Our neighbors

[paris]

This morning the house two doors down, was on fire.  We had 5 fire trucks, 10 police cars, 3 ambulances and assorted fire chiefs and extra vehicles. Our road was barricaded from every direction, for hours.    As we are watching all this unfold, a van pulled up to our house and it was the owners of the house.  They were stunned, watching their home burn.  No one was hurt, but the house is a total lose.  It was just so sad to watch.  Neighbors were all out to see what we could do.  It was scary to see big smoke clouds roll over our houses.   I feel so bad for them. Very little inside the house was saved.   One of those days that puts things in perspective.  No matter how bad a day is, losing your home tops it.  I can't complain today.   

[Jean]

Our home burned down on Valentines Day in 1998. In a mobile home park, that is a serious issue. Tell your neighbor to think of it as the ultimate shopping trip. A lot of things can be saved if they are whole and washable in TSP. In time, altho it is a grievious time, she can now buy a new home, and all new furniture and all new appliances, and all new clothes too.
Sorry for her loss tho.

[willowtreewren]

I look around my house and see so many things that could not be replaced. How awful.

Life will go on, but what a blow.

You are right, it does put things in perspective.

[Jean]

Ya just pick yurself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again. But, the worst loss is the pictures. Fortunately mine were saved.

[looneytunes]

Paris, I SO agree.  It does put in all in perspective...no matter what is going not so good in my life, losing your home tops it! 

[del]

It does put things in perspective.  The only thing in my house that I feel could never be replaced are my pictures and things that have a lot of sentimental value.  I really need to scan all my pictures and put them on CD's so I can store copies somewhere else.  Everything else can easily be replaced.  I hope that family had insurance.

[willowtreewren]

I have art work that I did when I was younger and had time to paint/draw/sculpt. That would be a terrible loss. Many antiques from both sides of our family (but our daughter isn't interested in them so what will happen to all of them when we are gone is a mystery), and things of sentimental value.

But when all is said and done, things are things - it is life that really matters.

[paris]

It is sad to see the shelll of the house sitting there.  There has been lots of friends helping them try to salvage anything, but there wasn't much that could be saved.    I agree, pictures are one thing I would hate to lose.  A few other things would be sad  to see go: my wedding dress, kid's baptism gown, things from my Great-grandmother and Grandmothers houses.  Grandma's china-----------but they all have so many memories attached to them.   Furniture I could replace---and clothes.  Memories will stay, but I would miss touching things that have been handed down to me.    It is a young family and have lived there less than a year.  I worry about them having insurance on the contents.  We have some things we could share.  Next time I see them, I am going over to see if the neighborhood can do to help.