Canucks Central - Page 56

xd_1771 · #**1101** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:38 AM**

Translink Twitter: Coast Mountain is pulling all bus transit service out of the downtown area.

SpongeG · #**1102** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:41 AM**

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Convoys of RCMP and #riot police moving into Vancouver downtown for reinforcement

xd_1771 · #**1103** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:45 AM**

People have been saying this is now worse than 1994. Just as I predicted.
I wonder how far this'll continue; 1994 continued on into the morning.

SpongeG · #**1104** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:45 AM**

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Coast Mountain pulling all bus transit out of Downtown #Vancouver. #SkyTrain, SeaBus continue to move people out of the area via @translink

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EXTRA ENFORCEMENT: Members of the Surrey RCMP should be arriving downtown any minute now.

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Transit Service Alert: No passengers will be carried on SeaBus from the North Shore to Downtown Vancouver. ^kh

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UPDATE: Nelson and Granville -- police unleash tear gas and start moving in on the crowds.

go_leafs_go02 · #**1105** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:46 AM**

seabus into Vancouver shut down.

xd_1771 · #**1106** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:48 AM**

SeaBus is gone.
EDIT: Beat to it

bardak · #**1107** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:48 AM**

Really would have thought that they would have had a ton of police on standby downtown. They knew that the crowd would be 100,000 or more and that this was a very real possibility. Good thing that this is an unorganized mob and not a organized protest.

cjohnny4 · #**1108** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:49 AM**

This rioting is shameful for Canada, and it is shameful for all Canucks fans. What kind of neanderthal people do this kind of thing? I wouldn't be sorry to see all hockey completely eliminated from Vancouver forever.

mezzanine · #**1109** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:50 AM**

The cup loss i can live with.

All the other stuff sucks.

Prometheus · #**1110** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:50 AM**

I've got a great idea. Why don't we send Luongo down there to calm down the crowds.

whatnext · #**1111** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:51 AM**

Why are those reinforcements just arriving now? Did the City honestly not see this coming? Everyone I know predicted it.

SpongeG · #**1112** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:52 AM**

new fire broken out just east of Queen E theatre - probably a car in that parking lot

xd_1771 · #**1113** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:52 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by whatnext

Why are those reinforcements just arriving now? Did the City honestly not see this coming? Everyone I know predicted it.

This. With the way the city has changed today to be more pedestrian-oriented in nature, there's no way it wouldn't happen, with the large amount of people in downtown at one time. So far, our predictions have been right.
New footage on CTV stream of the fire in front of the bay/granville station. That's going to be a big hit to any of my commutes into downtown, it's all over the entrance to granville...

SpongeG · #**1114** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:54 AM**

global just reported its actually the Queen E underground parkade that is on fire - well a vehicle in the parkade

whatnext · #**1115** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:55 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpongeG

new fire broken out just east of Queen E theatre - probably a car in that parking lot

Possibly the parkade underneath the theatre according to the news. How many families are in the Queen E to see Wicked tonight?

xd_1771 · #**1116** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:56 AM**

Ken Hardie states that SeaBus travel is outbound only, not inbound.
Granville St Skytrain entrance is in flames.... not good for travel in this city

SpongeG · #**1117** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:57 AM**

mini van stranded at an intersection somewhere - looks like its been damaged

just saw someone climb onto the bay awning!

bardak · #**1118** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:58 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjohnny4

I wouldn't be sorry to see all hockey completely eliminated from Vancouver forever.

That is just a idiotic statement. The biggest cause of this was the huge crowd downtown. This would happen in any large North American city with 100,000 people in the downtown that have all had a major disappointment. The real solution is not to host 5% of the metro in the downtown and not be prepared to deal with the problems that could arise right away.

SpongeG · #**1119** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:59 AM**

and of that crowd it was a small amount who were more than likely looking to start something - i felt a bad vibe when i was down there - thats why i left at 5:30

Prometheus · #**1120** Posted **Jun 16, 2011, 4:59 AM**

I just watched a mindless fool try to jump over a flaming car but instead fell inside the car (probably through the sunroof) right into the flaming inferno. He got out after a few seconds. I can't imagine he didn't burned. Mindblowing.

The Bay is pretty close to going up in flames. No police in sight.