stuff directed towards me

a2grafix said:

See my orgnote.

just found out and tried to call ya
lemme know how I can help
Gurl ya got an army 10,000 strong

...the kitties and I are fine, but a lot of my stuff is damaged or destroyed. I'm living with my mom and I think I'm still in shock.
Please keep me in your prayers.

So sorry to hear this! Like Carrie says, the important thing is that you weren't hurt. How did the fire start?

Ace said:

It was arson. The woman who lived downstairs from me was insane and I believe she either started it herself or pissed someone off to the point that they started the fire. She called the police 45 min. before the fire started to report that she had been threatened.

It was arson.

applekisses said:

So you had to pay for someone else's drama. People are fucked up.

applekisses said:

That doubly sucks. Hope you're doing okay.

Ace said:

Um...well...I'm doing the best I can...it's starting to hit me now and I'm getting depressed.

applekisses said:

You'll get it turned around.

Ace said:

I know I will...I just went to see a counselor here at the hospital and she says I have post-traumatic stress disorder.

applekisses said:

God, I feel so bad for you. You can call me if you want. If I have my phone with me and it's turned on, that is.

TMPletz said:

Hey buddy ... she was an innocent bystander in this. Do not assume.

She lives, or shall I say lived, in a two-story flat, upstairs. It happened Sunday and the downstairs family had a marital problem-spat and some time later in the afternoon hours (around 1600 local/4pm ET) someone set fire to the house, actually the garage.

Someone started a fire regardless of who was in the house.

The family had four small children and from what Applekisses has told me, all four are under the age of 7, with the youngest being about 1. The mother cannot control the children. She would let them do whatever to the property, regardless if it was Applekisses' property. The children have destroyed Applekisses' personal property numerous times and the mother and father do nothing. The 26-year-old mother strange, to say the least. Yes, she has involved the police and the landlord, but to no avail. The police do know of the family downstairs and have repeatedly come to the house for various problems throughout the year.

The garage caught fire first. The fire spread rapidly to the back of the house, gutted the first floor, some of the second floor, and the attic. The children and the mother (no father in sight, maybe at work, I do not know) ran from the house with the clothes on their back and nothing else. At least Applekisses was able to return into the house with a fireman to retrieve some things before the fire department boarded up the house.

She might be able to go into the house one last time to clean and move stuff, but the fire marshall has not said anything yet. The structure might be too unstable for anyone to go into, which sucks, because I and a handful of friends want to help her clean out the house and help her move.

The fire department, from what I hear, is labeling the fire suspicious in nature and is not ruling out arson.

The house, Applekisses said to me tonight, Monday evening, might be demolished even though the four fire companies were quick to respond to put the fire out. She says that about 75 percent of her floor is okay, but covered in soot and water and whatever else. Her tv and new DVD are trashed and her bed is gone as well. All of her kitchen is burnt.

Think before you say things, TMPletz. Do not assume, and DO NOT ASSUME she was cooking. If you want the real and complete story, talk to me. I know a lot, and not just from the fire. There is more crazy stupid stuff that has happened for the past year since the family moved in. And if you want to know, she was getting ready to see her mother, like she always does on a Sunday afternoon. It was supposed to be a normal Sunday afternoon.

No one called 911, no one yelled "fire." She did call 911 once she realized her house was on fire. She did. No one else.

The people downstairs scrambled and left her to fend for herself. Luckily the firemen rescued her cats. She could have died, her cats could have died. Luckily this did not happen in the nighttime hours. It would have been horrific if it happened overnight.

Applekisses will bounce back. She always does and she knows she has a lot of friends she can count on. Say a prayer for her. I know I am. She also says thank you to all who have spread the warmth and love her way. She needs it.

I am severly upset and for those that know me I do not get upset often, but when I do, watch out. The family, or person, or persons, that caused this, had no idea the ramifications of what would happen afterward. The fire did not just affect that family, but Applekisses, me, her immediate family, her landlord (who will have to rebuild or move on) as well as many of you on this board. It is just not fair.

applekisses said:

So you had to pay for someone else's drama. People are fucked up.