When we got back from Turkey today

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

we discovered that the 2,000 litre fuel tank in our cellar had exploded while we were gone. The cellar and laundry and garage are all under gazole.

*sigh*

I'm not looking for sympathy here, I'm just putting it out there. (okay - I'm looking for a little bit of sympathy....)

cray · Jul 31, 2012

wow.

that truly sucks.

exploded or leaked?

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

Well - fallen over, we think, and then the lids had blown off and it leaked. There must have been a bit of oomph attached because a shelf in the cellar was knocked over from either a boom! or a bit of a shove. Several bottles of Gigondas and half a dozen (recent and pretty inexpensive) chateauneuf de papes all mixed with gazole...

oh, the fumes

mirandashell · Jul 31, 2012

Ouch.

How are you going to clean that up?

amergina · Jul 31, 2012

That really sucks. I hope you can get it cleaned up quickly.

Kerosene · Jul 31, 2012

I know this'll sound bad... But it's over, joke about it.

It sucks that you didn't see it happen.
On the other hand, it's good you weren't there, when it did.

Do we get pics?

Sympathy? The mobile home I rebuilt (1000 hours of work) from the ground up was in a storm, got flooded, flipped on its side because of the winds. Everything was ruined. I know what it feels like to have your home messed/ruined.
I went out the next day, flipped it over with my truck and started to rebuild, once more, the same day.

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

mirandashell said:
Ouch.

How are you going to clean that up?

I have no idea. I called Monsieur-livraison-du-gazole and fell apart in very bad French all over the phone, and he was here with a pump twenty minutes later. He actually said "Oh la! la!" when he saw it, which is the kind of thing I find infinitely cheering, so that was something. He's pumped all the pumpable out, but the place reeks of fumes. Plus there's the laundry.

:flag:

I've just taken a moment to open a bottle of champagne. I think I'll just open the window and watch Amanpour for a while.

I'll sort all the rest out later...

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

WillSauger said:
I know this'll sound bad... But it's over, joke about it.

It sucks that you didn't see it happen.

Do we get pics?

That's adorable. It's not sympathy exactly, but it really is adorable.

That really sucks. I hope you can get it cleaned up quickly.

Thanks, Amergina

Ari Meermans · Jul 31, 2012

Man, that does suck! So sorry.

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

Ari Meermans said:
Man, that does suck! So sorry.

It doesn't suck. It reeks.

Ari Meermans · Jul 31, 2012

Oh yeah, that's right--your Monsieur-livraison-du-gazole sucked it.

Just be careful of the reeking fumes. The fuming reek?

mccardey · Jul 31, 2012

Ari Meermans said:
The fuming reek?

The freakin' room...

amergina · Jul 31, 2012

Can't be too healthy to be breathing that stuff in...

Siri Kirpal · Jul 31, 2012

Sat Nam! (literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

So glad you weren't there for the fun!

Now to shoo the fumes out!

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

mirandashell · Jul 31, 2012

I know I don't need to say this.....

but for lord's sake don't let any smokers in the house!

Jess Haines · Jul 31, 2012

Oh, yikes! Do you have any insurance or anything that will cover cleaning up the mess/replacing any damaged equipment?

regdog · Jul 31, 2012

Sorry

aruna · Jul 31, 2012

There's some stuff here called Febreze....

I'm so sorry. If you need a virtual hug, I'm here.

Shakesbear · Jul 31, 2012

regdog said:
Sorry

Is that an admission of guilt?

Mccardey I hope everything gets sorted soonest.

heyjude · Jul 31, 2012

Oh, poor mccardey!

But how was Turkey?

WildScribe · Jul 31, 2012

Dear lordy, you must be high as a kite right now. LOL

Caitlin Black · Jul 31, 2012

Gah!

I think you know who you need to call. The Ghostbusters!

Seriously, with those backpacks of theirs, they could suck up all the fumes in minutes.

Have you tried waving a running vacuum cleaner around the place?

SWest · Jul 31, 2012

Well aren't you just an adventure on wheels...

I miss travel. But I don't miss the random stuff you come home to.

:Hug2:

Second the smoking ban...and no parading around while banging pots and pans together.

Your insurance company should be able to refer you to someone who does flood/disaster clean up. That'd be where I'd start.

:Hug2:

BigWords · Jul 31, 2012

Cliff Face said:
I think you know who you need to call. The Ghostbusters!

Seriously, with those backpacks of theirs, they could suck up all the fumes in minutes.

And the poltergeist responsible for the mess...

It's a possibility.

Namatu · Aug 1, 2012

Oh no, mccardey!

At least you've got champagne.

:Hug2:

How are the fumes elsewhere in the house? Don't stay in the stink!

For some reason I'm thinking that stuff they put down to clean up vomit would be helpful. That's probably wrong.

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