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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> At 3/6/2008, you wrote:
> >Quickly walking around the house thinking "What do I need to take in case
> >the house burns down?" was humbling, yet  there was very little we
> needed.
>
> Having been through this twice I can understand.  What do you grab is a
> real question.



> The house was spared mostly because I had used some firescapping around
> the house.  It also had a fire proof roof, double paned windows, and stucco
> eves.


Our house has a tin roof, but the woods on the west side is only 30-35' feet
from the house. We had a couple of the tallest and closest trees & shrubs on
that side knocked down (salvaged) when we built the addition, previously the
home had shrubs & trees almost next to it.

>
> It was an education about what to take and what to leave.  We later
> reorganized things with all important papers in a single drawer of a filing
> cabinet and pictures that were not on the wall in another.  We also has some
> important pictures copied and the copies on the wall while the rest were in
> the filing cabinet.  We wanted to get a fire proof safe but they are
> expensive.


You (and Gene) had some good advice. I'm still in process w/ our photos. I
remember your brush w/ fire, at least the second one.

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> Again the house was spared.  I came back about a half hour later and
> started wetting things down.  After the first fire I had run 1 1/2 inch
> water lines down the back.  I wanted to put in some fire hose but all I had
> was some 5/8 garden hose and sprinklers but that was enough to keep the fire
> away from a shed and my trailers.
>
>
> Don Bowen        Awl Knotted Up        KI6DIU
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