Reply #82: When I couldn't find the keys ... [View All]

[kwassa]

Where did I put them, anyways? Middle of the night.

The problem was that the house behind the one we were renting, whose walls were only a few feet away, waw ON FIRE. I could see a giant ball of flame. We needed to leave our house quickly, however we had bars over all the first floor windows, and the front door deadbolt only opened with a key from the inside.

And I couldn't find the key. Talk about a panicked search. I was throwing clothes anywhere, running through the house.

I finally did find them, and we got out. To add to the surreal aspect of it, it was raining an intense cloudburst-type downpour, which didn't affect the fire in the slightest. We were half-dressed, soaking wet, with our indoor and somewhat petrified cats balled up in our arms, and it took the fire department what seemed like hours to get there, while the entire neighborhood was out to watch. The firemen were all casual about it, too, and knocked the fire down in a few minutes. A burning auto in a car port.