FIRE ! A rude awakening
03-30-2009, 08:48 AM
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Burning Brakes
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FIRE ! A rude awakening
At 3:00 am this morning I awoke to popping,chaos,horns ..look out the window and the ghetto/rehab in progress house next door is a inferno!
I had no time to call 911 out the door in my pj's .
My covette has not moved in 5 months ,the battery cables disconnected etc..By now the fire whistle is going and I live right behind the Vol.fire dept. and firemen helping cleaning out my garage ,john deere ,kawasaki's and finally got the L78 fired up!!!
This is my driveway after i got my toys out of the garage and closed the door
My camera batterys took a crap but this is how the vette looked afterwards i had it parked down the street..rough morning
I had no time to call 911 out the door in my pj's .
My covette has not moved in 5 months ,the battery cables disconnected etc..By now the fire whistle is going and I live right behind the Vol.fire dept. and firemen helping cleaning out my garage ,john deere ,kawasaki's and finally got the L78 fired up!!!
This is my driveway after i got my toys out of the garage and closed the door
My camera batterys took a crap but this is how the vette looked afterwards i had it parked down the street..rough morning
03-30-2009, 08:55 AM
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Team Owner
Dodged a bullet for sure my friend!
03-30-2009, 09:08 AM
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Burning Brakes
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I would think some serious arson ,,that place went up like a book of matches
And yes I took time offered up coffee and thanked all the volunteer
fireman ,I know the fire chief and he had his guys help clear out my garage asap
!!!!
And yes I took time offered up coffee and thanked all the volunteer
fireman ,I know the fire chief and he had his guys help clear out my garage asap
!!!!
Last edited by revupL78; 03-30-2009 at 09:23 AM.
03-30-2009, 09:33 AM
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Too close for comfort. Almost looks like a natural gas explosion. Looks like a good reason to fire up the car to me 
03-30-2009, 10:51 AM
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It doesn't get any closer...guess that rehab project just had an unexpected schedule boost...
03-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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fire and a break in are my two worries......we have a monitored alarm system and a dog, so between those I think we have it covered....but it still a worry. I am glad that you didn't loose anything more than some sleep...
03-30-2009, 02:00 PM
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You're a lucky guy!
I was not so fortunate a couple of years ago in a shop fire
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A lesson from revupL78's close call: Make sure that your insurance policy is up-to-date and accurately reflects the value of your car. A '65 parked behind mine was under-insured and was totaled. Mine was not (believe it or not), and she (the Phoenix) is almost back from the ashes!
I was not so fortunate a couple of years ago in a shop fire
. A lesson from revupL78's close call: Make sure that your insurance policy is up-to-date and accurately reflects the value of your car. A '65 parked behind mine was under-insured and was totaled. Mine was not (believe it or not), and she (the Phoenix) is almost back from the ashes!
03-30-2009, 04:48 PM
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Wow! That is some scary stuff - and really cool photos too! Imagine the car's photo album, "Here's the day I bought it, here is when I got it fixed up, here is some great cruise, and here is the fire that almost destroyed it and my house..."
03-30-2009, 05:56 PM
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I have only been to one working fire that the guy lost his toys, it sucked. Lightning strike.
