Saturday, March 10, 2007
Nothings ever simple
Several weeks ago the boys had to come home from school due to the babysitter had a sick kid and she had to take her to the doctor. I WAS real nervous about them coming home, but I knew that David would be there within a few mins. and a friend that helps David would be at our house within mins of them getting off the bus. I anxiously watched the clock waiting for their call, "we are home, mom". Instead I got a call at the exact time anticipated, with "Mom, there is a fire at our house!!!" (this was Hunter) Trying real hard to stay calm and to also calm him down so that I could get the exact details, I got no where... All he could tell me was there is a "fire in the tunnel, you know, in the tunnel mom, where we dump the lawn mower". Oh my goodness, I thought, David's shop is up in smoke. He continued to repeat this over and over, feeling like mins had gone by but it was probably just seconds. With fustration, Hunter handed the phone to Michael. Michael explained in better detail exactly what was transpiring. And it goes like this: (my heart is racing by now, and I'm still unsure whether to call 911 or not, patients were listening to me on the phone, wondering just what in the hell was going on)
My first questions to Michael were: Are you Ok? "yes" Do I need to call 911? "No, I've put the fire out and Carl is here." Shewwww, I thought...
Now, Michael tell me what is happening:
"we were coming down the driveway and I saw smoke coming from the woods, I told Hunter to call you and I ran to see what was going on, the woods were on fire. I started stomping it out and then threw dirt and then started hauling 5 gallon buckets of water. I first used Dutchess water bowl, but that wasn't enough, so I dumped the balls out of the bucket and started using that. The fire is now out, Mom. Everything is ok."
Then i had to find out where the fire was, in the tunnel? Michael explained that it was on the side of the house where we dump the lawn mower cuttings in the woods. He told me that the night before he had dumped (with his father approval) the ashes from our wood stove that had been outside for several days. He told me that he had even raked out a place to dump them. Well, guess what? There might have been a few "hot coals" left in the bottom and with the winds it sparked up. Thank goodness, the boys came home, they were true heroes and done everything just the way they should have!
Conclusion: If the babysitter hadn't had a sick child, Granny had of answered the phone to get the boys our home would have been up in flames by the time everyone had gotten home. The fire was spreading right to our house and it wouldn't have taken long at all! I am one proud mom!
My first questions to Michael were: Are you Ok? "yes" Do I need to call 911? "No, I've put the fire out and Carl is here." Shewwww, I thought...
Now, Michael tell me what is happening:
"we were coming down the driveway and I saw smoke coming from the woods, I told Hunter to call you and I ran to see what was going on, the woods were on fire. I started stomping it out and then threw dirt and then started hauling 5 gallon buckets of water. I first used Dutchess water bowl, but that wasn't enough, so I dumped the balls out of the bucket and started using that. The fire is now out, Mom. Everything is ok."
Then i had to find out where the fire was, in the tunnel? Michael explained that it was on the side of the house where we dump the lawn mower cuttings in the woods. He told me that the night before he had dumped (with his father approval) the ashes from our wood stove that had been outside for several days. He told me that he had even raked out a place to dump them. Well, guess what? There might have been a few "hot coals" left in the bottom and with the winds it sparked up. Thank goodness, the boys came home, they were true heroes and done everything just the way they should have!
Conclusion: If the babysitter hadn't had a sick child, Granny had of answered the phone to get the boys our home would have been up in flames by the time everyone had gotten home. The fire was spreading right to our house and it wouldn't have taken long at all! I am one proud mom!
# posted by Christy @ 11:59 AM 
