Nothing like the smell of shake shingles in the morning...

[EchoWars]

Our 'across the street' neighbor is having a particularly bad day today...

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

I would say so! :sigh:

 

[Unican_Eric]

Geez that really sucks. Hope he and family are alright.

 

[markthefixer]

Any scuttlebut about the cause? The sky looks blue where I can see it, so lightning is unlikely...

 

[Manitoulin]

Our 'across the street' neighbor is having a particularly bad day today...

Slight understatement.

Hopefully, no injuries. Anything can be replaced, anyone cannot.

 

[EchoWars]

Everyone's fine, even the dogs got rescued.

I was bummed...went to find my camera when the flames were shooting 30ft over the roof, and the batts were dead. By the time I found the backup batteries they had the flames knocked down. Would have made a great pic.

House is gutted, and the neighborhood is gonna smell like a campfire for the next month.

 

[tentoze]

Certainly glad all personnel are un-injured, but I think it's classic that even the High Priest of Technical Wizardry lets the batteries in his camera go dead.....

 

[Retro Stereo]

Damn, that looked like it used to be a nice tudor.


Retro

 

[EchoWars]

Certainly glad all personnel are un-injured, but I think it's classic that even the High Priest of Technical Wizardry lets the batteries in his camera go dead.....

Certain bit of irony there, huh...

 

[markthefixer]

Well, Nimh cells just don't seem to have a shelf life.... I'm forever cycling them through the charger... (remotes, thermometers, hygrometer, cameras etc...)

But trading the bother for going with alkalines is still worth it....

 

[SPL db]

Certainly glad all personnel are un-injured, but I think it's classic that even the High Priest of Technical Wizardry lets the batteries in his camera go dead.....

Kinda like a mechanic's car is in bad repair... you work on the stuff all day, your own stuff takes a back seat bigtime... :yes:

Scott

 

[markthefixer]

BTW it looks like the damage was centered on the garage, how did the rest of the place fare, as far as you can see???

 

[EchoWars]

Looks like the house is a total loss. I imagine it will be torn down.

 

[Andyman]

Looks are very deceiving in a fire.
The cleaning of contents and internal surfaces from smoke damage can be a huge expense, but is covered by the insurance company. My little garage fire last year wound up running about 3x-4x what I thought it would be.
Heck, the drycleaning bill was several thousand dollars alone for clothes and draperies!

 

[rulerboyz]

Wow, sorry to hear about this. You can never be too careful, I'm always double checking anything that could be a potential fire hazard.

 

[RichPA]

Looks like the house is a total loss. I imagine it will be torn down.

If so, hope that they do it soon. There's a house around the corner from us that had a fire almost 2 years ago - just a boarded-up eyesore ever since.

Sorry for your neighbors.

 

[old_tv_nut]

Need anyone say it? Smoke alarms! And don't trust them to help your kids - I read they can sleep right through them, so YOU have to wake up and get them out.
I keep a pair of pants with keys, wallet, cell, etc. in the pockets ready when I go to sleep, in case, God forbid, I have to get out quick. And I have an escape ladder ready in the back bedroom, 'cause building codes in the burbs don't require an upstairs back exit like they do in Chicago.

 

[EchoWars]

Well, this dumbass was burning some paper of some sort in the backyard BBQ. Next thing you know, it's '9-1-1' time.

 

[tentoze]

Well, this dumbass was burning some paper of some sort in the backyard BBQ. Next thing you know, it's '9-1-1' time.

Paper in a backyard bbq sets his house on fire??? That was a meth lab.

 

[EchoWars]

That's the story floating around.