Scary

Around 5:15 I was outside watching the kids play basketball when I got a phone call from Peter.  He said "Sorry to call you but there is smoke coming out of the 15th floor over here at Banjingwan and I don't know the numbers to your American friends to let them know."  My immediate response was "What?"  but then I told him I would get a hold of them all.  That was nice of him to think of our friends.

I called Rachel...no answer.  I called Megan...no answer.  I called Andrea and she answered.  I told her I wasn't sure what was going on but just repeated what Peter had told me.  She said ok and she would try to get a hold of the others.  I called Rachel back and she answered this time.  I told her and she said "We were wondering why everyone was looking up this way".  She lives on the 24th floor.  I'm not sure if they saw out their window or if her husband saw the people on the way home.  They went outside.  Got a hold of Megan finally too.  I tried to call Jovi and she didn't answer so I sent her a text.  They checked with the guards and found out all was ok.


Peter said he saw the smoke and went in the store in the building.  He took him outside to show him the smoke and he is the one that called the fire department.  He said there were firemen walking around, and they went in the elevator to check floors, then went back outside, chatted, then started to leave.  Peter said they had someone run over to ask what the deal was because nobody said anything.  No sirens.  No information.  Kind of scary.  As it turned out there was a fire in one of the apartments that was being remodeled.  The workers put the fire out but opened the window to get the smoke out.  It turned out to be no big deal thank goodness. 

Trying to figure out what to do.  Not a good sign.