Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I just got home from work and there's two fully-equipped fire trucks, two District Chief fire trucks, two ambulances and a police van parked in front of the house two doors down. There's a large bright yellow hose running into/out of the house from one of the fire trucks. What would that be? Gas leak? Scary stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Trying to attach a pic without using photobucket.... Edit: that picture is useless. You'll just have to take my word for it.... there's so many flashing lights it looks like Christmas time at Gary Glitter's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Alien abduction.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpo Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I just got home from work and there's two fully-equipped fire trucks, two District Chief fire trucks, two ambulances and a police van parked in front of the house two doors down. There's a large bright yellow hose running into/out of the house from one of the fire trucks. What would that be? Gas leak? Scary stuff! Dont worry, last week I came home and there was a fire truck, a fire Marshal SUV and 3 cop cars next to my house. It turns out the neighbors kid had nothing better to do then get drugged out and lock himself in his room & freak out the parents!-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Dont worry, last week I came home and there was a fire truck, a fire Marshal SUV and 3 cop cars next to my house. It turns out the neighbors kid had nothing better to do then get drugged out and lock himself in his room & freak out the parents!-) That seems a bit overkill, doesn't it? Hopefully that's what this is too. That kid needs to get a job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 ET just wants to go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Alien abduction.... In the middle of the day? I thought the aliens only did their abductions at nighttime on a lone stretch of road in front of someone named Vernon in his 1969 Ford F-150? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Second pic attempt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Second pic attempt.... when i was a volunteer, we used to use rigid hose for pumpouts: do you see a waterflow anywhere in the street? flooded basements can be a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 . Knowing it's a looong winter up there - probably another in home marijuana farm bust. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Karen... The two ambulances may be the best clue. I can't see the "big yellow hose," but it likely would either carry water in or out or... if it's even bigger, it could be exhausting something. If it's exhausting something or pumping fresh air in, my guess would be carbon monoxide which is not frightening except that it will kill you if that's what you're breathing. A worst case scenario would be a sufficient concentration of sewer gas to injure folks. There are variations on the theme, but those tend to be most frequent. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 when i was a volunteer, we used to use rigid hose for pumpouts: do you see a waterflow anywhere in the street? flooded basements can be a mess. Holy smoke part two.... we have had record snowfall this year. We got another 35 cm last night, then above zero temps today. We live on a sloped hill. When I read your post I headed downstairs to see if my basement was flooded. Well, it's not flooded but one corner is dripping soaking wet! So I'll bet that's what's going on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Holy smoke part two.... we have had record snowfall this year. We got another 35 cm last night, then above zero temps today. We live on a sloped hill. When I read your post I headed downstairs to see if my basement was flooded. Well, it's not flooded but one corner is dripping soaking wet! So I'll bet that's what's going on! we always did our worst pumpouts this time of year, frozen pipes thawing and subsequently bursting, snow melting, sumps backing up, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enmitygauged Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Main thing are your guitars ok??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 You should get adopted and move down south !!!!!!!! .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Where in the world are you, those fire trucks are camper vans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 In the middle of the day? I thought the aliens only did their abductions at nighttime on a lone stretch of road in front of someone named Vernon in his 1969 Ford F-150? That is for American abductions, i.e. when abducting rednecks that is the procedure. Canadian abductions can happen during all hours, and I hear many happen when poeple are at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Too much snow..... Move south. We have flowers and the dogwoods are a'bloomin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 Main thing are your guitars ok??? The guitars are upstairs! The music room is downstairs but I never store the guitars down there. Here they are happily nestled in their little corner in my favourite room.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 Where in the world are you, those fire trucks are camper vans! Haha no those red camper vans are the deputies' vehicles. The firetrucks are hard to see in the photo. The whole show has dissipated now. The last to leave were the firetrucks and deputies. Might never know for sure what happened but it was exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 You should get adopted and move down south !!!!!!!! .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 It will be over soon Karen and you'll once again be living in one of the most beautiful places in Canada. Home is really where the heart is. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Glad you're okay and the situation is over. I just got back from a work meeting at our emergency dispatch center and a paramedic was dispatched to a 50-y-o lady who had fallen semi-consciousness. Trips like that make one recognize at times how fragile we all can be. Yeah, this weather is hard on basements. The radar is showing that your snow is kinda turning around and coming back at us. My s-i-l had an interesting day. Her boss ran into her vehicle - boom and damage; she came home to the roof leaking and dripping through the kitchen light onto the floor; and their well stopped working so no water to clean up the water dripping into the house. Sheesh. I'm just working late and ain't gonna complain. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 It will be over soon Karen and you'll once again be living in one of the most beautiful places in Canada. Home is really where the heart is. Dave I could do with a little less snow and a little more beach tho' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 Glad you're okay and the situation is over. I just got back from a work meeting at our emergency dispatch center and a paramedic was dispatched to a 50-y-o lady who had fallen semi-consciousness. Trips like that make one recognize at times how fragile we all can be. Yeah, this weather is hard on basements. The radar is showing that your snow is kinda turning around and coming back at us. My s-i-l had an interesting day. Her boss ran into her vehicle - boom and damage; she came home to the roof leaking and dripping through the kitchen light onto the floor; and their well stopped working so no water to clean up the water dripping into the house. Sheesh. I'm just working late and ain't gonna complain. m I sure hope you're not getting this weird weather pattern down your way. We got 35 cm over night, and the temps are higher, it's almost water. Very heavy to shovel! I attended a seminar a few years back (quite a few years back) about first aid/CPR. It was taught by some of the EMS guys. One of them told me something I've never forgotten...... if you hear an ambulance siren on a snowy winter morning, it's likely someone who was out shovelling snow and suffered a heart attack! You're right milod...... life could be worse I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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