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Images => Life, the Universe & Everything Else => Topic started by: Thomas Stellwag on September 09, 2019, 22:03:28

Title: after the fire
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on September 09, 2019, 22:03:28

the house of friends burned down last week - I do not show pics that might identify the place

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Bent Hjarbo on September 09, 2019, 22:09:59

Very sad :'(

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: MFloyd on September 09, 2019, 22:17:53

Quote from: Bent Hjarbo on September 09, 2019, 22:09:59

Very sad :'(

Agree  :(

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on September 09, 2019, 23:43:59

Really sad... Not so because of value of things lost, but because of sentimental attachment to house, furniture, objects, memories, and such.
My stepmother had her house bombed in Caen in WWII, when she was fifteen, nothing was left. No lives lost but all the family heirlooms (pictures, portraits, letters etc.) were lost. All her life she struggled with the loss of memories of the elders of her family, leaving a "clean slate" to start her adult life...

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Ann on September 09, 2019, 23:58:24

Such a cruel blow.

Although insurance can never replace destroyed historic and personal treasures, hopefully your friends did have insurance so that they can begin to re-build their lives.

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Akira on September 10, 2019, 01:49:42

Sorry about that.  Hope there was at least no human damage.

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Fons Baerken on September 10, 2019, 06:29:09

Devastating experience, well shown!

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: John Geerts on September 10, 2019, 07:18:37

Quote from: Fons Baerken on September 10, 2019, 06:29:09

Devastating experience, well shown!

Yes agree.

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Anthony on September 10, 2019, 10:23:26

Powerful and distressing images.

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Jakov Minić on September 10, 2019, 11:29:36

I am so sorry. It is very sad indeed.

Title: Re: after the fire
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on September 10, 2019, 14:46:01

Bent, Mfloyd, Ann, Akira, Jakov, thanks for looking and replying, nobody was hurt, the house was empty when the fire started and yes they lost a lot of memories and will have a hard next year with insurances and reconstruction
Jacques, this is even a worse story
Fons, Anthony and John thx for commenting. Interestingly you find a lot of colourful motives in this place. I do not want to ask them if I can go for shooting in there for fun - I did it only because they wished me to take some pictures for the insurances, but it would be worthwhile to spend some hours there.