strange, strange, world.
So it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm heading to wal-mart, which I'm not proud of but it's the only place to buy a vacuum cleaner at that hour. a couple blocks away I notice a odd light in the back of a pick-up...which turns out to be the gas tank of a lawnmower lit on fire! weird... It's no inferno or anything so I ring the doorbell to let the people know -this of course doesn't work as they sleep through repeated ringing. I give up and call 911 'cause I can't just leave it(there's a pile of newspapers in the truck too, not far from the flaming lawnmower). I tell the lady that its no emergency, nothing big...and of course they send two fire trucks with sirens going. I explain whats going on and one fireman goes to look at it, then blows the damn flame out like a birthday candle.
I feel like a moron.
7am rolls around and I get a call from the fire department. Turns out what I saw was one of three arson attacks on that block. As the firemen drove off they found one truck that was unsavable and a car that they managed to salvage with just a scorch mark on the seat. I wasn't such a moron afterall.
So it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm heading to wal-mart, which I'm not proud of but it's the only place to buy a vacuum cleaner at that hour. a couple blocks away I notice a odd light in the back of a pick-up...which turns out to be the gas tank of a lawnmower lit on fire! weird... It's no inferno or anything so I ring the doorbell to let the people know -this of course doesn't work as they sleep through repeated ringing. I give up and call 911 'cause I can't just leave it(there's a pile of newspapers in the truck too, not far from the flaming lawnmower). I tell the lady that its no emergency, nothing big...and of course they send two fire trucks with sirens going. I explain whats going on and one fireman goes to look at it, then blows the damn flame out like a birthday candle.
I feel like a moron.
7am rolls around and I get a call from the fire department. Turns out what I saw was one of three arson attacks on that block. As the firemen drove off they found one truck that was unsavable and a car that they managed to salvage with just a scorch mark on the seat. I wasn't such a moron afterall.
And might I ask, WHY were you going out to buy a vacuum cleaner at that time of night?
That's so funny, and somewhat disturbing at the same time.
Yay for doing your civic duty!