I'm glad to hear everyone is alright. --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings All, > > We had a "exciting" weekend - to put it mildly. > Friday afternoon Amber > friend Sarah set out kitchen on fire. Thankfully > Amber did exactly what she > was suppose to - call 911. 911 did not believe her > after they ask her age - > having followed directions when she realized that > size fire needed the fire > dept. - she had left the house to escape the smoke - > the 911 guy sent her > back in to describe the fire - and then still didn't > believe her - and > wanted her to throw flour on it - flour explodes > when you get enough near > fire and dispersed in the air. Finally he sent the > fire dept. The kitchen is > toasted. The whole first floor smoke damaged. But my > baby kept her head - so > we still have a house and healthy kids. The insurnce > was great also - an > hour after I called they had a cleaning man there > and a contractor to boaed > the windows and assess the damage - looks like new > kitchen for us. What the > fire didn't get the fireman destroyed - the windows > - not just the glass > panes , and screen and storm windows but the wooden > frames also. I was > pretty upset right afwe it happened but am what the > kids consider amazingly > cool - why not - the kids are fine and the house is > replaceable. > > We thought we had lost one of more of the cats but > found them all by very > late evening. The firechief had brought the dog out > and handed it to Amber. > The cats are scared but fine. > > I am very proud of Amber. She kept her head and > did all the right things. > > > Brightest Blessings - > Trisha __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com