And I can’t even tell anyone about it…fuckfuckfuckfuck
All I can say is
If you have kids, please please please make sure they know what to do in case of a fire, and how to get out of any room in the house
I’ll never forget the things I heard tonight.
Oh, my God- I hope you’re OK. That sounds horrible.
Mental note to go out and BUY my sister two emergency escape ladders for her upstairs rooms like we talked about last week. Yikes.
Zette
My brain-dead grandmother had burgler bars and wrought-iron security screen doors installed in her house when the crime rate in the neighborhood went up. My parents asked how she would escape a house fire (the electrical wiring alone was about twenty years out of code), and she responded that she had the key in the front door and could unlock it to escape, then lock it so no one could steal anything. May she roast in the fires of her own stupidity.
Being been burned out of my own house, tho, has taught me to ensure that there are working smoke detectors, that I have more than one route of escape, and that I know where and how to find doors in case I have to. (Yes, in my current abode, I have practiced this. Blindfolded.)
Paranoid or afraid? Yup. But in case of an emergency, guess who’s gonna make it out. And, now that I think about it, a ladder for the balcony is a good idea.
Robin
Buy those ladders and practice fire drills!!! 2 kids died in a fire this morning, the things we heard over the fire radio were heartbreaking. (im a police dispatcher, and fire dispatch is in the same room)
gilly,
Thanks for the reminder, and I’m so sorry for what you witnessed. My heart goes out to you.
Zette
There’s a public information film currently being shown on British television that has the same theme. The voiceover is from the point of view of a fire officer. It chilled me to the bone, and made me go and check the escape routes from my house.