I had a pretty exciting night last night! At about 10/10:30 last night, my roommate Kim and I heard a loud bang from the bedroom side of our house. I thought it was nothing but then our other 2 roommates came out of their room saying they smelled smoke and something was burning. We walked back to the bedrooms and there was smoke pouring out of all the vents. I turned off the A/C unit and opened the vent where you change the air filter and more smoke came pouring out. So I called 911 and we all got out of the house. Four, count 'em four fire trucks came to our house. About 20 really hot fireman (I had to put that in there because it's true!) came out of the trucks. They were all dressed in the full on fire suits, or whatever they are called, and oxygen tanks. They ran into the house with 2 fire hoses and some ran around to the back of the house. There was also a helicopter circling above our house. They went on to the roof and there was the fire. The A/C unit had caught on fire! They put it out and then they brought out some fans to help air out the smoke. Which was very nice of them. I think the highlight of the night was the fact that Kim was wearing her Twilight "bit me" t-shirt. The fire chief and another fireman came up to her and asked her if she went and changed her shirt before they got there. I couldn't stop laughing. Mainly because, right before the fire chief came up to us, she had said she was embarrassed because of the shirt she was wearing. I told her "Don't worry about it. No one even noticed it." Then the fire chief came up and made his comment.
Then we asked the fire chief if any of the fireman were single and said "Almost all of them are. I'll have them line up for you and you can take your pick." I said "OK!" (come people, I'm going to be 31 soon. I'm not desperate, but I'm also not above anything at this point.)They were all sure nice to look at! :)
The electrician came today and I had him take some pictures of the A/C unit for me because it's on the roof.
