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had a house fire...

all is well, did loose a few snakes... but almost lost everything, coulda been real bad. bad wire/breaker started in attic. most of the ceiling above snakeroom came down smoky nasty water and charcoal insulation all over racks in boxes, oh yeah funfunfun.
counting my blessings.
many of the adults were still brumating and got a rude cold wet awakening but for the most part seem ok, i wasnt home when it happened, fortunately my sister was and called FD and they came w/hoses so that evening i came home to a soggy wet nasty snakeroom in 40degree weather with no power bit of a scramble to say the least.
,,,,,,,,,thomas davis

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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

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sorry to hear that Thomas, hope everything gets back on track for you soon.
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Todd Hughes

Thank goodness no persons were hurt and you have a weiner dog to help take charge of the situation. Glad to hear you are recovering, you now have the excuse to design and rebuild the herp room of your dreams...Vic H.

Thank goodness no persons were hurt and you have a weiner dog to help take charge of the situation.

[bleep]zu's rule!

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www.Bluerosy.com

"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

Rainer , [bleep]Zu(Sp. LOL) aint a wiener dog, and Thomas I HOPE ALL IS WELL concidering the sit....Email direct if i can help?

Wow dued, you just lived through one of my worst nightmares. i often think what i would do if there was a house fire. my snakes can't be insured and the same thing with the contents ( i have a lot of expensive collectbles besides snakes) of my house. With property values being what they are the insurance company would get just enough to pay off th mortage and i would be left completely homeless with nothing but my car and the clothes on my back.
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"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

Wow Thomas. Glad your ok. Sorry for your loss.

Yeah that's gotta be one of my worse nightmares too1 Glad to hear it was not a total disaster!
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Jorge Sierra

GEEEZ!,....that is truly one of the scariest things that could ever happen to someone. Even though that was a very unfortunate thing, it's just good it wasn't FAR worse.

Hope the little Dachshund is okay too, I love my little Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund buddy more than anyone could possibly imagine!

Hope you can get things back to a half-decent level there soon too man.

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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Glad to hear that you are ok. I think I can easily agree with everyone here that it is a herpers worst nightmare!
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Aw man, so sorry to hear. At least it seems you and most of your cherished living things are well enough to move onward and (hopefully soon) upward.

Glad you and your family are okay Thomas.....That is certainly a truly sad story.....I hope you all bounce back well......
Losing things that aren't replaceable has to be tough....
Good luck....
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John Lassiter
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Sorry to hear that Thomas, Glad everyone is all right. Take it one day at a time, and I hope everything works out for the best, for you and your family.
Bob Bichler
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Hi Thomas. I am sorry to hear this. If there is anything I can help with, let me know. I am not too far away. I don't think you will need it, but I have empty racks if you need them.

I had to add a photo of my mini. He is crossed between long hair and wire haired. Kind of unique looking in the dachshund world. His hair is thin like the wired hair, but softer than the normal long hair.

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on the up side, electrician came yesterday and i added plugs all around the snakeroom so no more extension cords! which will be WAY cool. i apprecieate all the offers of help ive received. w/power back on its all just cleaning now. the fire was caught by faulty wiring, romex stapled to a 2x6 with the staple thru the wire! scary thing is its been like that for probably 25-30 yrs! i have sense checked all the attic wiring w/electrician and all is good.
thanks again for all the thoughts,,,,,,,,,thomas

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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

Glad that worked out for you man. I know how important it is to have extra outlets! I could use a zillion of them and a better breaker bar in my snakes room because it keeps getting tripped from the overload.

I need a cheap electrician to expand that i can pay in snakes
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www.Bluerosy.com

"Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8".

"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

per pic .Im glad the 3 headed snake made it ,Again,Best to ya and email if you want

Well sorry to hear about the fire but glad you and the fam is ok. Sorry you lost some pets. Hope everything works out quickly for ya.