Fire in the building

Louis O · « **on:** 19 Aug 2008, 11:05 pm »

Hi everyone,

As you notice I have been a little quiet lately.

Well we had a fire in the building set off by the coffee roasters. No one was hurt thank God and it happened during the day. I didn't get any fire damage, but the Fire department sure used a lot of water. It was Niagara Falls in here and had a lot of water damage.

Looks like new floors and walls etc. I have been dealing with insurance and inspectors and trying to get a schedule to when this work will start. I will have to move everything. Right now I had managed to get the shop running and doing my best to catch up. I will post the schedules of the construction when I know more. I lost a lot of cabs, but saved all the alnicos. Some of the ferrites were actually floating in the water.

All is well and the most important thing was no one was injured.

Thanks,
Louis

Louis O · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Aug 2008, 11:14 pm »

Pretty burnt it happened on a Friday and we call it French Roast Friday as it's always extra cooked. This time they cooked the building.

Thanks,
Louis

el dub · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Aug 2008, 11:39 pm »

Wow.

Glad everyone is OK.

Things can be replaced.

lw

Dmason · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Aug 2008, 11:54 pm »

Sorry to hear, Lou...

sad images of sacred music stuff floating around in water like that

no joke that the hugely positive part is that no one was hurt.

jeangiono · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 12:03 am »

So glad to hear nobody was injured. Best wishes for a quick and complete recovery!

Wm

pbrstreetgang · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 12:51 am »

terrible to hear!!!

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 01:11 am »

Very good to hear everyone's safe.
"Stuff" can be taken care of by insurance companies. But people, that's altogether different.
Best wishes on getting things back to normal real speedy like.

Bob

SET Man · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 01:21 am »

Hey!

Louis, sorry to hear that. At least you and everyone are safe

Didn't know that roasting your own French Roast could be this dangerous

Take care,
Buddy

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 03:26 am »

Sorry to hear of the fire....glad to hear your OK Louis.

Any chance that the coffee company might now move...and give you a break from the caffeine clouds ?

stevenkelby · « **Reply #9 on:** 20 Aug 2008, 11:23 am »

That's terrible news Louis and it's in no way even your fault. At least everyone's ok, you will get back on track.

Duke · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Aug 2008, 05:14 am »

Whoa! I just came across this thread - very sorry for your loss Louis and echo everyone's sentiments that we're really glad no one was hurt. And, glad those Alnico drivers are fine!

I'm sure your customers will be understanding about any delay.

Sounds like French Roast Friday will never be quite the same again...

Duke

Bill Baker · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Aug 2008, 11:44 am »

Wow Louis. Sorry to hear about this. As others have mentioned, material things can be replaced. Dealing with insurance companies is different story.

Keep your head up. It's only a minor set back.

woodsyi · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Aug 2008, 11:51 am »

Sorry to hear about this Louis. I am glad you were able to save all the new hemps. God knows what would've happened if the hemps started burning.

I wish you the best and will be looking forward to a "fire" sale soon.

Alwayswantmore · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 01:51 am »

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, Louis. Hope you are to back to normal ASAP. Best wishes, Kent

Mariusz · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 03:54 am »

Me too.
Most importantly, nobody got hurt.
Glad to see that it did not affected the Omega as the company.
It would be a tragedy.

Cheers
Mariusz

Eadron · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 08:25 am »

As well. Keep up the good work, Louis and thanks for the truly excellent customer support

.

Your Alnico SuperHemps really rocks

!

jouni

Mr Content · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 08:59 am »

Hope you get back on top of things soon

Mr C

jsaliga · « **Reply #17 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 10:04 pm »

Glad you're OK Louis. Hopefully things will get back on track soon.

--Jerome

Adriel · « **Reply #18 on:** 30 Aug 2008, 04:25 am »

Very interesting! I roast coffee myself, for myself and co-workers. I have to stand there the whole time to manually stir, and outdoors, so no chance of fire during roast.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #19 on:** 30 Aug 2008, 04:39 am »

Quote from: Adriel on 30 Aug 2008, 04:25 am

Very interesting! I roast coffee myself, for myself and co-workers. I have to stand there the whole time to manually stir, and outdoors, so no chance of fire during roast.

Louis was not roasting coffee....the coffee business on the lower floor was...

"... I have 3 huge coffee roasters under my shop ".....