Learning From Our Fire Drill, by A.F.. The Experience Gave Us an Unwanted but Realistic Opportunity to Test Our Ability to Evacuate.

Learning From Our Fire Drill, by A.F.. The experience gave us an unwanted but realistic opportunity to test our ability to evacuate.

On a January evening earlier this year, I walked around the corner from our kitchen towards the bathroom and smelled smoke. My wife had just returned home from a meeting and I had spent most of the afternoon juicing frozen plums saved from last fall. I ask my wife if there was a wood smoke smell outside when she came in expecting her to confirm that a neighbor either had a fire pit going or that there was a brush pile burning nearby. When she sa…