Wow — scary stuff. Apparently there was a fire at James and Stacy’s apartment complex in Anchorage yesterday afternoon. Marc was kind enough to let me know about it in a comment here.
Thankfully, according to Stacy, everyone is okay, including the cat.
Anyways, aside from being just another exciting day in Anchorage, Alaska, we’re doing okay. […] The fire marshal called us and was pleased to tell us that our apartment was not the source of the fire. He couldn’t talk any further about it, but I suspect my neighbors are going to get sued because they left a burning cigarette on their back porch that happened to catch a cardboard box that was holding their ashtray. There was also a propane canister explosion. […] It was the explosion that woke James up, but the fire was already filling our apartment with smoke and the fireman ordered him out before he could get the cat. But THE CAT SURVIVED!
I’m just glad that everyone is fine. You all know that if you ever need a floor to crash on, my place is always open! Oh, sure, there’s that little matter of me being 3,000 miles away and all…but the offer stands anyway. :)
Also, a PayPal donation account has been set up courtesy of ShyWickedPixie. As James and Stacy may have just lost everything in their apartment, I’m sure they’d appreciate the odd buck or two tossed their way! I only had \$3 in my account to send off, unfortunately, but it’s something. :)
(Thanks to OccipitalDruid for pointing out the PayPal link!)
hey… I actually just heard about the fire from my friend Karen… I don’t have a dime to my name right now but I did finally get the approval to apply for a work permit… but what I am saying is that I have some spare things like cookware and silverware and stuff.. I could send it if someone had an address for them…. Man that sucks Poor kids but hooray for the cat
I got to take a look at our apartment from the outside. Much of our belongings from the living room were shoveled out of our apartment and into the snow below. I could see unread paperbacks that were waiting for me :-) We have yet to be allowed in our apartment to salvage anything, but all I care about at this point is getting a good night’s sleep :-) While the scene was depressing, I will be taking photos of the damage “just in case” and I’ll be happy to share them when we finally get settled. I am very much in awe of how much damage was done. The entire roof is gone, so I’m hoping they’ll let us in before it decides to snow again.
Thank you for all your kind thoughts. I very much appreciate it.