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September 30, 2005

Morgantown FD orders couches removed from porches

Prior to this week's game between Virginia Tech and West Virginia, the Morgantown Fire Department sent out 500 letters of abatement to residents of the Sunnyside neighborhood ordering residents to move all indoor furniture out of their yards and off of their porches.

Sunnyside was the neighborhood where most of the trouble occurred in 2003 after the Mountaineers defeated the Hokies in a Wednesday night game. City crews will start removing furniture Friday morning and $1,000 fines will be assessed for "failing to remove a fire hazard." WVU officials have threatened to take away athletic event privileges or expulsion for lawbreakers.

The Morgantown FD will double its usual manpower from 11 to 22 firefighters on duty Saturday because of the possibility of problems. West Virginia State Police will add 20-30 additional troopers as well (55-60 is their usual number.)

University officials have also said there will be no tolerance for illegal behavior inside the stadium. Officials also distributed information packets to students in Sunnyside encouraging good behavior.

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Comments:

  1. VTBobb said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 9:49 AM — 208.229.147.26 — link — abuse?



    If they only burn things when they have an upset victory, it won't be a problem this year.

  2. DeNole said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 11:08 AM — 144.228.163.214 — link — abuse?



    I think VT rolls in this one.

  3. WVmounty said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 1:01 PM — 158.106.50.3 — link — abuse?



    We only burn couches, not pre-teens!

  4. Portis said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 2:31 PM — 24.140.92.2 — link — abuse?



    Pre-teens, haha, that's a nice one.

  5. EER14 said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 2:47 PM — 129.71.238.253 — link — abuse?



    LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS !!!!!!!!!

  6. Matt said:

    posted on September 30, 2005 3:30 PM — 4.241.33.48 — link — abuse?



    WE MUST PROTECT THIS COUCH!

  7. melloVT said:

    posted on October 2, 2005 5:50 PM — 141.152.70.9 — link — abuse?



    How about them Hokies! Eat it, Mountainqueers. You backwards cornpone sucking rednecks. Go back to your pathetic conference and suck on this sweet Hokies victory! West Virginia...keepin it in the family. Its all relative.

  8. EER14 said:

    posted on October 4, 2005 10:19 AM — 129.71.238.253 — link — abuse?



    #7 Ignoble !! enough said. JC/JQ, you really need to screen these mentally deficient individuals. GO EERS !!! Mello do not bother looking it up, it would take light years, even with a Webster's.

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