My uncle's house burned to the ground.

Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
#1

Looks like an electrical accident.

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’ve never been there, but it meant a lot to him. :frowning:

-Ulterior

#2

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.

#3

:frowning:

I’m sorry to hear of your uncle’s loss. Thankfully they are all OK. A house is a house. Wherever they are theyll be able to make a “home”.

#4

Jesus Christ! Nobody told me this!

(Ulterior is my brother.)

Where are they staying? :eek::frowning:

#5

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 :frowning:

#6

Well, it was a reason; I don’t know if it was a particularly good one, though, matt.

#7

Geez, that’s scary. Glad they are okay. And that they are a solid family. They’ll come through this.