The Witching Hour Blaze

[tinhuviel]

Shortly after midnight, I was rudely awakened by Aunt Tudi urging me to get up, get dressed, and get our water hose hooked up, I needed to go wet the privacy fence in the back yard to keep the fire burning in the trailer park from spreading to us. I flew out of bed and zig-zagged to and fro before I got my bearings and rushed outside. By the time I got out there, though, the fire department had already arrived and was soaking the area much better than I could have with my measly little hose.

I'm not sure what happened to the trailer that Mr. Grizzle used to live in. All I know is that all the metal siding was stripped off the domicile and, shortly afterward, the place was condemned and Mr. Grizzle went to live in a "home." How the blaze started, I don't know. All I know is that it scared the living crap out of me and it took me forever to get back to sleep while I listened to the firemen do their thing.

Before retiring, I got a wee movie of the fire along with a couple of pictures. The voice heard in the movie is Aunt Tudi's, by the by. Southern, ain't she? Barry loved her accent and kept requesting that she say something else. This was the only time I ever regretted working on ridding myself of my accent.

First, this is the trailer sans siding. Neighbourhood rumour has it that the metal was sold for the purchasing of crack.


And here's the trailer being consumed by fire.




At least now the eyesore is gone and no one was hurt, as far as I know. I can't be sure of any animals not being hurt, but no people were hurt, of that I have no doubt. The surrounding trees have suffered some damage, but they bounce back fairly quickly from something like this. Who knows how many little birds bought it as a result of the fire, though. Sad.

Comments

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

You can say that again, sister.

[waterdawg.livejournal.com]

I hope the remaining pieces look better than the pre-fire eyesore...

There are plenty of those eyesores around here & what amazes me is that people live in some of them...

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Mr. Grizzle would still be over there if he hadn't been removed by the authorities. He's the reason why I have so many cats now. He came with like a dozen cats and just set them loose on the hill. They were sick and hungry, so there you go.

[waterdawg.livejournal.com]

grrrrr.... Yea I'm part of that animal club - 4 cats, 2 horses, 2 dogs - all rescues... only two I actually *picked*

I wish I knew who dumped them all - I'd like time alone for a very needed beating...

[beechelfromhell.livejournal.com]

how scary - glad ya'll are okay.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's times like this that make me wish I'd had a bag of marshmallows and a 20-foot fire-proof stick.

Question from Nosey Me

[janalyson.livejournal.com]

If that was Tudi, what was it she had since 1997 that she was gonna give to someone (you?)? You can hear it at the end of the video.

Re: Question from Nosey Me

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

It was a magic marble kaleidescope that she bought for Blake in 1997. During that time, he and his mom (my cousin Johnna) were in a transitional period, and he asked Aunt Tudi to hold the toy for him until he was better settled. He's always been a wise child. He's 15 or 16 years old now and was as thrilled to see the kaleidescope as he was when Aunt Tudi gave it to him 11 years ago. A sentimental moment smack dab in the middle of a destructive nightmare.

How sweet.

[janalyson.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing that.