I hate that i have to do this but i need help...

[Mowerr]

House fire, organized by Robin Pettit

Hi my name is Mandi. I am Robin and Mike’s daughter. My parents home went up in flames at 1:16am this morning… Robin Pettit needs your support for House fire

gofund.me

Long story short...
Thursday night, roughly 4am-(10/14 technically) I woke to my father in law smashing out my bedroom window. His trailer I was renting was on fire so bad there was no way to save it. There was barely enough time to get out. In bed was me, my girl and our dog, but I couldn't see my 2 cats.
I got my girl and dog out the window and made an attempt to get my cats. I can't even explain the sight I saw when I left that room looking for them.....everything was on fire. The Window breaking fanned the flames, so now the fire is moving my way, very fast. There was just nowhere to go but out that Window. I turn around and can't even see the window now and for a brief moment i thought i made a grave mistake...but I eventually found it and got out of that place uninjured.
So it's a total loss. I'm glad we got out but all I can think about is my cats. It took me 2 days of non stop searching to find both of them buried under sheet rock and debris. I do cat rescues and I never meet a cat I couldn't rescue until that night.
A couple weeks before this we realized our smoke detectors needed batteries. I never got those batteries that I'm sure would have saved their lives, and maybe even the house and all our belongings. I had always thought about being a fire fighter, bc I thought I was clutch or "good in the heat of battle", maybe even fearless. I always thought I could save them from anything. I would die for them. I thought I was tough. But that night I was none of those things.
My father in law had to recently cancel his homeowners insurance due to financial issues. I really hate that I gotta make this post bc it's just so hard for me to care about money, our home and any of the things we lost. All I can think about is my cats last moments and how I had always told them I would take care of them no matter what, from the day I found them 10 years ago- 3 weeks old, at work on a lot clearing job till that night.
Everybody please do me a favor and make sure your home is insured and that your smoke detectors are working properly.
Sincerely
Nate.

 

[Mowerr]

I also have a venmo account @treemower
We highly appreciate any donations but more importantly if any of you have been through something like this in your life, I'd really appreciate just someone to talk to bc I'm struggling. I thought i had been through it all but this tops everything so pls pm me.
Thank you and have a good day
Be safe.
Nate

 

[Reach]

Wow, that’s terrible! I’m glad to hear all the people survived, that’s all that really, truly matters. Losing your cats is hard, and will be hard to work through, but try to think about the ten good years of life you gave them, years they would not have had if you had not rescued them.

 

[Serf Life]

Venmo’d. Sorry bud, that’s a brutal and traumatic experience. It’ll hit you in stages, in my experience, as you and your nervous system processes it. I suck at it but shed some tears, and allow grief.

 

[VenasNursery]

So sorry for your loss so sad.
Keep your head up it will get better and good luck from this point on!

 

[evo]

Hit me up to talk, can’t relate to a house fire but I know the vulnerability of loss.
Can’t do much with funds but will get sumthin to you in the next few weeks.

This will come in layers for you, give yourself some space to process each as they come.

 

[Brocky]

Are you able to work, was your tree gear destroyed also?

 

[Mowerr]

I did lose a bunch of gear but luckily I had a cple ropes and enough stuff in my car to keep working.
People tell me that gofundme takes a bunch of the money or somethin so I just made a cash app and PayPal if anybody would rather do that.
My cash app is @treemowerr
My pay pal is @nathancyphers
I cannot thank all of you enough man. You guys are just awesome. I can't even come up with words to express how much it means to us and I do plan on getting in touch with yall soon. We just got a dumpster so we are going hard today to demo/clean up this mess so we can then make plans to build.
From me and the Pettit family- thank you!!!!

 

[Dan Cobb]

So sorry about the loss of your cats! Glad everyone else made it out.

Please make getting renters insurance a priority. Average cost in NY is only $150/yr (at least according to one online source.) Even if your father had the trailer insured, I doubt it would have covered your contents since you were renting.

 

[Mowerr]

I also have a venmo account @treemower
We highly appreciate any donations but more importantly if any of you have been through something like this in your life, I'd really appreciate just someone to talk to bc I'm struggling. I thought i had been through it all but this tops everything so pls pm me.
Thank you and have a good day
Be safe.
Nate

 

[Mowerr]

No words...

 

[Mowerr]

The living room and kitchen were already gone by the time we were jolted awake to shattering windows

 

[evo]

Shit man, I got no words for you.. I’m sorry and wish I were there to roll up my sleeves and help.

 

[XTREEC]

Glad you got out ok! Sorry that you have to go through so much.

 

[chiselbit]

I did lose a bunch of gear but luckily I had a cple ropes and enough stuff in my car to keep working.
People tell me that gofundme takes a bunch of the money or somethin so I just made a cash app and PayPal if anybody would rather do that.
My cash app is @treemowerr
My pay pal is @nathancyphers
I cannot thank all of you enough man. You guys are just awesome. I can't even come up with words to express how much it means to us and I do plan on getting in touch with yall soon. We just got a dumpster so we are going hard today to demo/clean up this mess so we can then make plans to build.
From me and the Pettit family- thank you!!!!

Hey mowerr, sorry to hear of your loss. PayPal can’t find you. I tried adding “@gmail.com” and “.com”
No luck. Is there more to your PayPal user name than what you show in the post I’m replying to?

 

[Mowerr]

Natecyph1@aol.com
I'm sorry, that's the email I use to login.. all these different platforms get me mixed up, so maybe that's what I share for PayPal? My login email?

 

[Mowerr]

Paypal.me/mowerr

 

[chiselbit]

Natecyph1@aol.com
I'm sorry, that's the email I use to login.. all these different platforms get me mixed up, so maybe that's what I share for PayPal? My login email?

This one worked.
The other one: (paypal.me/mowerr) did not work.

 

[RogerM]

thought I was clutch or "good in the heat of battle", maybe even fearless. I always thought I could save them from anything. I would die for them. I thought I was tough. But that night I was none of those things.

That really hit home, I paused when I read it. I think most of us are wired to think like that. Family and pets(family), we will do anything, no questions asked. The heat the smoke... I cannot imagine. Thank you for being so honest about your experience. Your a strong man and have a good family. You will get through this.

 

[Steve Connally]

So sorry to hear this. I' certainly available to talk. After 25 years in the fire department I've seen your story all too many times. One of my firefighters was involved in a terrible fire. His wife was burned, their friends who they were staying with lost their 2 sons as they were trying to save my guys kids. I spent a lot of time with him and his family after that. Couple trips to the burn unit at UNC where his wife was being treated. Fire is a terrible loss. Absolutely devastating. At the end of the day you heroically did your absolute best. That's all we can do and the work is coming to terms with that and finding peace. I've suffered my share of personal loss and helpless loss on the job. It's a shit situation but I'm glad you're still here to write this.