Holladay
11-12-2014, 05:56 PM
First and foremost, I wasn't able to watch the last 3:25 min of the game:( The fire popped the electricity.
Secondly, no one was hurt.
Thirdly, my house didn't burn down. It got my 53' Pickup shed and the Chicken/Dog shed. Also, luckily there was no car parked inside.
Fourthly, the 1000 gal topped off propane tank right next the shed didn't blow. They were saying if it did, shrapnel would travel a mile. Luckily, the emergency value popped. Talk about wild...a plasma torch 40' high 3' in dia. The torch blew for 4 hours. It hissed/simmered for another 10 hrs out off the main value (the couldn't close it) Side note, this was of course liquid propane and thinking 1g liq = 4g gas, thus explains the duration.
Fifthly, now first hand experience, fire is SICK. I have seen house fires and such but didn't really think about it much. "Yep there's a fire". Now it's personal. The flames joyfully danced evil. They didn't give a crap about my stuff. They just gorged. The next day with wisps of smoke from smouldering wood in a landscape that looks like Hades, the smell hits you. SICKENING.
Also a BIG hats off the fire fighters. I live in the middle of nowhere. I had 4 different townships show up. You could tell by their maneuvers that they had worked together. It was like a military campaign. Wonderful planning and coordination. All on the spot. Logistics, placement of vehicles and hoses, lay of the land, which way was the wind blowing (luckily very little), how much water on hand and timing to get more (no fire hydrants at my place) etc.
Here is a snippet: In the midst of the inferno and with the propane tank still burning, the old walnut tree by the shed is burning on the inside. It has to come down. It had to come down in sections (too big for one) and not hit the power lines, nor on the fire. So this fire fighter climbs up a 40' extension ladder, chain saw in hand, low light, tree burning under him, inferno, water spray all around whacks the tree down. Amazing. Big Balls.
Oh, by the way, they are volunteers. They get paid 5 bucks, not per hour, per run. WTF
I lost some unique old rustic 80 yr old out buildings and the stuff inside, namely a nice Land Pride Zero turn lawnmower which was the bomb. All are replaceable. But not the buildings.
A good thing is I have insurance. I will be able to put up a Morton building:( I did get lucky in many ways though and am thankful.
I hope that no one has to experience fire.
So, I need some help. I have to come up with values on the items inside.
- what is the value of a 2010 Z52 Land Pride mower with 125 hrs? I looked around and could only find mowers with 400 hrs for ~$3-4K?
- what is the value of a 100 yr old walnut tree?
-3 cord of Hedge fire wood?
I might have some more questions later as I get my arms wrapped around all of this.
Oh, yea, I got a lot of my lawn watered for free.
Secondly, no one was hurt.
Thirdly, my house didn't burn down. It got my 53' Pickup shed and the Chicken/Dog shed. Also, luckily there was no car parked inside.
Fourthly, the 1000 gal topped off propane tank right next the shed didn't blow. They were saying if it did, shrapnel would travel a mile. Luckily, the emergency value popped. Talk about wild...a plasma torch 40' high 3' in dia. The torch blew for 4 hours. It hissed/simmered for another 10 hrs out off the main value (the couldn't close it) Side note, this was of course liquid propane and thinking 1g liq = 4g gas, thus explains the duration.
Fifthly, now first hand experience, fire is SICK. I have seen house fires and such but didn't really think about it much. "Yep there's a fire". Now it's personal. The flames joyfully danced evil. They didn't give a crap about my stuff. They just gorged. The next day with wisps of smoke from smouldering wood in a landscape that looks like Hades, the smell hits you. SICKENING.
Also a BIG hats off the fire fighters. I live in the middle of nowhere. I had 4 different townships show up. You could tell by their maneuvers that they had worked together. It was like a military campaign. Wonderful planning and coordination. All on the spot. Logistics, placement of vehicles and hoses, lay of the land, which way was the wind blowing (luckily very little), how much water on hand and timing to get more (no fire hydrants at my place) etc.
Here is a snippet: In the midst of the inferno and with the propane tank still burning, the old walnut tree by the shed is burning on the inside. It has to come down. It had to come down in sections (too big for one) and not hit the power lines, nor on the fire. So this fire fighter climbs up a 40' extension ladder, chain saw in hand, low light, tree burning under him, inferno, water spray all around whacks the tree down. Amazing. Big Balls.
Oh, by the way, they are volunteers. They get paid 5 bucks, not per hour, per run. WTF
I lost some unique old rustic 80 yr old out buildings and the stuff inside, namely a nice Land Pride Zero turn lawnmower which was the bomb. All are replaceable. But not the buildings.
A good thing is I have insurance. I will be able to put up a Morton building:( I did get lucky in many ways though and am thankful.
I hope that no one has to experience fire.
So, I need some help. I have to come up with values on the items inside.
- what is the value of a 2010 Z52 Land Pride mower with 125 hrs? I looked around and could only find mowers with 400 hrs for ~$3-4K?
- what is the value of a 100 yr old walnut tree?
-3 cord of Hedge fire wood?
I might have some more questions later as I get my arms wrapped around all of this.
Oh, yea, I got a lot of my lawn watered for free.