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06-02-2007, 07:25 AM
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| | Helmswatch's house burned - total loss Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 54  06-02-2007, 07:25 AM
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I was IM'ing with Helmswatch and he sent me a couple of pictures of what remains of their house. He and Irene and animals are okay, but the house and belonging were a total loss. They had just finished a remodeling job, but the fire was not attributed to any of that. The fire was 5/7 and they are staying with a friend.
Of course, being me, I asked if it spread to their shop. Hey, I waited until I knew they and animals were all okay . I'm happy to report that their wwing tools were in a separate building and all survived unharmed.
I've been trying to upload the pictures and sooner or later I'll succeed and add them to this thread.
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06-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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Name: Michael City: Garner State: NC County: Wake Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I think I can squeeze in a little time. |  
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06-03-2007, 01:11 PM
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Yeah I could burn a few vacation days, just need a place to camp out... | |
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06-03-2007, 04:56 PM
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Name: Rick City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Count me in also. | |
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06-03-2007, 07:00 PM
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Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 63 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks for the update Cathy . . . Sorry about his home, but grateful everyone is ok. 
Roger
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06-03-2007, 07:04 PM
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Name: Mike Hall City: Indian Trail State: NC County: Union Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 42 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I'm in for a few weekends.
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06-03-2007, 09:33 PM
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Name: Wayne City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks the info Cathy. So sorry to hear about Duke and Irene's loss!
Glad that they are ok, though!
Wayne
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06-03-2007, 11:40 PM
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Name: Phil Ashley City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 34 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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i'm in for some weekends. got a baby coming in august so after that i'd be out for awhile, but do really want to help out. | |
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06-03-2007, 11:56 PM
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Name: John City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Count me in.
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06-04-2007, 07:22 AM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Count me in. But be warned, I got a PC left-handed circ saw. 
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06-05-2007, 10:53 PM
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Name: Duke City: Aurora State: NC County: Beaufort Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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To all our friend here at North Carolina Woodworker,
Irene and I wish to thank each and everyone of you for your concern and gracious offers to help. For the moment, we are in good hands, staying with our dear friend Donald here in Aurora. We are still in somewhat of a shock. Our home was everything to us. Like the sea, it was our refuge and our sanctuary, where the love of my life and I planned on living out our years and growing old together. We were two days away from completing over a $22,000 remodelling job! We lost everything we owned, with the exception of our woodworking tools, Thank God, and got out with the clothes on our backs, mine being a bit singed around the edges. 
After I made sure that Irene and all of our critters were safely out of harms way, and after I made sure the young family who we sort of "adopted" after they got stuck here in NC, were safe, I went back into the nearly fully engulfed house with my trusty 3/4" garden hose, to do battle with the "beast." Talk about a real bone-head idea! Needless to say, I didn't win that battle and it was not one of my few shining hours!
The community of Aurora has wrapped their arms around us and insured that we all, including our young cpl's children had clothes and toys. We are thankful for people like them and all of you.
Duke & Irene are coming back! They tried to kill me in Nam 3 times and failed. Hurricane Bertha tried to kill Irene and I and failed, although we lost our two boats that we were living on and all of our possessions. And even a couple of my ex-wives have conived, cast spells, and been a general pain in the arse, they failed. As long as Irene and I have each other and friends like all of you and in the town of Aurora, Duke and Irene will be truly blessed. Besides, I never liked the bathrooms in that house anyway.
We will try to post some pix of the ole homestead just to show you not to have Duke plan your next BBQ!
Thank you again, & God Bless You All
Ps. If anyone has experience and/or knowledge about Fire Insurance or how insurance companies operate, pls contact us. They're killing us here. lol
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06-05-2007, 11:11 PM
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Name: City: State: County: | Re: Helmswatch's house burned - total loss
Originally Posted by helmswatch  To all our friend here at North Carolina Woodworker,
Irene and I wish to thank each and everyone of you for your concern and gracious offers to help. For the moment, we are in good hands, staying with our dear friend Donald here in Aurora. We are still in somewhat of a shock. Our home was everything to us. Like the sea, it was our refuge and our sanctuary, where the love of my life and I planned on living out our years and growing old together. We were two days away from completing over a $22,000 remodelling job! We lost everything we owned, with the exception of our woodworking tools, Thank God, and got out with the clothes on our backs, mine being a bit singed around the edges.
After I made sure that Irene and all of our critters were safely out of harms way, and after I made sure the young family who we sort of "adopted" after they got stuck here in NC, were safe, I went back into the nearly fully engulfed house with my trusty 3/4" garden hose, to do battle with the "beast." Talk about a real bone-head idea! Needless to say, I didn't win that battle and it was not one of my few shining hours!
The community of Aurora has wrapped their arms around us and insured that we all, including our young cpl's children had clothes and toys. We are thankful for people like them and all of you.
Duke & Irene are coming back! They tried to kill me in Nam 3 times and failed. Hurricane Bertha tried to kill Irene and I and failed, although we lost our two boats that we were living on and all of our possessions. And even a couple of my ex-wives have conived, cast spells, and been a general pain in the arse, they failed. As long as Irene and I have each other and friends like all of you and in the town of Aurora, Duke and Irene will be truly blessed. Besides, I never liked the bathrooms in that house anyway.
We will try to post some pix of the ole homestead just to show you not to have Duke plan your next BBQ!
Thank you again, & God Bless You All
Ps. If anyone has experience and/or knowledge about Fire Insurance or how insurance companies operate, pls contact us. They're killing us here. lol Duke keep us posted, I would be more than happy to help in any way I can. | |
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06-06-2007, 07:30 AM
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Name: Barbara City: Greensboro State: NC County: Guilford Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Duke & Irene,
Thanks for giving us the update. Sounds like the lemonade stand that is your life is still up and running  Know we care and although I don't know much about insurance, thank goodness, someone here will surely be able to advise you.
Please keep us posted and we'll keep you in our prayers. | |
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06-06-2007, 07:46 AM
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Name: Cathy City: Forest City State: NC County: Rutherford Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 54 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Duke,
Thanks for the update. There are a lot of willing folks to help with a house-raising if it would help. Please keep us posted and let us know if we can help with that or other things to get you guys back up and running.
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06-07-2007, 09:23 AM
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Name: curt City: York State: SC County: York Join Date: Feb 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Hello Duke and Irene,
i am sorry to here about your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I admire your smile despite the pain, Keep smiling! Ill chime in on the house raising and help Any way i can,
curt
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06-07-2007, 03:51 PM
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Name: Duke City: Aurora State: NC County: Beaufort Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Finally, after many failed attempts, we posted pix of our burnt home in our gallery! Irene cried as we did it. Wished I had accomplished the upload last night while she slept.
We took those pix with our new Canon 10.1 MegaPix Rebel XTI. What a camera! And we took out special insurance for it! Anyway, those pix in our gallery can be enlarged quite a bit and it is amazing what it shows. If one looks at the shot where the gun rack is, and enlarges it, you can see the burnt shoulder holster hanging there. Well, it amazed us anyway. 
The insurance adjuster is supposed to have some numbers ready for us tomorrow, so here we go....Round 2!
Again, thank you for all of your support, and remember, if you have a 3/4" garden hose available, you may find that something like a 2" garden hose available is a lot better.
Be Well,
Duke & Irene 
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Last edited by DaveO; 06-07-2007 at 10:23 PM..
Reason: add pics of the d@mn shame
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