Power Outage Paramount Theatre, Aurora

[betterway86]

FYI I called the box office at Paramount a little while ago to check on the status of ticket sales for the 9/16 GL performance. There was a recording - "due to an underground explosion in downtown Aurora, the box office is not operating...".

I wanted to find out more...it ocurred to me that an associate of mine lives/works in Aurora, so I became concerned. I emailed him, but no response yet. In the meantime, I did finally find some info online -an article in the Beacon News...and apparently my associate lives not too far from where the explosion occurred. Glad he's ok!

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/470124,AU16_POWER_WEB.article

[podunklander]

FYI I called the box office at Paramount a little while ago to check on the status of ticket sales for the 9/16 GL performance. There was a recording - "due to an underground explosion in downtown Aurora, the box office is not operating...".

I wanted to find out more...it ocurred to me that an associate of mine lives/works in Aurora, so I became concerned. I emailed him, but no response yet. In the meantime, I did finally find some info online -an article in the Beacon News...and apparently my associate lives not too far from where the explosion occurred. Glad he's ok!

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/470124,AU16_POWER_WEB.article

[byKimberly]

I used to live in Warrenville, Il, 5-10 miles from Aurora where we often heard underground explosions in the AM hours EX. 3AM and we attributed them to 'Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory' http://www.fnal.gov/pub/about/whatis/index.html.
Kimberly

[betterway86]

Originally posted by byKimberly:
I used to live in Warrenville, Il, 5-10 miles from Aurora where we often heard underground explosions in the AM hours EX. 3AM and we attributed them to 'Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory' http://www.fnal.gov/pub/about/whatis/index.html.
Kimberly WOW yikes! That must have been strange. Perhaps this is what Fermi refers to as their, "Science in the Neighborhood" :eek: program! Thanks for adding the link to the Fermi Lab website.. fascinating.

I've yet to follow up to see if there was a known cause yet for the explosion in Aurora...the next evening, there was another underground 'event'.

When I'm in Aurora..just to be on the safe side -gonna make sure I stay clear of the manholes!

Pam

[podunklander]

Originally posted by byKimberly:
I used to live in Warrenville, Il, 5-10 miles from Aurora where we often heard underground explosions in the AM hours EX. 3AM and we attributed them to 'Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory' http://www.fnal.gov/pub/about/whatis/index.html.
Kimberly WOW yikes! That must have been strange. Perhaps this is what Fermi refers to as their, "Science in the Neighborhood" :eek: program! Thanks for adding the link to the Fermi Lab website.. fascinating.

I've yet to follow up to see if there was a known cause yet for the explosion in Aurora...the next evening, there was another underground 'event'.

When I'm in Aurora..just to be on the safe side -gonna make sure I stay clear of the manholes!

Pam