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Re: Allan your open air sheds are looking better.
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Posted by Billy NY on June 19, 2007 at 13:15:23 from (64.12.116.14):
In Reply to: Allan your open air sheds are looking better. posted by IaGary on June 19, 2007 at 06:38:12:
Gary, very sorry to hear about this fire happening, not much one can say to help, but hope things work out, these kind of occurences sure are tough to deal with, hopefully things can get sorted out and there was some insurance to help replace the lost equipment. On fathers day in '95, someone deliberately set my neighbors place while his family had taken him to lunch. Same thing, lost some equipment, a tractor that was his dad's, no idea how much else, believe it started in where he had his shop and some equipment, fuel storage etc. Considering everything that he had for equipment, he was fortunate most was outside, but it was so hot, wind blowing, fuel etc., when I got there, nothing anyone could do, the heat was too much, firemen could do nothing but watch, it roared 100' across the yard and took a huge cow barn, he was still milking then, lost some stock in there too, the silos were steaming and flared up like a candle, I thought they were going to blow. I grew up with their kids, and he's worked this ground before I was around it was an awful situation to witness. The heat and the intensity of this fire was that which would distintegrate anything in it's path, they tried keeping that cow barn from going, 100 feet away, but with the wind, nothing was stopping it, I was hundreds of feet away and the heat was almost unbearable. It would have taken his house as well, but it was up wind, so just some melted siding. From my kitchen window that day:  In the end, not sure how much was insured, the town ( whom I'll never forgive for it) would not allow them to have a benefit for a family whose roots have been firmly planted here for generations, he rebuilt and kept at it, stopped milking, but still had livestock until last year, so I hope on your end after sorting things out, the same thing happens, again very sorry to hear of this
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