tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post7916847452774978722..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Burning QuestionsSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-58250083075260728972007-05-01T21:27:00.000-07:002007-05-01T21:27:00.000-07:00Yikes! I'm on it.Yikes! I'm on it.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-35594234106235835942007-05-01T16:27:00.000-07:002007-05-01T16:27:00.000-07:00Yes--get renter's insurance! It's cheap (20% or le...Yes--get renter's insurance! It's cheap (20% or less of what it would take to replace your computer), and while in grad school I've known 2 people whose apartments have burned down--here, in the rainy East!--and at least two more who've been thoroughly burgled.<BR/><BR/>About 9 years ago I witnessed a fire in the house next door to me. It turned out not to be too bad, but I vividly remember a woman leaning out of an upstairs window in her nightdress, with the glow of flames behind her. She was shouting to the firefighters for help. The sound of her voice stayed with me for days--it wasn't a scream; it wasn't like anything I'd ever heard before. A bellow, a howl. It was clear to me, watching her (at 3 am from my bedroom window, terrified) that she thought that she had a good chance of dying.<BR/><BR/>(Not to scare you or anything. And hey, everyone was okay--the fire only affected the garage.)heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.com