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Subject:Re: Total loss, RIP
From:Karl Ploessl
Date:Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:50:04 -0500

so sorry. As my neighborhood has a mice infection and I am battling mice
with traps in my apartment, I am always leary of possible electrical fires.

Best of luck, Karl.

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:28 AM, steve meassick <stevem@tdhvac.com> wrote:

> No, the fire was not related to the van.  It probably started with a
> rodent gnawing on electrical in the building.  I did have a blazecut on the
> engine compartment lit, but apparently that was not enough... 😊
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Stacy Schneider
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 10:10 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Total loss, RIP
>
>      Ned
>
>                      Those pictures are telling. Was the fire auto related
> or caused by sometging else? I don't think we all think about proper
> ventilation when parking our cars in a closed area. I don't have a tall
> enough garage to park my Westy or myh truck in, but I do have a proper
> paint cabinet outsidde to keep all the paint and chemicals in.
>                       Bummer about your van, hope your able to bounce back
> and get into another van.
>
>
>
> Stacy
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Ned Savoie <ned@harbourlight.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow, what a drag. That's a lot of memories. Hope you can get back into
> > something soon.
> >
> >
> > Ned
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ned Savoie
> > Creative Director
> >
> > Harbour Light Strategic Marketing
> > Savvy Software, Inc.
> > 621A Islington Street
> > Portsmouth, NH 03801
> >
> > [Telephone] 603.427.2821
> > [Facsimile] 603.427.0938
> > [Mobile] 603.828.2400
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:34 AM, steve meassick <stevem@tdhvac.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This morning our equipment shed burned down with our 87 Westy camper
> > > in it.  It was a total loss.  I had just put it in the shed this
> > > Sunday
> > after
> > > doing a bunch of work on it over the winter.  We had it since new
> > > and
> > had a
> > > lot of great memories and trips in it ranging from the great lakes
> > > to the Southwest to California to Alaska and Canada.  A bunch of
> > > other stuff including tractors and a car we're also destroyed but
> > > this is the only thing I really had an attachment to.
> > >
> > > Here are a couple of photos:
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds48dnghbx9crvs/20180220_114030.jpg?dl=0
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm5soz24iycefqg/2018-02-20%2011.40.40.jpg?
> > > dl=0
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/30vjvuep0o0ri36/2018-02-20%2011.47.53.jpg?
> > > dl=0
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>    1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
>     Oldest son is an Eagle scout.
>

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