"An industrial capitalist society that does not recognize ecological limits but only perpetual economic expansion and has the profit motive as driver, will eventually consume and destroy itself."
"But we will all be taken down with it."
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We had to deal with reporters a lot today because various folks who were staying at our house were awake at the time and helped out.
They had gotten home from Operation Ceasefire, and were hanging out on the back porch. Though the Post article doesn't explain it very well, after seeing the fire they ran into the building and pounded on doors to wake folks up and get them out. The fire alarm in the building did not go off.
Two of our neighbors came over this evening with a cake. I explained that the folks who had run into the building had returned to Lancaster, but accepted the cake on their behalf. Our neighbors expressed gratitude and a real sense that their lives had been saved, especially because the building fire alarm system failed.
The fire evidently started because the family had lost electricity on Tuesday and was using candles. Jonah died from smoke inhalation and severe burns.