This is what I got for Christmas--

[4NDR01D]

Fire chief says Conn. home where 5 died in a Christmas morning fire has been torn down - The Washington Post

TV chef critical after family killed in fire - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Ames Tribune News

BBC News - West Belfast family left homeless by Christmas day fire

[GlobalObserver]

Sorry to learn of your misfortune, but try to look at the bright side. You're young and healthy with a long life ahead of you, filled with adventures.

Plenty of others aren't nearly as fortunate.

[Figuremod73]

That sucks Sandy,its a good thing you came home when you did or it might have been alot worse.

Exactly. It could have been a whole lot worse.

[megoapesnut]

You can't catch a break. Between the flooding and the fire, it's time to find a new house!

[piecemaker]

That sucks Sandy,its a good thing you came home when you did or it might have been alot worse.

[4NDR01D]

All considering, doesn't sound that bad. Glad you and you father are safe.

[kennermike]

A house fire. No joke.

I get home yesterday from a dive and it's freezing in the house. My dad is pushing 70 and there's no way he's not gonna have the heat on this time of year. Immediately, I know something's up. He's in the kitchen, cooking away and I ask why the heat isn't on. He tells me it's not working, and that it just keeps making a clicking noise.

I go over to the thermostat and the heat is on, but there's no heat. I don't hear a clicking noise, but I shut it off and start to head across the house to the garage door, when I smell it. Something's burning-- I open the garage door and I'm immediately overwhelmed by smoke. I look to my left, where the heating and AC unit is, and can see flames. I yell for my dad to call 911 and open the garage door (to the outside). The smoke gets sucked out when I open the door, now I can clearly see that the furnace (or whatever you call the heating unit) is on fire. I grab the fire extinguisher and put most of it out, but the ducts going into the wall adjacent to the unit, as well as the wall itself, are also on fire..

Fire department gets there, douses the entire garage for good measure, and has a look around. We see this all the time, blah, blah, blah-- The unit is old and not built to code, blah, blah, blah-- All news to me.

Anyway, it's Christmas day, we have no heat, the garage is completely trashed, it stinks really bad in the entire house AND God only knows the extent of not only the damage, but all the insurance crap and these "building code violations"-- To top it all of, my vacation to Mexico is now cancelled as I have to deal with all this starting tomorrow.

Merry ****ing Christmas. I hope you had a better one than me.

SC

Sandy thats Horrible but at least everyone is ok Bro!

[jimsmegos]

Aw damn dude. I hate to hear that. But like Mikey said, at least everyone is okay. Still sucks horribly. Wasn't it about this same time last year you guys had a problem with the flooding?

[Mikey]

That sucks Sandy but at least everyone is ok.

If anything you can look at it as a Christmas miracle.

[Cmonster]

A house fire. No joke.

I get home yesterday from a dive and it's freezing in the house. My dad is pushing 70 and there's no way he's not gonna have the heat on this time of year. Immediately, I know something's up. He's in the kitchen, cooking away and I ask why the heat isn't on. He tells me it's not working, and that it just keeps making a clicking noise.

I go over to the thermostat and the heat is on, but there's no heat. I don't hear a clicking noise, but I shut it off and start to head across the house to the garage door, when I smell it. Something's burning-- I open the garage door and I'm immediately overwhelmed by smoke. I look to my left, where the heating and AC unit is, and can see flames. I yell for my dad to call 911 and open the garage door (to the outside). The smoke gets sucked out when I open the door, now I can clearly see that the furnace (or whatever you call the heating unit) is on fire. I grab the fire extinguisher and put most of it out, but the ducts going into the wall adjacent to the unit, as well as the wall itself, are also on fire..

Fire department gets there, douses the entire garage for good measure, and has a look around. We see this all the time, blah, blah, blah-- The unit is old and not built to code, blah, blah, blah-- All news to me.

Anyway, it's Christmas day, we have no heat, the garage is completely trashed, it stinks really bad in the entire house AND God only knows the extent of not only the damage, but all the insurance crap and these "building code violations"-- To top it all of, my vacation to Mexico is now cancelled as I have to deal with all this starting tomorrow.

Merry ****ing Christmas. I hope you had a better one than me.

SC