fire and smoke, the perfect wake up call...

so i took a nap for about 2 hours, and i wake up to smoke, chaos, and radio chatter. as im typing this the firemen are drilling and cutting away at a wall on one side of my house. ill explain. we have a wood burning stove. the pipe leads from inside to a chimney on the outside. well apparently some debris(ie ashes and cinders) managed to get thru a crack in the mortar at the base. this proceeded to cause a fire in the crawl spac eunderneath. it was very tricky to find as the heat gun couldnt pick it up. after being here for a good 2 hours now, theyve only just discovered the flame apprxoimately 30 minutes ago. fun stuff eh? the geckos are safe, they do not live at this residence. any questions with regards to that ill answer later if it please the public. in the words of paul aka LeosForLess, "quick get the comp and geckos out of the house, leave the siblings."

AAAhhhhh, job security.

tom i am glad that you are ok. thank god it didn't become a serious problem and that everyone is ok

Originally Posted by Dan Lubinsky

AAAhhhhh, job security.

Sure. But maybe remember that that job security is somebody's house (in this case that of a forum member)

Lighten up, just responding to Tom's "leave the siblings"... and it's his house. Tom, you should've lent them your reptile thermometer.

Originally Posted by The NY Gecko

In the words of paul aka LeosForLess, "quick get the comp and geckos out of the house, leave the siblings."

I like that....I'm glad my younger sister was born when I was 19 and already out of the house.

Originally Posted by Dan Lubinsky

Lighten up, just responding to Tom's "leave the siblings"... and it's his house. Tom, you should've lent them your reptile thermometer.

dad yelled at me for being in the way too many times, i wasnt going to mock their equipment. meh, everybodys ok. ill post pics of the dmg if i can

Originally Posted by Dan Lubinsky

Lighten up, just responding to Tom's "leave the siblings"... and it's his house. Tom, you should've lent them your reptile thermometer.

Yes sir. Just thought on a public forum, such a statement from a professional public servant looks kind of tacky, at least without a LOL, or comment that you knew the person or whatever. I'd think it tacky and unprofessional if I said the same thing to you, if someone in your family got hurt or had a medical emergency, guess I'm just too sensitive, sorry.

Apologies if you or anyone else were offended, John. I thought Tom's closing qoute to his post set the tone, seeing that he was still in the house during the incident. BTW, I'm a fellow Paramedic with 18 years on rescue and try to rely on a (somewhat twisted) sense of humor to keep on chuggin'. Hopefully you'll be retired by the time you reach my crusty old age of 54 (there I go again offending old folks). Let's just hope nobody posts of their cat stuck in a tree or I'll have to hit them with the old " Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree ? ".

Originally Posted by reptilebreeder

Yes sir. Just thought on a public forum, such a statement from a professional public servant looks kind of tacky, at least without a LOL, or comment that you knew the person or whatever. I'd think it tacky and unprofessional if I said the same thing to you, if someone in your family got hurt or had a medical emergency, guess I'm just too sensitive, sorry.

its quite alright. me and dan communicate with frequency through email. my house still smells like smoke this mornin and all my clothes smell too