Thank you, they deserve it. Ron
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron, Great post and am so sorry for all the loss everyone has suffered. I > have sent some money to the Fire Department they deserve so much more. It > was not much but all I could afford this time of the year. God Bless them > for their work. > > Joe Dougan > SV FIA > > In a message dated 1/16/2011 2:54:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > All my neighbors outboard of me have no reason to come down to the marina > and two displaced boats have not yet returned from another dock. George is > reassured and comfortable again. He ate his regular food and asked to be > helped (arthritis) up onto our bed; whereupon he promptly went to sleep in > his favorite place - no more motel room. He has a new annoying habit though, > he runs off to the homes of lovely married women and stands in front of > their front doors until they let him in. Then everyone falls in love and I > eventually get a call saying that they have my George. He does stick to the > neighborhood, though, and he has made new human and doggy friends like Eldon > and Lu Lu - I am not kidding. This began the night of the fire. Now, he only > does this when I am talking to someone for too long and not petting him. > Boy, he can disappear fast! > > Along with a few other boat owners, I discovered that both the boat end of > my shore power cable and my port and starboard inlets were internally > burned. That did it! I went to West Marine and ordered a SmartPlug kit on > Wednesday and we installed the inlet and plug on Friday. I do not want to > catch on fire nor do I wish to be the source of a marina fire. Other folks > are changing out or repairing their cables. We suffer too many utility > caused momentary and prolonged power outages here (Tideland Electric.) > Perhaps these contribute to the problem. Oh, and yes, I used dielectric > grease in the past. I'll report back as time goes by, but the new method of > attachment is impressive and the incorporation of a thermal breaker > encouraging. > > Many owners did not have insurance - it is quite expensive except from the > perspective of the day after a fire (just got my quarterly bill.) A few > think that they are covered by the marina's insurance - I am not kidding. > Others, have had their lives changed. We have lost some extraordinary > classic wooden yachts: a 53' Trumpy, a 72' Grebe (just restored) a 53' Chris > Craft (just restored) and a 1925 Elco. > > But, there could have been 6 people instead of just one sleeping in the > shed Thursday night and the normal number is 4. Only Captain John, who > spotted the fire's ignition on the boat next to his had a good chance of > escaping and he was the only one aboard that night and he was awake. The > rest, if they had had early warning of a fire, might have been able to go > overboard into the 37F water and make shore at least 60 yards away in 25F > weather. The one person who jumped from a boat outside the far end of the > shed was treated overnight for hypothermia. > > The people here are quite subdued and, at least for awhile, changed. Some > of us were in "combat" together. We don't exhibit the "100 yard stare" but > we shared 10 hours of cold fear and the experience of watching selfless > volunteers fight the fire while we stood by - impotent. I shall not forget > that those volunteer firemen never retreated. One man's face shield melted, > but they stood their ground 5 slips from my boat and stopped the "beast's" > march towards my home. I will not forget their efforts and what the Bunyan > Chief said to me at 0300, "We are here to support you." > > Ron Rogers > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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