Our water has been frozen since tuesday night, and we tried all sorts
of things to get it thawed. Nothing seemed to be working, so we
brought out our little propane space heater, and put it on the window
beside the blockage.  Dave (DH) went outside to do some snow blowing,
and I was tidying up the kitchen, when I smelled smoke. I ran outside
and yelled at Dave, then went to the heater. It had started to char
the siding! I quickly put snow on it, and yelled for Dave to call 911.
He got the phone, and handed it to me, so I made the call. The
Bridgeport fire chief was here in about 3 to 4 minutes, and he called
for 1 truck and the thermal gun. A second company, South Bay, also
reponded. They took part of the siding off - I told them to do what
they needed to - and found that the only thing that had burned was
about 6 inches of the siding. Phew! Ironically, as they were working
on the fire, our water came back on. Grrrr! They said it probably was
from their pounding on the wall tbat broke the ice free. I wanted to
replace the siding, but not for this reason! Sigh. I was panicking
over getting my crew to safety - I need to get someplace that I can
take them all. Maybe the camper would be the place to do so. Got to
think about that for a while.

Now, time to go settle my nerves!

Mishi