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In shock...

In shock...

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kaylashay81: (NCIS - Tony Hug)
I received a call from my mom just a little bit ago and apparently lighting hit my dad's work shed around 4am and the fire spread to the house. My parents made it out just fine, but the house is pretty much a loss. They won't know until they start going through things. It's the house I grew up in. And they hadn't seen a sign of the four cats yet (including my cat Abu who is really getting up in years around 16-17), or at least my mom hadn't when she left to go to my grandma's house for a bit.

[livejournal.com profile] cheerfulchaotic, [livejournal.com profile] sister_devora and [livejournal.com profile] pedropadrao... I don't know how fast the family grapevine is traveling, but yeah... :-( I said something must have it out for all the old family houses since granny's family house burned a few years back and now this one. It was almost to 100 year mark.

ETA: One cat survived! Cali... she's Abu's sister and my mom said she was a little worse for wear, but made it. Abu and Cookie did not make it. :-( And they hadn't found the other one, Kitty, yet.

The house will be a loss. They are working to save some things now in case the fire starts back up, including my dad's gun safes. She said their clothes should be salvageable after a good wash or two or more as long as the fire doesn't reignite like it did at a relative's house a few years back.
  • So sorry, Chick - I hope your family has some place to stay in the mean time. That's a really freaky thing to happen. I'm glad they managed to get out safely and am sure the cats will turn up as well.

    Best wishes

    Kaye xxx
    • thanks. They'll be able to stay at my mom's house (which they actually own) or my dad's brother's house which is just up the hill from their place. So they will be good in that aspect. And they had insurance on the house (knowing my dad, good insurance). So that's a plus as well. I'm now curious how well my dad's two gun safes faired because he kept all the pertinent stuff there... along with the guns. And... Oh... I'm glad I have my birth certificate now.