Fire, Fire Burning on the 2nd Floor! Oh-oh-oh-oh!!!

So... yesterday afternoon was relatively peaceful and relaxing except when interrupted by the sounds of our building fire alarm going off.  Sarina and I left our apartment in a very calm, cool, collected manner... we even remembered to grab our laptops, purses, and scriptures on our way out!  Yay for getting things that matter!!

The alarm was really loud in our apartment... but outside, it was even LOUDER!!!

When we got outside, we called our apartment's after-hours maintenance line and 911.  And then we wait for the fire department to come!

As we waited, we saw a man run in a towel around the edge of the building, see us... and then turn around and run back...  we now officially call him Towel Boy!  It was pretty funny!

Apparently, a second story apartment on the opposite corner of the building had their sprinklers go off... no real fire... but we got to wait it out outside anyways.  We went for a walk to that side of the building and saw water gushing through the walls of the apartment and through the window of the apartment below.

Here's a little bit of the flooding (this was at the beginning... it got MUCH worse before it stopped):

When the fire department came, they finally shut off the sound and the water sprinkler.  And we got to go back inside.  They were there for about 2 1/2 hours getting the water off and cleaned out.

It was kind of exciting!  Especially since none of our stuff got wet or ruined!