June 16, 2006

• Fire Damage

  

  

  That’s just the direct damage at the
  source of the fire.  The things dangling from the hanging basket
  are what’s left of my first-aid kit (orange) and a small basket that
  held bandages, etc.  There is also heat damage to the ceilings in
  that room and the hallway outside the bathroom door. Isn’t it great
  that Doug put it out quickly? 

  I still have that image stuck in my mind, from my perspective at the
  end of the hallway, of him standing in the orange glow outside the
  bathroom door, using the fire extinguisher.  What he said when he
  reached the doorway and looked in:  “Ho-lee SHIT!”

  The entire house seems dusky, gloomy, with it’s coating of smoky
  residue.  I told Greyfox one night on the phone that I was getting
  the mess cleaned up a bit at a time with my t-shirts.  Just moving
  around in here, using tools and stuff, picks up grime.  Every
  shirt I wear gets dirty within a few hours.

  I wish I could make fire cleanup a priority, but there are so many more important tasks that have gone undone for too long….

  

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