Fire Truck Monday

"Fire Truck Friday" would have sounded better, but hey. I don't get to choose.

Two weeks ago (on Monday) we were ready to leave the library, waiting for the elevator down. there was another family before us- a mother with a baby in a carriage and a little girl. I was with all the kids, and although we'd fit, it would be somewhat squishy. So I decided to wait.
Soon after they went in, I heard a ringing sound. The library's elevator is prone to breaking, so I immediately suspected that that was the reason for the bell. I asked a librarian if the elevator was working, and she said she didn't know. Nice. Meanwhile, another librarian already heard the bell and ran over to a phone to call 911.
By the time we bumped the carriage down the stairs, we heard sirens and soon enough saw firemen walk into the library. The boys wanted to stay and watch them rescue the people. I was so grateful for my claustrophobia from preventing me from entering the elevator with another family! I mean, they weren't in any danger, but being stuck in a 4' x 5' area is bad enough with one adult, two kids and a carriage... it would be that much more unpleasant with two adults, five kids and two carriages.
Soon enough the firemen were able to get the elevator to come down and the family was freed!

  By Gedalya, age 4.5

Last Monday I entered my bedroom and smelled smoke. It was pretty faint. I looked out the window and saw fire trucks lining our street. What?! I tried to look down the block to see what they were doing, and it seemed they were working around a car. Soon we went outside and a few feet down the block I stopped in my tracks. There was a car... or more like the frame of a car. I'm not sure what happened, but from what I gathered, it started smoking while people were driving, so they pulled over and got out before it burst into flames.
The fire was already out when we got there, but here are some pictures I found online:

 

I was hoping that this Monday there will be no fire truck events... and there weren't. Although, whether there were or not, fire trucks wouldn't be able to get ANYWHERE because our streets aren't plowed! And by that I mean kids are sledding on the streets. Cars can't enter at all. Our government is messed up.