So I'm about to power down for the night...

[jon_chaisson]

...and emmalyon is already in bed, when I hear

BOOOM!

BOOOM!

and then silence.

Then me saying "WTF?" as I walk into the bedroom.

Then people across the street yelling "It's on the roof! It's on the roof!"

I look out the window and see flames. Both Emm and I think that it's across the street, but then I realize, it's actually the reflection of our building.

My first thought, other than the both of us getting out of the apartment as quickly and safely as we can?

Shit. I really should have my writing with me.

----

Well, as far as I know, it was a transformer blowing. Pretty frikkin' loud, I tell you. People are back inside, but the fire trucks are still out there and I've a feeling that they're going to be out there a little while longer.

So yeah, that was our evening.

I think we're going to call in late to work tomorrow.

Comments

[madhatte.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I saw a transformer explode once when I was very young (like five years old young). It shot flames across the street into our neighbor's upstairs bedroom. Much expensive damage was done.

I wathed the fire trucks come and put out the fire, wide-eyed, expectant. My cat had died earlier that week. These incidents, with the hindsight of many years of life experience, were obviously unrelated. However, at the time, I remember thinking that somehow the explosion was caused by my cat no longer being there to prevent it, and that he had somehow held those forces at bay through his cat-nature.

Much later, a different cat of mine drowned in the same neighbor's pool, chased there by their nefarious Cocker Spaniels. Every time he would surface from the pool and try to escape, there would be the barking faces of two dogs sending him back into the too-clean water.

RIP George (1978)
RIP Remus (1995)

I like cats. They are some of my favorite people.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Cats ROCK! Sadly, though, we can't have any in our apartment so we have to get our cat fix by watching the two across the street (I posted a picture of them in an earlier entry). Our next place hopefully we'll have a kitty...

[juniperblue.livejournal.com]

Wow. Not the kind of excitement one would want! Glad you and Emma are okay and that you didn't suffer any property damage!

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We're both okay, and there's no damage anywhere for us. But just to be on the safe side, I think I'm going to invest in some cd-rw's for my writing and keep them in my bookbag...

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

Wow! Glad you guys are okay and hope all your stuff is too!

"Shit. I really should have my writing with me."

Are you still writing long-hand, or typing on the computer? If you are typing on the computer maybe you need to look into one of those web-based internet "hard-drives" where you can save all your writing as a separate back-up to your computer.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah, everything's fine.

Hmm...I hadn't thought of that. Something to look into, I suppose...

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, and one more thing.

I didn't do it. :)

[juniperblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Likely story....
;D

[brokenempathy.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty scary! I'm glad you two are okay. I wonder why it blew like that?

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm wondering, since the power is still up in our part of the building. I'm going to stop at the rental office and ask them if they know what happened. Luckily we have renter's insurance so it wouldn't be a total loss!