Hi, Guest
Left work early today to drop the FoFo off at home and carpool down to a company safety meeting / social at the Clarion. On the way home:
- I get passed by a pumper with sirens going. No biggie. About halfway home at this point. I realize Sara's ahead of me in the FoFo (I was in the company Scooby). Minor panic as I wonder if she has been in an accident between work and home (not far to go, either).
- I'm a block from the house as I look up and see a massive plume of grey/black smoke coming from what seems to be IN LINE WITH MY FREAKING HOUSE! MAJOR PANIC TIME!!!
So I rabbit the last block, park and realize the flames are coming from the house behind. Fire crews are JUST finishing rolling up. I grab the Nikon and go to head into the backyard. Then, I realize that MASSIVE flames from the back of the house are no more than 10 feet from the nice, dry wood fence at the rear of our property. I put the camera down and tell Sara to call our co-worker we were going to pick up and tell him we'll be "a little late". I run out, turn on the garden hose and start soaking down the fencing.
It seems everyone's out (from my vantage point of a jungle gym in my back yard) and noone is screaming frantically. The flames get larger at the back. I back off. As I do, the fire crews move to the rear of the house and begin soaking it down there too. MUCH MORE SMOKE. I back right off to the front of the house and finally inhale a fresh breath. From the dining room / deck walkout and kitchen we watch them slowly (seems slow anyways when you're that panicked) knock down the flames. I go back out and start snapping again as the smoke dies down.
Then we realize that the tree next door is smoldering. :lol: The firecrew hoses it down, too. More pictures.
I stood there for another 10 minutes as my co-worker shows and checks things out. We watch flames lick out from under the eaves. Fun stuff. Finally, it's under control and we leave for the meeting.
I don't think I've been THAT scared in a long ass time. Pics to come tomorrow.
- I get passed by a pumper with sirens going. No biggie. About halfway home at this point. I realize Sara's ahead of me in the FoFo (I was in the company Scooby). Minor panic as I wonder if she has been in an accident between work and home (not far to go, either).
- I'm a block from the house as I look up and see a massive plume of grey/black smoke coming from what seems to be IN LINE WITH MY FREAKING HOUSE! MAJOR PANIC TIME!!!
So I rabbit the last block, park and realize the flames are coming from the house behind. Fire crews are JUST finishing rolling up. I grab the Nikon and go to head into the backyard. Then, I realize that MASSIVE flames from the back of the house are no more than 10 feet from the nice, dry wood fence at the rear of our property. I put the camera down and tell Sara to call our co-worker we were going to pick up and tell him we'll be "a little late". I run out, turn on the garden hose and start soaking down the fencing.
It seems everyone's out (from my vantage point of a jungle gym in my back yard) and noone is screaming frantically. The flames get larger at the back. I back off. As I do, the fire crews move to the rear of the house and begin soaking it down there too. MUCH MORE SMOKE. I back right off to the front of the house and finally inhale a fresh breath. From the dining room / deck walkout and kitchen we watch them slowly (seems slow anyways when you're that panicked) knock down the flames. I go back out and start snapping again as the smoke dies down.
Then we realize that the tree next door is smoldering. :lol: The firecrew hoses it down, too. More pictures.
I stood there for another 10 minutes as my co-worker shows and checks things out. We watch flames lick out from under the eaves. Fun stuff. Finally, it's under control and we leave for the meeting.
I don't think I've been THAT scared in a long ass time. Pics to come tomorrow.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.