[OutVoice] ..we didn't start the fire, and other "QueerWaves"/KOOP news

[CAGETAYLOR at aol.com]

Dear Outsters-
Well, according to the Fire folks yesterday, the big fire was caused by a  
faulty air-conditioning unit in the nearby club. In an email sent by one of our  
tech guys, it went something like this...
 
"Here is an overview of the fire investigation conclusion. A press  
conference was held at AFD headquarters to explain the 
findings,  and included several diagrams to explain the fire's 
progress. 
The cause  of the fire was attributed to a short circuit in a 
switch on an HVAC system  located in a 3' x 3' closet on the ground 
floor of the space formerly  housing Club Taste/Lick. This closet 
was constructed next to a stairwell  with plywood walls essentially 
surrounding the HVAC system. The short caused  an arc, which 
eventually led to ignition of the plywood. One of the walls  
immediately adjacent to the staircase was breached, and fed the 
fire up  the staircase to the second floor, where it ignited (fresh and ready 
oxygen  supply)and raced along the second floor 
(this conflagration was heard by  firefighters above them as they 
entered the ground floor of the building).  It's possible that the 
fire smoldered in the closet for a number of hours  before it broke 
out and up the stairwell. That structure's second floor was  then 
immersed, and the roof breached, and allowed the fire to jumped to  
our building. As Andrew explained, the lack of interior wall and 
ceiling  material on the second floor of our building afforded the 
fire a clear path  to travel west until it encountered the brick 
wall that formed part of the  east wall structure of our space. The 
conflagration of the second floor and  roof led to the fire 
breaching our space.
The AFD web page has contact  info for requesting incident reports. 
There is an attempt to post incident  summaries on this page, but 
unfortunately, it has not been updated in  awhile."
 
Okay, that's what happened, and here's what happening..
I'm part of a committee that's picked out a great new location. For those  of 
you who know Austin, it's close to downtown and the campus, a block or so  
west of the capital building. If things proceed well, we might be up and running 
 by April, I hope. (Actually, I hope sooner, so we can catch more of the SXSW 
 action..)
 
Till then, we're trying to make arrangements to find a place to broadcast  
temporarily. It might be just a mic or two, a couple of CD players and a couple  
of turntables, but it would be nice to be back on the air.
 
It kills me that we're not on the air this weekend. All the incredible  folks 
here for the Folk Alliance events..sigh..
 
Anyway, that's the latest from KOOP and "QueerWaves."
Love, Taylor
 
"QueerWaves"--Taylor Cage, host and producer
A showcase for glbt  and just plain queer musicians and their music
On Saturdays, 430pm to 6pm  Central Time
91.7fm KOOP Austin TX
Keep up to date on our recovery 
@  _http://www.koop.org_ (http://www.koop.org/) 
Please send  promotional material to:
Taylor Cage
2819 Foster Lane, Apt F122
Austin  TX 78757
USA
512-459-3076