if your house was on fire, what would you take?

[jaleenafied]

This morning at about 4am we woke up smelling smoke, and out of our bedroom window we could see a 2-story tall pine tree on fire in the back of the park, right on the fence that borders our building's small parking lot. As we watched, we could hear a neighbor on the phone to 911 - "Yes, it's still burning...No, it's not spreading yet but it seems

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[mrplanet4]

Now I have visions of someone trying to make a Mini Cooper suit out of the skins of fat Audis.

[nonosays]

House fire is high on the list of personal tragedies I hope to never endure. I think I would have the same reaction as you did. I see myself paralyzed with indecision about what to carry out and then ending up with a grapefruit or something equally nonsensical.

Glad your story isn't more sensational.