OMG...as if things aren't crazy enough around here...
I had the house to myself this afternoon...Lilly was at her dad's and the kids were all out...so I'm relaxing on the couch when the phone rings. Some lady tells me who she is, but the name doesn't ring any bells, then she tells me that she lives next door to Blake's parents and their garage just EXPLODED!!!!
It had just happened and they didn't know if his parents were home...she said they had been banging on the doors and there was no answer. Well, his parents refuse to get a cell phone so we have no way to get in touch with them
I call Blake at work and get him out of a meeting, then call his sister who hangs up on me. Matt was over there so I called his cell to see if she even heard me, he said they were already in the car...then I ran to get Nick from Kung Fu and we went there too. On the way my brother Mike called, they live in the city where he is a cop and heard the call, so he called to see if we knew...I told him we were on the way but to let them know that Blake's dad is on oxygen and that is where he stores the tanks, empty and full....which now explains the 6 separate explosions!!!
So we are all standing around in the freezing cold, the wind chill is 21 degrees, watching the garage burn. Mike was able to go in back, apparently the siding on the whole back of the house is melted as well as both neighbors garages on the side facing my IL's.
When his parents pulled up they had no idea what was going on, they saw Briana first so she was the one to tell them
Luckily no one was hurt, unless you count the old MG of Blake's brothers that he had stored in their garage.

The fire men said they couldn't even see a car in there, they wanted to know if it was made of plastic
Right now they have no power because the power lines were damaged, but as soon as that is fixed they can at least get back in the house. Except for the melted siding I don't think there was any damage to the house. No one even mentioned if any windows were blown out!
They were very lucky!!
Blake is still over there taking care of things.