bae
2-11-14, 9:10pm
Last night was fun...
7PM page - nicest marina on the island is on fire...
Got home at 3:30amish.
Main building at the head of the pier was fully involved. And full of huge propane tanks, and hazmat storage. And the gasoline/diesel lines for the fuel dock ran right under the structure. Spent a good part of the night on the beach on one side keeping things cool enough so they wouldn't explode, warm enough to let the propane "gently" cook off (good thing it started at low tide, we have a 13 foot tidal range here, and it would have been trickier while treading water...).
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1/1601599_863688560324749_242344054_n.jpg
Amazingly, we saved the bulk of that building, kept things from going BOOM, and didn't let the fire move down the pier to the other buildings (restaurant and store), or the expensive yachts.
The people on those boats were stuck for the duration, unless they decided to untie and get the heck out of Dodge, which I surely would have elected to do!
We got to use the fire boat, and teams from several other islands came over to relieve us, it was a great morale booster when they came ashore all clean and fresh in the middle of the night.
But, one of the highlights of the night was about 9pm, when our "fire auxiliary", which is about a dozen grandmas and their family, who showed up on scene with vats of coffee, 4 kinds of soup, some stews, sandwiches, fruit, ice cream, more coffee, baked goods, bacon(!!!), sausages, and a whole darned roast of beef. They stayed there for the duration, keeping us warm and fed at the rehab station.
Go grandmas!
(I was especially happy to see them as I'd skipped lunch, and hadn't yet put dinner on the table when the pager went off.)
7PM page - nicest marina on the island is on fire...
Got home at 3:30amish.
Main building at the head of the pier was fully involved. And full of huge propane tanks, and hazmat storage. And the gasoline/diesel lines for the fuel dock ran right under the structure. Spent a good part of the night on the beach on one side keeping things cool enough so they wouldn't explode, warm enough to let the propane "gently" cook off (good thing it started at low tide, we have a 13 foot tidal range here, and it would have been trickier while treading water...).
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1/1601599_863688560324749_242344054_n.jpg
Amazingly, we saved the bulk of that building, kept things from going BOOM, and didn't let the fire move down the pier to the other buildings (restaurant and store), or the expensive yachts.
The people on those boats were stuck for the duration, unless they decided to untie and get the heck out of Dodge, which I surely would have elected to do!
We got to use the fire boat, and teams from several other islands came over to relieve us, it was a great morale booster when they came ashore all clean and fresh in the middle of the night.
But, one of the highlights of the night was about 9pm, when our "fire auxiliary", which is about a dozen grandmas and their family, who showed up on scene with vats of coffee, 4 kinds of soup, some stews, sandwiches, fruit, ice cream, more coffee, baked goods, bacon(!!!), sausages, and a whole darned roast of beef. They stayed there for the duration, keeping us warm and fed at the rehab station.
Go grandmas!
(I was especially happy to see them as I'd skipped lunch, and hadn't yet put dinner on the table when the pager went off.)