Osler's Razor

Holy crap. Thank goodness that no one was hurt seriously! How could gas blown into the house by wind cause that massive explosion?
 

Yikes!!
Absolutely terrifying.
It must have happened right after her last Razor contribution, based on the post time.
Here's where I wish I had a knack for saying witty and inspirational things...
 

Maybe Tyd needs a LAWYER...
 

Hey! The Crapvan was on the news! Those are some absolutely enormous cars for a family of 3. Seriously, though, I'm sorry for Tyd-- that looks pretty scary, all right.
 

Wow-- you can see where the front door blew right off. I'm just glad you all are ok.
 

HOLY COW!!! I am so glad ya'll weren't home and are safe. YIKES! I am so so sorry. Maybe we could organize a Razor Relief Fund....

Never a good day when your garage door in in the middle of the street. And half of your house is gone.
 

An APB went out for a mid-sized wolf with a barrel chest.
 

I'm glad all are all right!!!
 

Since everyone is ok, I feel it's appropriate to point out one thing I find interesting:

Parts of her last comment:

"By the way, Donut and Spencer spent that afternoon yesterday "helping" the guys in orange vests dig up cables all up and down our street . . ."

Part of the article:

"An underground pipe outside the home has been pinpointed as the source of the natural gas leak. Crews were reportedly working on fiber optic lines there early in the morning and it appears that the natural gas was blown into the home by wind."

I'm not pointing fingers but I feel there are several far more appropriate headlines for this post, one of which reads, "Three-Year Old and His Imaginary Friend Miscalculate"

I'm glad you're ok and eagerly await the inevitable commentary.

Then again, this might be the straw that forces you to start your own blog.
 

Swanburg-- There are two odd parts of Oregon's code:

1) Self-serve gas is illegal
2) Unitarians are barred from having their own blogs.

Sure, it doesn't make sense, But that's the way Oregon is.

Hey Tyd (and I know you will read this)-- we hope to hear from you, and that things are ok.
 

If Habib had been there, this would NOT have happened!

What a scary experience.
 

We have the laptop but no power cord so I cannot write long we are all ok fireman are ok too one burned but three ok they say house is a total loss no one was hurt

all the renovations are for nothing now but we should probably build an entire new house not sure if this is good or bad.

I will write more when we get power cord for laptop Thanks you guys.
 

Spencer said to people including a reporter "My house is broken but Bob the Builder is going to fix it."
 

Geez....this is a step beyond burning a question mark in Osler's lawn. Maybe the Unitarians are on to something big. Hello! If you're looking for a sign, they don't get much bigger than this.

Glad everybody is OK. That's the important part. Sorry about the house. Sorry for the firemen.
 

Oh my gosh....I am speechless! I am glad you and your family are all right and I will keep the firemen in my prayers. By the way, your home looked beautiful! I guess you will be a complete expert on renovations.
 

Tyd,

In the midst of law school finals and graduation nonsense it is sobering to remember real people (real cool people like you even) are facing tragedies every day. My prayers are with you and your family, God bless and keep us posted.

And if there is anything we can do, please let us know!
 

Hi everyone!!!!

Ok we are alive and well and living at the Residence Inn. We will soon be in a rented house, probably for a year because they say the house is a total loss, and it has to be torn down and totally rebuilt. We are all fine and everyone has been giving us all kinds of things, as we lost a LOT of stuff, including but the cars they look okay but the headlights and the engines like MELTED. We are waiting to hear how they will handle the cars. Most people say they will not be driveable. This is a loooooonnnnnggg story but the deal is this.

We were home, and Spencer was at preschool, Bill and I were both upstairs and working on our computers at different ends of the house. The Canby Telephone company had been on our street digging all week putting in giant orange tubes in the ground.

All of a sudden we start smelling a gas odor in the house. Bill said its really strong but it was not so strong on my side of the house. SO he goes out and tells the Canby Telephone guys that we smells gas. This is what they say:

"Well that is because we were digging right in front of your house and we hit the gas line. We have called people and its gonna stink for a while but it should be okay If the smell bothers you, go back in your house and close all of the windows."

This seemed idiotic and against everything that was sensible but they are the guys in the orange vests. so we did . Then about 5 min later the smell got a LOT stronger. bILL SAID THIS IS STUPID i AM CALLING THE GAS COMPANY nw nATURAL. NW Natural Gas. so he was like looking for the number and stuff and told the guys outside the smell was getting stronger and they told him that NWNatural Gas was on their way. SO again we went back inside. I would have gone out to see what the deal was but I was heating up some of my frozen soup in the microwave. I was mostly annoyed.

