Emerging From the Wreckage: Fun Pictures of Burnt Stuff with Real Fire
It's been nearly two months since the fire, and I have finally moved beyond shock and hysteria to the point where I can laugh at some of this. The support of all you FATies, both online and face-to-face, has really helped me get to this point. Therefore, I thought I'd share some pictures with you, so maybe you can be amused as well, because as ATers we know that explosions, destruction and wreckage is actually pretty entertaining.
I missed the explosion when the window blew out and flames started shooting out of the house. I was about a 45 minute drive away when it happened. The explosion was loud enough to bring out the neighbors who called 911.
All that water also poured down the street. There wasn't much that I could do while they were putting out the fire, except stand in the street and let the water pour over my favorite kitten heeled boots completely trashing them. Once there were no more flames shooting out of the house it got kind of boring standing in the street with cold wet feet in my completely trashed boots, so I called my insurance agent and told him my house was on fire.
The fire is pretty much out in this picture. As you can see the house is now missing half a wall, and a chunk of roof.
Calling your insurance agent while your house is burning is a good thing. They had dudes out to the house before the fire was even out. After they got the all clear, the dudes boarded up the house, including the busted down front door. Then they gave us 5 minutes to go inside, secure our valuables, and grab items for which we had an immediate need. The most valuable thing I own is my sofa, so I secured that by moving it a few feet so it wasn't under the part of the ceiling that was still dripping water. Then I grabbed my phone charger, because my battery was getting low from talking to all the insurance people, and I had an immediate need to charge my phone. On the way out, since I still had an empty hand, I grabbed the bottle of booze that was on the counter. I figured I had a pretty immediate need to have a drink