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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 13, 2017 22:05:39 GMT -6
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 13, 2017 22:39:02 GMT -6
These details give some interesting numbers. . . . The 'horrendous' blaze struck the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, White City, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Several people are being treated for a 'range of injuries' including illness from smoke inhalation. One neighbour said he believed someone had jumped from the block. The fire has spread from the second floor to the roof of the enormous 120-flat block, with 200 firefighters struggling to bring it under control. Panicked residents trapped high in the enormous tower were heard screaming for help as they leaned out of their windows and tied bed sheets together in an attempt to reach the ground. Flatowners in their pyjamas have been evacuated as police are pushing people away from the area for fear the block will collapse due to 'chunks' of debris flying off from the tower. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4601902/Huge-inferno-West-London-tower-block.html#ixzz4jwrW9400 Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 13, 2017 23:01:47 GMT -6
Latimer Road = named, I assume, after Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_LatimerHugh Latimer said, "It may come in my days, old as I am, or in my children's days, the saints shall be taken up to meet Christ in the air, and so shall come down with Him again" (cf. 1 Thessalonians 4). At one point, Hugh Latimer was imprisoned in the Tower of London. This fire here is in "a tower" in London. Latimer was burned at the stake in Oxford (not London) in 1555. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 13, 2017 23:11:22 GMT -6
This building is very close to the barren area known as Wormwood Scrubs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_ScrubsThis is particularly interesting that Wormwood Scrubs was once a cavalry training grounds for the British Army. Also, a number of duels have been fought there. |
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Post by whatif on Jun 13, 2017 23:18:16 GMT -6
How frightening! I'll be praying for all whose lives are in danger there in this dangerous situation!
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 13, 2017 23:33:53 GMT -6
The building is in the Kensington area, but more specifically, a place called White City. Interestingly, there is also a famous "White City" area of Tel Aviv. Another nearby area is called Shepherd's Bush. White City is a newly developed area of London. It was built circa 1908, and was the host area for the 1908 London Olympics. These 1908 Olympics were supposed to be held in Rome, Italy, but the 1908 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius caused the Olympics to have to move to London instead. The 1908 olympics had a number of notable occurrences in it, including American flag bearer Ralph Rose's refusal to dip the American flag to honor the British royalty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics |
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Post by whatif on Jun 14, 2017 0:17:54 GMT -6
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 14, 2017 8:07:32 GMT -6
Could be a warning.
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Post by Gary on Jun 14, 2017 8:20:33 GMT -6
Latimer Road = named, I assume, after Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_LatimerHugh Latimer said, "It may come in my days, old as I am, or in my children's days, the saints shall be taken up to meet Christ in the air, and so shall come down with Him again" (cf. 1 Thessalonians 4). At one point, Hugh Latimer was imprisoned in the Tower of London. This fire here is in "a tower" in London. Latimer was burned at the stake in Oxford (not London) in 1555. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fireWow, I'm just now hearing about this fire. If that checks out I may need to do a post. |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 14, 2017 8:46:01 GMT -6
You may be able to find more connections, Gary. I looked for a meaning or source of Grenfell and didn't find it yet, but I didn't exhaust all avenues. Have to go to work now, maybe you can find more. Are we 120 days out from the sign? I can't remember.
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Post by Gary on Jun 14, 2017 10:42:36 GMT -6
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Post by whatif on Jun 14, 2017 10:55:09 GMT -6
Good morning, watchmanjim! I found this information at a website that gives a little history of the surname Grenfell:
This interesing name has two possible origin. The first of these is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from any of the numerous minor places called "Greenfield". These are all derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century "grene", green and "feld", pasture, open country, land cleared of forest but not yet cultivated. This is the source for the following early recording of the surname. Peter de Grenefeld (1242, Suffolk). The second possible origin for the modern surname, found as Grenfell, Greenfield, Grenville and Granville, is Norman, another locational name from any of various places in Normandy called "Grainville", from the Germanic personal name "Guarin", guard, and "ville", settlement. The Register of the Freeman of the City of York records one William de Grenfell in 1363. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gerard de Grenvill, which was dated 1161, in the "Berkshire Pipe Rolls", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Source: "Last Name: Grenfell," The Internet Surname Database, 1980-2017, www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Grenfell
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Post by whatif on Jun 14, 2017 10:57:35 GMT -6
Today is 100 days until FOT and 101 days until the Sign. Good morning, Gary! One hundred days today! That is exciting news! |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jun 14, 2017 23:35:40 GMT -6
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Post by whatif on Jun 14, 2017 23:55:30 GMT -6
How sad... My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones in this tragedy. I'll be praying for them.
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