[Bryn-gwlad] Fire at Ysfael and Eleanor's

[Sean Gulick]

Hi Barony,

Someone please crosspost this to Bjornsbourg and Ffynnon Gath as  
well.  Below is a description of the house fire that took place  
Tuesday night (early hours of Wednesday actually) at Ysfael, Eleanor  
and the kids house. Blessedly, all family members are okay down to the  
kittens and rabbit, however  I would like to put a call out to help  
them through this.  Wonderfully, Ysfael arrived him from practice in  
the park just in the nick of time to put the fire out and make sure  
his family was safe. My brother Ysfael is admirably strong in his  
pride, but there are times when family helps family.  It turns out  
that insurance will cover the physical structure of the house but not  
their personal items, Ysfael's work items, or their SCA stuff.  
Therefore they are in need of assistance both financial and  
importantly some immediate logistical needs.  For instance they have  
no functioning kitchen or cookware...they have camp stoves and coolers  
but nothing to to cook with and nothing to keep food cold over the  
long term. Ysfael will need to replace his work equipment for obvious  
reasons. They lost a significant portion of clothing modern and sca.    
Those that are local if you can help with the immediate needs of a way  
to cook, keep food fresh, etc. that would be a big help.  If you can  
do so contact me offline and I can put you in direct contact with  
Eleanor. Those that are farther away I suggest we take up a donation  
for their family and get it to them in the near future. I am inquiring  
into paypal as an option so if you are interested in helping out  
directly in this way please contact me offline and we can sort out the  
details.  Perhaps a collection could be taken at the next practice in  
the park if folks think that is a good idea.  In closing, I stress all  
are okay thank whatever powers your hold in your heart, but the crisis  
will not be over for them until life returns to normalcy and that is  
something I believe we can help with.

In service and friendship,
Gideon

 From Eleanor:

Morning everyone, just thought that since I was already up I would  
post a message to let you all know that I awoke at 12:50 to find  
myself in a smoke filled house.  Talk about an adrenaline rush, after  
yelling fire and getting the kids out, Ari, Evan and Rebecca and  
calling 911  I began looking for the only ones I had not heard from  
Ysfael and Katherine, doh, they had been at fighter practice and had  
literally just pulled into the driveway, I am sure they had a heck of  
an adrenaline rush going too.  Eventually Ysfael heard me yelling, I  
heard him yelling ...we did eventually figure out that we were all out  
and ok even the dog and ALL our cats and of course our rabbit as well.
     Ysfael immediately then began dousing the fire with our water  
hose and the firemen later told us that he was what saved the house.
     Four fire trucks later two police cars and an unnecessary  
ambulance the fire was out and the house a wreck, but we are all ok if  
rather frazzled.  This will definately put a crimp in our eventing  
schedule.. .  We have partial power, 3 rooms are too iffy to turn on  
the circuit breakers.  The kitchen is totalled, the back entryway and  
Ysfaels work room are pretty much more than a fifty percent loss and  
the dining room is sizzled.  My living room looks like aliens broke  
through the ceiling and there is water and smoke damage in a good  
portion of the next 4 front rooms.  BUT...we are all ok.
     So, if we seem a little more out of it than usual now you know why.

God and all our guardian angels were looking out for us!

Ysfael said "There was divine intervention.  Timing it like that ...  
looking at the near damage ... what would have happened if I were ten  
minutes later ..."... Eleanor said "in ten more minutes it may have   
been to late for us"

peace and love
Eleanor
_________________________
Dr. Sean P. S. Gulick
Research Scientist, Institute for Geophysics
Lecturer, Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
J.J. Pickle Research Campus (ROC)
10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200)
Austin, Texas 78758-4445
Phone: 512-471-0483, Fax: 512-471-0999
Email: sean at ig.utexas.edu
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/people/staff/sean/

"Honor the past,  live the present, create the future"


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