Post #95614 by Kava Dan on Thu, Jun 10, 2004 12:38 AM

Life is slowly getting back to normal, were still unpacking stuff that was put in storage. What's really pissing me off is there is one box missing. It has my hand carved lava rock tiki from Tahiti. I know the tiki survived the fire since I found it on the floor, there are even pictures of it before it was taken in for cleaning. After the fire they only let us take enough cloths to get us through the night since I guess a lot of toxic fumes are released. I was only able to save one Tapa cloth.

Swanky, I don't know if a power strip would work or not with extension cords, I would think it would but I would call the fire department and ask them. Like I said, with all the wicker, rattan, thatch, etc., it went up like a torch! I was home when it started and I thought I could get it out, it went from a small fire to roaring flames in no time, I had 1st degree burns over most of my body, I was only wearing shorts and it was like a bad sunburn, I also had 2nd and 3rd degree burns on my arms and face and had to go to the hospital from smoke inhalation. I keep thinking how much worse it could have been, I just got home from work, an hour earlier and the whole house would have burned down. Four or five hours later, the kids and my wife would have been home and we would have all been asleep.

When you stop and think about it, it's not worth it to screw around. Our house is a late 50's house, when they rebuilt it they had to bring it up to code, we now have outlets every 10' and I had them add a few up by the ceiling.

[ Edited by: Kava Dan on 2004-06-10 00:39 ]