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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:31:33 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
wrote: Magic Mood Jeep ? wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396531,00.html Oh, great story, thanks for posting! And I loved the photo - that kitty looked so sweet and devoted to her human, didn't she? One thing I wonder, though. If the woman had the cat in her arms because she was planning to put her outside, and then she smelled smoke so she realized she had to get out immediately, why did the firefighters have to rescue the cat from the house? The cat probably jumped down and ran back inside. Maybe it wanted to rescue a kitty-toy or catnip or something Jill When I had my house fire in 2002, my cat (Annabel Lee) ran and hid. The fire was far enough along that I had to make the difficult choice of leaving her behind, rather than staying inside and possibly dying with her. The fire flashed over shortly after I got out of the house, and, had I still been in the house at that point, I would not have survived. While the flame damage was limited to just two rooms, the smoke level was intense enough that, when I went through the house after the fire was out, all of the interior walls were black with soot. Once my house repairs were completed, which took three months, I adopted two new cats, Cinders and Katie. Katie eventually had to be euthanized due to cancer, but Cinders is still doing well. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
jmcquown wrote: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: Magic Mood Jeep © wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396531,00.html Another good argument for promoting companion animals for the elderly! (Although one wonders how "elderly" she can be, if she still wears something as trendy as "bikini" underwear at age 97!) Hey, she can sleep in the buff for all I care At least she was wearing *something* when she went outside and flagged down a car! LOL! (It only took one minor early morning earthquake, after I moved to Los Angeles, to convert me to wearing nightclothes, again!) Jill |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
On Aug 2, 4:21*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Aug 2, 1:37 pm, wrote: Magic Mood Jeep ? wrote: *http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396531,00.html Oh, great story, thanks for posting! And I loved the photo - that kitty looked so sweet and devoted to her human, didn't she? One thing I wonder, though. If the woman had the cat in her arms because she was planning to put her outside, and then she smelled smoke so she realized she had to get out immediately, why did the firefighters have to rescue the cat from the house? Why didn't the woman just *bring the cat outside with her*?? I read this sort of story a lot. The person has the cat, they escape from the fire, and somehow, the cat's in the house and has to be rescued? I know, you can't second-guess someone's actions during a fire - a 97 -year-old, no less. And I'm not blaming the woman, I'm just curious as to how that could happen. I always imagine that if my house were on fire, I would probably go down with the house because I'd still be inside trying to dig Licky out from behind some inaccessible place, or something. I sure hope I wouldn't leave them behind! -- Joyce * ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) A bad memory button just went off in my head. Years ago, soon after I had returned to FL after almost 7 years in BayArea, CA, that terrible Oakland Fire happened; this sweet man in his 40's who was a friend of my sister and I, DID "go down with his house" as well as his 3 cats and dog whom he was trying to save from his blazing residence there.....he was one of the ones you read about but don't understand who refuse to come out before it's too late to *get* out with saving someone/something their only goal. My sis and his friends had a memorial service for him and his pets at Golden Gate Park soon after. I will never forget him.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I remember that big fire in Oakland and report of the man who died trying\ to save his pets. I was visiting the Bay Area at the time and was glued to the TV watching the news of the fire. Winnie |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
John F. Eldredge wrote:
When I had my house fire in 2002, my cat (Annabel Lee) ran and hid. The fire was far enough along that I had to make the difficult choice of leaving her behind, rather than staying inside and possibly dying with her. This is my biggest fear about fires. Although I said flippantly that "I would probably go down with the house trying to extricate Licky", the truth is, I don't know what I'd do when faced with such a situation. I would never just leave them behind without a moment's thought, but, like you were, I might be forced into doing it. Our own survivial is without doubt our most powerful drive. It's a heartbreaking possibility. In any case, I hope I'll never have to find out! -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message ... When I had my house fire in 2002, my cat (Annabel Lee) ran and hid. The fire was far enough along that I had to make the difficult choice of leaving her behind, rather than staying inside and possibly dying with her. The fire flashed over shortly after I got out of the house, and, had I still been in the house at that point, I would not have survived. While the flame damage was limited to just two rooms, the smoke level was intense enough that, when I went through the house after the fire was out, all of the interior walls were black with soot. Once my house repairs were completed, which took three months, I adopted two new cats, Cinders and Katie. Katie eventually had to be euthanized due to cancer, but Cinders is still doing well. {{{{{John}}}}} You did the only thing you could in the circumstances. One can prepare for that kind of disaster, but until it happens, they can't know what they or their animals will do. I am sure Annabel Lee is waiting for you at the Bridge and fully understands your decisions. I pray that I never have to make the choice you had to. Pam S. |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
