Re: RideCamp Addiction - Fire!!

["Craig W. Hadley" <willard@eagleut.com>]

Lauren-
Don't give up!!  Sometimes it seems that if we didn't have bad luck we
wouldn't have any at all.  Think of the reverse side of the coin-if you
hadn't just been in the other room on "Ridecamp" then you would have not
been close enough to hear the panel fall and been able to put out the fire
and run out.  No lives were lost and property can be replaced.
I'm sorry that you have had such a bad time lately.  Know that your friends
on ridecamp care about you.
Carrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren Horn <fourhorn@fea.net>
To: Ridecamp Endurance <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 11:13 AM
Subject: RideCamp Addiction - Fire!!


>An event yesterday evening, proved to me that I'm addicted to RideCamp
>and I better find a "recovery " program.
>
>
>After dinner, everyone retreated to their favorite places; I, in my
>office with my computer to see what was on RideCamp, the kids nearby,
>playing with drums, guitars and noisemakers and my husband in his
>office. I heard a noise in the kitchen and turned around to see what it
>was. As I walked toward my kitchen, to my horror, I saw that it was on
>fire!!
>
>The flames were from a pan of oil (taco night) and shooting to the
>ceiling. The noise that I heard was a plastic ceiling panel from the
>florescent lights which had melted and fell to the floor. I reached for
>the fire extinguisher under the sink.  I, gladly give myself credit for
>having one there. I'll never forget my scream and my fumbling hands
>trying to unlock the extinguisher. I never knew how fast the
>extinguisher would work. It immediately put out the grease fire, but not
>before a lot of damage was done. I then had to run out of the house fast
>because I could feel the thick, black, toxic smoke in my lungs, which
>hung under the family room ceiling in a deadly layer.. It amazes my how
>silent the fire was. I was in the next room and didn't even know it.
>Luckily, the light panel fell and I heard the noise.
>
>My cabinets, ceiling and over-range microwave (which partly melted) are
>charred, black, and fully damaged. Paint is peeling from the heat. Black
>soot has highlighted all the cobwebs that I never saw in my house and
>left a fine, black dust layer all over, even inside cabinets.
>
>Now, if I wasn't so addicted to RideCamp that I forgot that the oil pan
>was on and would have cleaned the kitchen BEFORE I had to have my "fix"
>then this would not have happened.  I lead a charmed life, but this past
>10 days have been anything but. They say bad things happen in three's
>and I've reached the third. The first was the stallion that I was going
>to breed my mare to is dying of cancer, my mom fractured her pelvis
>falling from her horse and my kitchen catches fire because I can't wait
>to see what is on RideCamp. All three are horse related; I give up!!
>
>Lauren
>