardian!

sissa

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:22:44 -0800

I'm glad you explained this... I saw the link in Day Around The Bay, but my firm blocks SFBG as "pornography." SF Weekly too. Seriously!

mark925

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:21:48 -0800

The comments thread over at sfbg is priceless.

RinconHillSF

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:12:38 -0800

in the coffin ... whatever ... you get my point :)

RinconHillSF

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:12:16 -0800

Can we put a nail on the coffin of fear mongering when George W. Bush exits the White House please?

Angrybat

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:12:13 -0800

I think it would be tough for a F-18 crash to kill "thousands," even if it crashed right into the middle of a totally crowded Marina Green. Hundreds, maybe, but to kill thousands it would have to spend a few minutes shooting missles at the buildings along the waterfront. Not likely, with the new administration.

icbalaam

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:09:41 -0800

Do we expect any less coming from the SFBG? I'm no fan of the Blue Angels (because I like being able to hear) but this is typical what-if bullsh*t with ulterior motives. You know what also might happen? One of the planes from any of the regional airports might have some type of mechanical failure and crash into the city. So should we get rid of air travel to and from the bay area?