Sunday, January 15, 2006

Things that go bump in the night The things that go bumb in the night. Can sometimes be direct lightning strikes on your building, possibly small natural gas explosions under your building .  My advice  is even at  3:30 am its worth getting up and checking some of the more loud and resounding bangs out. Also no matter what the fire department tells you the ballast from a flourescent light fixture will not fill your kitchen with smoke (first call 5 am). Nor will a shorted out refrigorator compressor melt your kitchen tiles singe the wooden beams of the building  and leave large portions of your apartment floor to hot to touch (2nd call and the hours between the 2nd and 3rd call). It is a fire which does these things.  Fires next to gas mains cause fire departments to become anxious and poke holes in walls. But at least by 11am everyone is awake. 11:16:58 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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