Alright, you requested more entries, and you got 'em! You'll probably regret saying that as I barely have enough things to say for a weekly entry! You'll soon discover how boring my life is. I'm really digging to find stuff. Okay, below are the pictures I promised. The white, bottom thing is the extension chord outlet, the orange thing is the converter thing because the end of my space heaters chord has three prongs and my extension chord only takes two-pronged gadgets. So there's a lot going on here. I'm throwing all of them away.
If you look closely, you'll see where the paper was starting to burn, and where I ripped it off (paper is stuck to the orange thing). And also, there is writing/ ink from the papers that melted onto the white extension chord. You'll see the word "which" written backwards, as well as something else I'm not patient enough to figure out.
In the picture below that, you'll see how the carpet that the chords were lying on was starting to burn. The pattern of the carpet is burnt into the side of the chords.
My sister read her space heater box more clearly, and it says not to use extension chords with it! So that was our problem. Moral of the story: read the directions!!
You're lucky that your house is still standing! It's scary to think about what could have happened had you not been home to catch it. Makes me want to unplug my x-mas lights right now!
ReplyDeleteYeah, seriously, Kara. Oh, your lights will probably be fine... space heaters are their own animal!
ReplyDeleteAs mother bear would have it, if you must use space heaters or xmas lights, DO NOT leave them on while you are gone!
ReplyDeleteBooga: Mother Bear is always right! Yeah, you probably gave her better advice : )
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