The Great (Horrible) Fire Alarm Pulling of Otakon 2010
Earlier today I was having a relaxing time sitting in line for the Hetalia : Axis Powers premiere at Otakon for about an hour and then went inside, got seated, and had to wait for the room to fill up for the premiere. About 30 minutes after we sat down, the fire alarm starts flashing. Everyone thought it was just some random mistake with the lights, but sadly about 3 minutes later it was announced that everyone had to leave the building. Not only did the 400+ (Roughly) of us have to leave the Hetalia premiere, the ENTIRE convention center had to be evacuated. This means thousands upon thousands of Otakon attendees had to flood into the streets of Baltimore. Thankfully no one flipped out or got upset and rioted and set anything else on fire.
About 1 hour and 15 minutes later the convention center opened back up, and everything turned out to just be some jerk who pulled the alarm. If anyone ever finds the jerk who pulled the alarm, they’ll probably be burned at a stake.
Gotta admit though, even though it ruined one of the things I was looking forward to and screwed up part of the con, being a part of a huge evacuation like that was kind of………epic.
That was truly a sight to behold. Nerds and dorks in costumes flooding the streets of Baltimore. And we were there for it baby! I still says it’s crap we waited in line for 2 hours for that damned anime and right as it’s about to start.. boom..
I blame you.