- Jan 15, 2001
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i took a small nap in my room at my parents house (everyone was gone but me) and i was woken up by my own coughing and gagging. my room was absolutely FILLED with smoke.
i woke up in seriously zero time, fully aware of the situation and trying to figure out what to do about it. i did a quick scan of my room and noticed smoke coming out of the vents and under the door.
small background story - i burned half of the house down when i was 8 and ever since then my whole family cracks jokes about me being a pyro.
back to this topic - i thought to myself "omg its happening again". i frantically ran around the house looking for the cause of the fire (the entire house was filled with smoke by now) but i couldnt find anything. 2 doors were locked so i touched the doorknobs, neither was hot, and then i busted them down. still nothing.
i ran to the pull-down stairs for the attic and took a peek up there - still no fire. i ran down to the crawl space and again found nothing. now i was like WTF? my house is filled with smoke and i cant find where its coming from.
now for all of you who have never experienced anything like that, your blood pressure and heart rate skyrocket and you basically go numb because you are so freaked out. i stubbed my toe on the fridge while i was running through the kitchen and didnt even notice it until later. its one of those feelings you cant understand unless you are in the situation.
after i was sure nothing was on fire inside, i went outside and looked around. then i noticed an air conditioning truck in the driveway. i went around back to the a/c unit and a guy was working on it. he said the heat exchanger puts out a lot of smoke the first time you use it.
ok everyone all at once - HUGE sigh of relief.
i woke up in seriously zero time, fully aware of the situation and trying to figure out what to do about it. i did a quick scan of my room and noticed smoke coming out of the vents and under the door.
small background story - i burned half of the house down when i was 8 and ever since then my whole family cracks jokes about me being a pyro.
back to this topic - i thought to myself "omg its happening again". i frantically ran around the house looking for the cause of the fire (the entire house was filled with smoke by now) but i couldnt find anything. 2 doors were locked so i touched the doorknobs, neither was hot, and then i busted them down. still nothing.
i ran to the pull-down stairs for the attic and took a peek up there - still no fire. i ran down to the crawl space and again found nothing. now i was like WTF? my house is filled with smoke and i cant find where its coming from.
now for all of you who have never experienced anything like that, your blood pressure and heart rate skyrocket and you basically go numb because you are so freaked out. i stubbed my toe on the fridge while i was running through the kitchen and didnt even notice it until later. its one of those feelings you cant understand unless you are in the situation.
after i was sure nothing was on fire inside, i went outside and looked around. then i noticed an air conditioning truck in the driveway. i went around back to the a/c unit and a guy was working on it. he said the heat exchanger puts out a lot of smoke the first time you use it.
ok everyone all at once - HUGE sigh of relief.
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