Oh my. That's horrible news, hurple. I am hoping to hear that nobody was hurt, yes? I am sorry to hear this. I hope you were insured and things will be getting better for you soon.
Update is no real updates. You can catch up on HaV and Missing Worlds in their updates here and on their webpages. No news on the CoH front to speak of, except NCSoft is laying off more NCSoft West people, but is still not letting CoH go...yet.
/The day will come. I have no doubt.
Yes, I should have been specific that nobody was hurt. My wife, though, was lucky to get out. She had no idea anything was wrong until one of my daughters visited from college and saw smoke when she went upstairs in the house. She went down, told my wife, and my wife immediately had her get the pets out (a guinea pig and a turtle) and then she called 911. As they left the house... something major happened. They say it was "an explosion" but there was no evidence of that happening. More likely it was the floors collapsing or the fire reaching a gas line or some such... The only thing lost was *stuff* and we lost ALL our stuff. I lost my Dr Who collection which I had amassed over 35 years and a 3,000+ CD collection. She lost her Monkees memorabilia collection and all her keepsakes.
But, at least all the "heartbeats" got out.
Plus, luckily, we were overinsured. My wife picked the policy, and at the time I was a bit upset she picked such a high-priced one... I'm not anymore.
Now, we just have to get on our feet and navigate all the red tape (and find a contractor who understands the concept of "you work *for* me" instead of "do your own thing and hope we like it" which is proving to be harder than I thought it would.
