Fire! - Been out for a few days

[Grog]

We were caught in the fire in Bastrop. We live there. Been evacuated and living with friends, no internet for days. Local response has been great. Lots of donations a community support. Some folks have been allowed back into the area but our home is in the fire zone still.

As of yesterday morning our house was still standing. We are in a home with 10 other displaced individuals and 50% of us have lost our homes (2 of 4 families). Tough times. Hoping our home is still standing tonight. We escaped with clothes, kids, and important documents; with less than an hour of warning.

Very rough experience. I'll post pix later. Need to get them from my phone.

[osoab]

be well Grog. Hope your house still stands too.

[Libertytree]

Good luck Grog, my thoughts and prayers are with ya. You have to be spent dealing with this nightmare, thanks for checkin in. Take care bro!

[zap]

Keeping my fingers crossed that your home is still standing.

[madfranks]

All the best Grog, to you and your family. Hang in there, and here's hoping that your home survives the fires.

[ximmy]

I looked at a map of the fires today, they are all over... eek... I have friends in Tyler. One is close by them too...

[Santa]

Yeah, all the above. Especially Ximmie's "eek."

[k-os]

I hope your home makes it through the fire, and thank goodness you have a safe place to stay!

Edit: I think General of Darkness posted this first, but it's a good map of doom:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=usa&lang=eng

[Ponce]

May "The Force" be with you and protect you.......I really don't know what I would do if I were to loose my beautifull home, it was build in 1947 but I feel like if it was waiting for me all this years.

[Plastic]

You and your family are ok and that is what matters most, everything else can be replaced.

Good luck with your home, and I am glad you and yours are safe.

[Grog]

Still not home. We will be allowed back in on Wed at 10:00. House is there, power is on, but I don't know what to expect from the yard, home, smoke.

Guess I'll find out then.

Planning to duct tape the fridge and haul it out ASAP. I know better than to open it. :P Other than that, it is a crap shoot as to what I'll find. Kind of scary. Glad I have plenty of vacation time saved up for crud like this.

And thanks for the well wishes and concern and prayers. We all appreciate that! :D

[solid]

Very glad to hear the house is still there, thanks for the update, Grog.

[ximmy]

I hope there were no government looters in your home...

[Grog]

Hey,

We are kind of back now. Should be in our home on Saturday, if all goes well. Hope so, because I'm getting a new fridge delivered then.

Funny story. Fridge sat in the house for almost two weeks without power. I knew to not open it. Duct taped it and hauled it to the street corner. Did the same with the freezer.

Called around and no one will take them, even Best Buy with their free delivery and exchange. They want the units to be cleaned. (which defeats my purposes). After about 3 calls I gave up and said 'F it!' I'll just leave this crap on the side of my property. Who cares? 38,000 acres around me is burned, who's going to care about a couple of freezers.

Come back the next day and they are gone. O.o Apparently, the scrap metal scavengers are in force.

Wondering if I should report it as a theft? Insurance wouldn't cover it as ruined, so it was valuable in their opinion, now it is gone. Either it is, or is not, valuable. :D

Should be a fun discussion.

[osoab]

Hey,

We are kind of back now. Should be in our home on Saturday, if all goes well. Hope so, because I'm getting a new fridge delivered then.

Funny story. Fridge sat in the house for almost two weeks without power. I knew to not open it. Duct taped it and hauled it to the street corner. Did the same with the freezer.

Called around and no one will take them, even Best Buy with their free delivery and exchange. They want the units to be cleaned. (which defeats my purposes). After about 3 calls I gave up and said 'F it!' I'll just leave this crap on the side of my property. Who cares? 38,000 acres around me is burned, who's going to care about a couple of freezers.

Come back the next day and they are gone. O.o Apparently, the scrap metal scavengers are in force.

Wondering if I should report it as a theft? Insurance wouldn't cover it as ruined, so it was valuable in their opinion, now it is gone. Either it is, or is not, valuable. :D

Should be a fun discussion.


I was going to suggest heading to the carwash with em.

I read somewhere recently that double/tripple bagging the contents of the fridge in situation such as yours is the way to go. No big mess to cleanup.

Glad to hear you made it back.

Was your neighborhood intact?

[midnight rambler]

I was going to suggest heading to the carwash with em.

Often the odor permeates the insulation and the box will have a permanent odor, no amount of washing/bleaching/using Lysol on the interior will rectify that.

[Grog]

MR is correct. The funk gets into the insulation and makes a serious stank!

Neighborhood looks like Afghanistan. Piles of rubble where homes once were. Burned out cars. No trees. Very sad. Suxorz in the extreme. We are stuck removing 100+ trees. O.o Crazy and expensive. Part of me wants to walk away and say "F it!" but I'm not that kind of guy.

And I sure as hell ain't signing up for FEMA assistance. People keep telling me to sign up.... Why? Why would I? Don't they know I live here already? Why sign up?

FEMA = scam.... Not happening.