Glad everyone is ok!
Dang man. Glad yall are all alright.
Man, I’m just sitting here at work thinking about it. My wife just called and she’s still freaked out too. Ya know, I don’t think that I’ve ever gotten out of bed so quickly, and been so fully awake and alert, in all my life!
Please, EVERYONE, check those smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. Go over the escape routes with your kids. Do all of this TODAY! It has become VERY clear to me within the last few hours how important it really is.
Glad to hear everyone was okay including your parrots and that there was not too much damage. It just Proves how valuable a smoke detector really is, I can’t understand why there are still people out there who don’t have them, especially those with children. Just remember to change the batteries twice a year. When we built our home, in addition to the sophisticated intrusion system, we also included smoke detectors, which if triggered will immediately alert the fire department. As I read this, I am going to unplug my Blender just in case it should want to develop some erratic behavior.[:D]
Stephan
What happens if you live (temp) on the third story of an apartment?
I’d be going after Sunbeam for the deductable. Show it to your fire marshal. They’re pretty good at figureing those things out. Do you have any photos you took in the kitchen that might have the opener in the back ground for evidence.(I got a stolen bike back that way once.)
hey ,pcarrell
I am really glad that you and your family are ok. Man that must have been a real freak moment. Hope you and yours get back to feeling normal soon. thanks for the reminder and post
Chris
pcarrell, that is one scary story! So glad that you were able to tell us about it. Smoke from plastics is NOT good!!!
One thing that may crop up in the next few days is what is called a Critical Incident Stress Response. You may suddenly feel very anxious for no apparent reason. This is normal, but not if it persists for more than a very few days. A source of prevention is to talk it out, with us if you’d like, and especially with your frau. She will need to get the anxiety off her chest, too. So, keep talking about it, do a lot of recalling of little details, and play it out so that your mind gets tired of dealing with it. Process it that way, and you will probably be just fine.
I offer this as a palliative in case it happens. I am not predicting that it will, just a courtesy here.
Respectfully, and happy to hear that you are okay,
-Crandell
2 things to really watch out for, cause more fires than mst realize…
Electric cloths driers…an alarmingly high rate of overheated coil elements cause more fires than one might think. Don’t set teh cloths to dry when about to leave teh house or go to bed. I responded on a fully involved house fire end last May casuesd by a faulty cloths drier. I found out they cause more fires than one might have thought.
Appliances with thermal auto shut off features, particularly cofee makers…the thermo unit to cause shut off in coffee makers cost less than a cent to produce. Overheated drip coffee makers left on all day are a source of more fires than the average person might think.
Thanks, thats good advice. I’ll keep it in mind.
DUDE!!!
I am glad to hear this story has a happy ending. If you lived anywhere close buy I would definatly arrange for your entire family to have a round of their favorite beverage. Even if it isn’t in the dome car (See my sig.)
I am kind of a paranoid spassamatic. So I am already up on what you have prescribed. But I will definatly give my parents big hugs.
Again. I am glad everything is OK. And I am glad you and your family is still with us.
James
Got any big trees you could use as an alternate route out? I know that there are some companies that make special ladders for two story applications, but I don’t know about three stories. I’d at least look into it, and even if it’s not the way you want to go, figure out something for a plan.
Wow!
Glad that things turned out well. Thanks for the smoke alarm reminder (and about Fire Extinguishers). You certainly had a quick response with the right decisions. God Blessed you with safety today.
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call Sunbeam and see if there is a recall or something - just b/c then you will know. The company needs to know how their products do (field research) and we’re had a Sunbeam Blender (circa 1970-75) that was great. Just replaced it 6 months ago. -okay, that one was a 20 yr hand-me-down-from-mommy, that we used daily for the past 10 yrs (… and for the rivet counters out there : I have no idea when mom bought it - heavy pink thing, 25, 30 yrs ago - who cares?)[:D][X-)][swg][(-D][(-D][(-D]
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then join us in the CS - I’ve got your tab (Happy New Year!)
Pink? PINK?!? Oh man, I think I might have burned that thing on purpose, lol![:p]
Hmmmm. My coffee maker will get un-plugged from NOW on. Thanks for the heads up. Glad all turned out ok!
well, technically it might have been what my wife calls “dusty rose” colour (ie still pink) - best part was that it stayed unseed in the cupboard when not in use. It made a mean iced mocha though. [^]
Glad to know you’re okay, and yes, smoke detectors are very valuable…test mine every couple months.
But PINK??? If I were you I’d sell some of my athearns to finance a new one!
Glad that you, the family, and the trains are safe!
I’ve had a couple of close calls last year due to some stupid mistakes on my part. Last fall I had a frying pan on the stove that had bacon grease in it from breakfast that I turned on low to warm up so I could pour the grease into a tin can for disposal. Totally forgot it was on and went outside to do some work for about 2 hours. I went down cellar for a tool I needed and noticed a funny smell and heard a beeping (The smoke alarm upstairs). Almost immediately realized what I had done. The house was comepletely filled with acrid smoke, so I took a deep breath, ran to the stove, shut it off and moved the pan to cold burner, then ran outside to take another breath. Came in, opened all the windows, turned on some fans, ran back outside to get air. Luckily nothing, including the grease had actually caught fire. My cats, the fish, and I were all OK, but the cats and I were real scared (Cats went into hiding, took about 10 minutes to find all of them.). I am very much more careful now… A couple of weeks ago one of my HEPA air filters motor burned out and tripped a circuit breaker. I think that is what is supposed to happen! I wonder why your can opener didn’t do that?
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Glad everything is OK. I have a question now, is what I’m hearing that everything in a home should be unplugged when not in use and being watched? Youv’e really got me wondering.