Fortunately all–he, his wife and 5-year-old daughter–are OK. They’re lucky; they were out of the house at the time.
He has insurance up the yin-yang, but also a young family. He’s always been a bit of a wanderer, fairly distant from the rest of the family, and it’s taken some time for him to settle down. I saw them all over Christmas, and everything seemed to finally have settled, after a few moves and job changes. And now this.
But they’re all optimistic, hard-working people, and I’m sure they’ll pull through. It’s just such a shame to lose a place you’ve invested so much in. They were building a life at that spot.
I’m glad your uncle and his family are okay, Ulterior. I hope there is a community there to help them at this time, and that what was lost is replaced as soon as possible.
Well, looks like the Ontario part of the family had a good reason for not telling us - dad_mcl was working on his documentary on the Congo, and our aunt (Dad’s and Uncle Rob’s sister) didn’t want to disturb him.
Damn. I gave his little girl a piece of jewelry and a note when she was born that she was supposed to have when she grew up. Guess that’s not happening
