# My uncle's house burned to the ground. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757 "2003-02-13T04:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/1 "2003-02-13T04:13:10Z")
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. ☹ -Ulterior ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/2 "2003-02-13T04:30:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/3 "2003-02-13T04:30:09Z")
☹ 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”. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/4 "2003-02-13T05:13:51Z")
Jesus Christ! Nobody told me this! ( **Ulterior** is my brother.) Where are they staying? :eek:☹ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/5 "2003-02-13T15:14:23Z")
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 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/6 "2003-02-13T15:46:01Z")
Well, it was _a_ reason; I don’t know if it was a particularly good one, though, **matt**. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-uncles-house-burned-to-the-ground/154757/7 "2003-02-13T16:01:11Z")
Geez, that’s scary. Glad they are okay. And that they are a solid family. They’ll come through this.