Just wanted to throw my hat in the ring here as well - One of the last to leave was a 2-percenter from The Tradition who stayed out with the McInnis crew until the end as well.
Though Moses had fun yelling that they were the last ones out, Schumacher, McInnis, as well as one fellow from another on campus dorm (black pot with a white cross on the side) and myself were there long after they left.
I must say that I'm very disappointed both in the judge who issued issued the injunction, and the Brazos County Municipal Services... The excuse to put out the fire was under the premise that the Fire Department was unwilling to stay up the entire night for the burn, and since we couldn't guarantee the fire wouldn't flare up again, that they had to douse it. Pretty lame excuse for them to just kill the event like that.
When you've got a fire in a dirt hole, with nothing flammable for many yards around (aside from the entrance where the cars were parked, most of the surrounding area of Hot Rod Hill is just dirt), it seems a completely ludicrous proposition to even try to levy more damaging consequences for lighting a controlled fire that's been an ongoing tradition since the early 1900s. (On campus or off, the Aggie Bonfire is still the Aggie Bonfire)
So what of the stack now? I've heard tell that the logs cannot be safely removed since no one knows if there's much, if any, stable internal structure left over. I've also heard that it's going to have to be relit in order to get rid of it, but this is just all rumor I've heard from a few different people.
I suppose since the stack hasn't yet burned down, we'll be giving t.u. one hell of a beating, though!
Gig 'em!
-JE
It's just another Corps trip boys, we'll march in behind the band.
