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bad morning just went straight to hell

  • Jul. 4th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
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My outbuilding caught on fire.

An ambulance/patient transport was going down the road and saw it. Guy came pounding on the door. Fully engaged, flames and smoke pouring out of it.

He moved my car for me - I park under one of those canopy things and it's on the upper drive by the shed. Back of my car is melted. Vinyl siding on the house facing the shed is melted.

One side was full of my grandfather's tools and stuff. Other side was storage - christmas tree, ornaments, old stuff of my grandparents and parents, and the lawn mower.

We'll be needing a new lawn mower. And tree. And everything.

Lights still work on the car - need to go get some red tape to cover exposed bulb. So I can still go to the funeral tomorrow.

Luckily the propane tank didn't blow up. And the house is fine, just the vinyl siding is melted. Which I'll have to replace.

Fuck.

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[info]affinity8 wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 04:35 pm (UTC)
Sorry to hear it! Bad day, indeed. :-(
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 07:41 pm (UTC)
Yep. Luckily the FD got here before the propane tank went up!
[info]rainbow wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 04:40 pm (UTC)
Thank goodness you're okay!!!

But how awful to lose your grandfather's tools and all the other stuff.

*fierce loving hugs*
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 07:43 pm (UTC)
*hugsback*

I don't even know what all was lost - that was one of the things I needed to go through and see what was there. Brother will go through the ashes and see what tools he can find. Old metal tools - they probably won't have melted.
[info]lasairfhiona wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 04:48 pm (UTC)
OMG. But at least you are safe and you still have a home.
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 07:45 pm (UTC)
Yeah - I am so glad about that. And that the propane didn't go up.
Just still a bit shaky :)
[info]ithildyn wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 06:21 pm (UTC)
I'm just glad you're safe! I'm so glad someone saw it before it could spread.
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 07:50 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I got lucky with that! Much longer and the car would have probably exploded. And I really like my car!

And luckily the trees didn't catch too much or the family in the trailer above me might have been in danger too.
[info]elismor wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 07:56 pm (UTC)
Wow.

Glad YOU are okay!!
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 4th, 2009 08:06 pm (UTC)
Thanks :)

It's a weird, weird life. I'm not sure I like it.
[info]ninjababe wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2009 01:28 am (UTC)
Eeek!

(((((HUGS)))))
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2009 03:34 pm (UTC)
{{hugsback}}

It was scary. Then I realized it just adds to my list of weirdness :)
[info]dejla wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2009 05:10 pm (UTC)
Oh, geez! So sorry! What a mess that must have been.
[info]otterevil wrote:
Jul. 7th, 2009 07:08 pm (UTC)
It is a mess - and will probably stay that way for a bit. Brother will probably clean it up, but not immediately.

Until then I'll just park in the lower drive, under the sun :)
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