Boron Elgar >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>Check with your insurance company about your policy and see if it
>covers smoke damage. There are companies that will come in & clean
>walls, carpets, drapes, upholstered pieces, etc., and get rid of the
>smell.

Yeah, I'm sure it's covered, but we can take care of the surprisingly
little smoke damage. The main floor is just fine. No problem. What
really ****es me off (about myself) is that I had done a million loads of
laundry and stacked it all on a kitchen table I use for folding clean
clothes. I never brought the stuff upstairs and put it away. If I had, I
wouldn't have to re-wash 75% of our clothing. I think what we had was more
fumes than smoke. Visible fumes, but not smoke in the usual sense of the
word. I'm sure some electricity-savvy person will know what I'm talking
about and translate that statement into English.

>And call your MD to be sure you have your meds handy, just it case it
>really gets to you!

My nebulizer is plugged in and ready to be used at a moment's notice, and I
hoard inhalers, so there's at least one in every room of the house, and one
in my jacket pocket. I just took a couple Benadryl, and hope to be
drifting off to la-la land soon. Gotta be up in four hours, though.
American Idol is on. <G>

Both excellent pieces of advice. You're a good egg!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_