Last night, Mom calls my sister, who literally lives 90 seconds away."My house is on fire, but don't come over."
OK, who in their right mind would say, "Ok, talk to you later, mom."? Obviously my sister and brother-in-law went right over.
Mom was out on her large covered back porch when the lightning struck. Not realizing the roof/antenna was actually hit, mom was not aware the fire was smoldered in the attic for a few hours.
Luckily a neighbor noticed that her roof "looked hot" around 7 or so and went over to tell her.
Some electrical damage, carpet burnt where a hot outlet "popped out" of the socket and still assessing the damage to all of the electronics and appliances. House intact, as is Mom, thank God.
Yes, she was very lucky. That morning a guy I work with got a call that his house was on fire from lightning from the same storm, destroying the entire thing.
Crazy storms throughout Indiana yesterday.
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I have to admit that I might be the one to say, "Okay, talk to you later, Mom."
Just sayin'.
I'm really glad your mom is okay and the damage was as confined as it was - it could have been really awful.
Thx Blognut, but I've read some of your mom stories and I wouldn't blame ya.
We, however, were some of the lucky ones who were dealt a great mom (and family) hand. AND we all love to "adopt" people like you into our crazy, fun family. Consider yourself blog-adopted. :)
Oddly enough, the attic is the "best" place to have a fire (I know that sounds weird, that's why I put it in quotes), because fires are slow to spread downward. Plus, the attic is an enclosed space which makes it harder for the fire to breathe and spread quickly. A fire on the first floor does a lot more damage because it has plenty of air flow and will spread quickly upward to the second floor, plus you get smoke damage throughout the house.
Of course on the other hand, as your mom found out, an attic fire can go unnoticed longer because you don't smell the smoke, and most people don't have a detector up there.
Glad nobody got hurt.
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