All was well 'til the gas canister exploded ...

Yanti, our palawan, is now the world's palawan.   Karma will win the day with the others.  

Well done, grasshopper.

WTH, Donkai??  You just can't stay out of trouble, can you?  What's next?

Glad you're okay and able to fight another day.

:D Even marmastraightasarulerdaddy said that. :D

You sure you want to be the only physician around? Can my dogs come?

PS 1 Seriously though, I have the worst sore throat ever. Even worse than when ... well, it's bad. Nasal passages too.

PS 2 Please bring marshmallows and graham crackers. Can't get those here.

well ... wherever you go, there you are.

Thank you and a big snuffaging (tho' I'm the one huffling and snuffling tonight) {{{MELON PRESS}}} to you.

Let me get this right.  The gas can exploded while you were all fighting the fire.  They give medals for valor such as this.  You are more than a thoughtful writer and you are also a person of action and bravery.  You are so many things, Your Yantiness.  I salute you.

TW

Aw T-Geeze ... you may be a piglet but I am an attention hog and you just made me squeeeeeeeal

Yah ... sorry if it wasn't clear, I just kind of jumbled a post together from what I remembered. A gas canister exploded DURING the fire. No one was seriously hurt from that, nor from fighting the fire. It was KA RAZY seeing, and hearing, and feeling a building blow up from the inside, though.

No one is quite sure how it started. Everyone on this island smokes and just flicks butts everywhere, so who knows, or it could have been something completely different.

Just to be clear--it's not that anyone cared so much about the buildings and properties, even though of course it would be good to save them, and in particular perhaps the one that had my stuff in it (ha ha), but it's that this island is a tinderbox with no place for the people on it to go.

Oh, and PAUL, DON'T FREAK OUT ... Stephanie was on the other side of the island when all this was going on. She is safe and sound. Well, actually, I kinda left her at this Irish bar with her diving group, so who knows what else might happen, but I'm pretty sure she's fine.

Yanti next to my wife and mother you are one of the msot inspiring women I know, along with Jen and Helen.

I have wondered what there was to do in your neck of the woods besides pub crawls, now I know.

Went back and took pictures of the carnage today. I thought maybe it was worse in my head than it really was, but I was shocked at how the place looked. Four pretty well burned multi-room structures and one nicely singed one whose roof burned off. I still do not know how we did it, as well as completely watering all the buildings on surrounding properties.

Check out the three thatched bungalows below, just waiting to fry--there were ten of them on the adjacent property on that one side (many other similar structures on the properties on the other sides).

Obviously most of this building caught fire, but those are some HUGE melted water tanks.

Totally sobering. I keep shaking my head every time I look at them. I am very very proud of all of us.

I totally channeled Donkai power to keep going last night. Seriously, I was actually thinking about being a donkey and an ox.

Thank you, Greg!!!

You've done some serious courage self-testing ... it's called the gazillions of really painful hours you've put into pools and water ...

And be careful what you wish for.

I'll try to stay safe, but I think this guy named Murphy has it in for me.

This quote from Stripes reminds me more of you all the time - "…and Lee Harvey! You are a mad man! When you stole that cow…and your friend tried to make it with the cow!….I wanna party with you!"

Seriously - well played Xena!  As for the bystanders, it's one thing to be frozen in shock - some folks just can't deal, but I hope karma comes through for the serious azzhats with a camera in one hand and their colon in the other.

Double

wow. I'm really glad to hear everyone was okay and that it wasn't worse!

Really scary stuff

And where is the Hawt Sexy Fire Chief that you know when all this is going on....oh yeah...he's in Georgia...WTH.

BTW.... He is available for RAPID RELOCATION to Paradise to set up a Fire Dept on a moments notice. He just needs time to pack some shorts and my helmet.....we'll figure out a place to pin on a badge

Glad you are safe and I'm so proud of your dedication to your friends and neighbors.