Then about 7 min after this BANG BANG BANG BANG on the front door.. It is a guy from NW Natural. GET OUT NOW NOW NOW

so I get my purse and I cannot find my cell phone. then I decide to leave it. then I am looking all over for the dog's leash. The guy is yelling at us I am telling I have to find the dogs leash he is like NO NOW GET OUT NOW!!!!!

okok i ASK HIM IF i CAN GET MY SOUP..no!!!!! so then I head to the car I am gonna get in it and we can go to costco or something while they fix all this.. NO CAR!!!! just get down the street NOW NOW NOW

so bILL GRABS TWO CHAIRS FROM OUR PORCH AND hes got his laptop and I have my purse in one hand and the 140 lb dog by the collar and we go and sit in our neighbors driveway. Before bill left he said he turned off the pilot lights on the furnace and the water heater...

I was still annoyed that the guy would NOT let me get my soup or my phone or the dog's leash.

SO then the fire trucks show up... I am thinking well its CANBY what ever happens in CANBY???? they have nothing else to do this is like their big excitement. so they tell us we are gonna go in the house and open all of your windows. Well, we had not CLOSED them really but we just did not really open any.

so four firemen go in.. I am bored and annoyed and I wish we could at least get in the car or something.


they are in there like five minutes and then BOOOM. The garage door BLOWS across the street. a HUGE fireball comes out of the garage, and goes in in the air and turns to black smoke. then crash crach OF WINDOWS i SEE ALL THIS THE WINDOW JUST flies OUT OF THE LIVINGROOM... glass everywhere... its the loudest noise It was like baghdad I swear.

turns out there is STILL gas allll surrounding our house. In fact it had come up thru all of our pipes and in the TOILETS that morning that is how much gas there was in the house. the neighbor next door as a pond/fountain and as of today it is STILL testing at 40% gas concentration.

so then I was in shock total complete shock... we found out that of the four firemen in the house, ONE got burns but he is home already. The other three had minor injuries and were treated and released.

THen I was panicking totally and my heart started racing and I could not slow it down I have a history of panic disorder and I KNEW that is what it was but they made me go in the ambulance allll the way to the hospital. Only to find out my heart is fine I am simply a SPAZZZZ EVERY TIME the ambulance guys mentioned the house on the way there? My heart rate would shoot up . it was insane. I am ok and they gave me Ativan and I got thru the day. I have had no symptoms since then, and have not needed anymore.

Watching your house blow up is harder than it seems. Especially knowing what we had just completed.

We finally got to go inside the other day and they say it is a total loss that we will have to rebuild. So far our insurance co is helping us greatly but I worry about the dent in bills buisiness. They found guitar parts on the neighbors roof, in peoples yards and allll the way down the street. His machines are all gone and stuff too. His upstairs shop collapsed onto his downstairs shop.

Every day we go to the house and go inside and try to find stuff. we lost a LOT but of course the countertops survived.... but they cannot pull them off. SO looks like pretty much we are getting a A NEW house. ANd this time., I am getting HABIB for ALLLL of it. even if we build the exact same house, as long as its not painted yellow with green trim I will be happy.

In the mean time we are kind of nomads. Everyone is saying get a lawyer...I am not sure what to do THey all say it was Canby Telephone's fault... we could get a lawyer but I mean for what? Bills Business? I mean it totally is going to interrupt how we can make a living for maybe years to come. I just don't know how we would I mean what are they supposed to do about this?

we are at the Residence Inn for like a week with our rented Chrysler Pacifica whale of a station wagon. They are moving us to a house someplace near Canby, or maybe to Charbonneau which is near Spencer's preschool. I guess it will have furniture. Then we will get them to build a new house I guess. or something.

ALl I know is this community has been fantastic they have dropped off toys, diapers, kids clothing.. tons of things. AND all of the neighbors are like storing our stuff for us and things like this.sPENCER LOST A LOT OF HIS TOYS AND STUFF.

Tonight we curled up in our bed and I read him some books and it was just like normal The dog is at the neighbor's until tomorrow we are even bringing his Fire Engine bed tomorrow so he will feel more at home.

There is a song by Billy Joel a total sap but its called "You're My Home." Its like that is how I feel. Wherever Bill and Spencer are I am home as long as we are together. They both still drive me up the wall, but its good to be home, even at the Residence Inn.

So I feel lucky. I do not know HOW Bill is going to get the business back going, or what the future holds, but for now I feel very lucky.
 

Dear Tyd. I'm so glad that you and your family and the firemen are all ok. Thanks for posting!
 

Oregon never makes much sense. ;o) BID--I hope all is well in the tyd house. Looks pretty scary, but at least you're all okay!