Last night my wife and I woke up to a strange cracking sound coming from the kitchen, like a clumsy intruder shuffling things at 4am. Just about 20 minutes later nothing was left of our house, the home-office, computers, violins, guitars, books or anything at all. We got out with kids a minute before it would be too late. Thank you, guardian angels!
Boons family is safe, healthy and supported by overwhelming love and care from friends, community and family. We live at a very special part of the world where help arrives before you have ask, and more than you would dare to wish for. It’s incredibly humbling and teaching.
Now, why do I post it here? Well, somehow through all these years Boonex community is like extended family for us and we wanted to share where we are at.
Boonexers all work from home. Our “office” is out there, in the cloud or in the air, if you will. Fire can’t burn or scald Boonex. It can, however, set off one of the boonexers (in this case - me) a bit from being able to attend to things in full pace. So, please don’t be too upset if I don’t reply for a few days. We’ve got to give the kids a good wash, have some sleep and reconnect the cables in some shack we’ll call home for the time being.
Meanwhile, the rest of the team is there for you at team@boonex.com, as usual.
Lessons learned - keep your kids close to you, fire alarms checked, doors open and files in the cloud. Be nice to your community and help people in need. No matter how secure you feel - it may all crumble overnight. Treasure every moment you have with your loved ones.
Similar happened about 20 years ago in my childhood home. Late at night. Crackling sound. Appeared to be an intruder. Nope.
A fire had sparked in the basement and was moving upstairs thru the house VERY rapidly. So fast in fact, the main alarm box melted before it could go off.
Everyone got out though, including pets, in a matter of a minute.
Firemen came super quick and literally axed into the walls on the main floor to stop the fire from see more
It's greate that everything is OK with you and your family! Take care of yourself!
P.S. Don't worry our team is here. :)
God bless my brother!!
So glad you all got out safe, sounds like just in the nick of time!
Sorry for your losing the house and content though, that sucks.
Hope you had insurance to cover everything? If not, you know there's a community here that can help...
Thanks for sharing with all the community and remind us no one is safe even when it seems we are! (even the boonexers ;)
Nicely stated... thank you for sharing. Seems that many people often forget (denial?) just how fragile our lives can be and that our long-term health is far more important than our possessions. Paul :-)
Wishing Smiles, Peace n Joy :)
Despite a hard to face loss you have a lot to be thankful for.
Glad you all survived.
God Blessed you and yours. You have a beautiful family.
May He continue to bless you all.