When I had my house fire in 2002, my cat (Annabel Lee) ran and hid. The
fire was far enough along that I had to make the difficult choice of leaving her behind, rather than staying inside and possibly dying with her. We had a fire on a floor below us when we lived in a top-floor tenement in Edinburgh. We had to get out because of the smoke; the firemen gave us oxygen on the way down. But by then the cats had vanished. Two days later Mingus (always the bravest one) reappeared in the kitchen, looking round at the mess. We looked where he'd come from and found the other five all piled up behind the washing machine, presumably waiting for him to report back. They were all ok. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
On Aug 9, 12:05*am, hopitus wrote:
On Aug 3, 2:13*pm, Winnie wrote: On Aug 2, 4:21*pm, hopitus wrote: On Aug 2, 1:37 pm, wrote: Magic Mood Jeep ? wrote: *http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396531,00.html Oh, great story, thanks for posting! And I loved the photo - that kitty looked so sweet and devoted to her human, didn't she? One thing I wonder, though. If the woman had the cat in her arms because she was planning to put her outside, and then she smelled smoke so she realized she had to get out immediately, why did the firefighters have to rescue the cat from the house? Why didn't the woman just *bring the cat outside with her*?? I read this sort of story a lot. The person has the cat, they escape from the fire, and somehow, the cat's in the house and has to be rescued? I know, you can't second-guess someone's actions during a fire - a 97 -year-old, no less. And I'm not blaming the woman, I'm just curious as to how that could happen. I always imagine that if my house were on fire, I would probably go down with the house because I'd still be inside trying to dig Licky out from behind some inaccessible place, or something. I sure hope I wouldn't leave them behind! -- Joyce * ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) A bad memory button just went off in my head. Years ago, soon after I had returned to FL after almost 7 years in BayArea, CA, that terrible Oakland Fire happened; this sweet man in his 40's who was a friend of my sister and I, DID "go down with his house" as well as his 3 cats and dog whom he was trying to save from his blazing residence there.....he was one of the ones you read about but don't understand who refuse to come out before it's too late to *get* out with saving someone/something their only goal. My sis and his friends had a memorial service for him and his pets at Golden Gate Park soon after. I will never forget him.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I remember that big fire in Oakland and report of the man who died trying\ to save his pets. I was visiting the Bay Area at the time and was glued to the TV watching the news of the *fire. Winnie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, I heard about him from my sister as I lived in FL then and BayArea tv just gave passing notice to a huge fire on the other side of the country. He was not the only person who died in that fire, just the only one we knew well. We also had friends in those three little isolated towns above and east of Oakland, they told us later the smoke and fear up there were horrific, and that fire fighters and equipment had been called in to ward off it spreading up to them from as far as Sacramento (100 miles east) and San Jose(60 miles south).- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I also remember the smell of eucalyptus in the air as many eucalyptus tress in the Oakland area were burnt. Winnie |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
Winnie wrote:
I also remember the smell of eucalyptus in the air as many eucalyptus tress in the Oakland area were burnt. If there's one thing eucalyptus does well, it burns. Those things are a real fire hazard. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
"Winnie" wrote in message ... I also remember the smell of eucalyptus in the air as many eucalyptus tress in the Oakland area were burnt. Winnie ======================== When we were living near Sacramento, we had a steep hill behind the rental we were in. It was covered with Manzanita brush almost to the top of the hill. That stuff was so full of sap that we were ordered to remove it by the fire department. It had funny purpley red skin and the rings were mixed purples, reds, and sand colors. Really pretty, burned right up. Pam S. |
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97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396531,00.html I'm so glad they both got out safely! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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