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...Think of your house as a boat," says Richard Trethewey, the mechanical systems expert for PBS' home-improvement series This Old House. "If all the holes in your house that are letting out air were letting water in, it would sink your boat." (Listen to Trethewey talk about how to improve the energy efficiency of your home on this week's Greencast...
...wait. But first, I left messages for my wife and four children to say goodbye. Then I checked my mail and found this outpouring of support and affection, especially from my colleagues at my firm. I got myself something to eat from the mini-bar - in all I had water, soft drinks, three plums, two biscuits and two small Toblerones in two days. I wasn't scared, really, though I was anxious...
...Then I smelled smoke, and started to worry. I looked out of the peephole, and saw that the atrium looked hazy. I looked out of the window, and didn't see the fire brigade. So I filled the bathtub with water, put a towel under the door and changed into clothes I thought would work best if I had to face a fire. Some time later I went back to the peephole and couldn't see anything. The smoke was unbelievably thick. I thought now I was in serious trouble, and got ready to escape. I took the door...
...didn't sleep much... there was still gunfire and explosions every now and then. By midday on Thursday, there was no internet, and no water. I still had my Blackberry, and all the time it took to answer e-mails kept me busy and emotionally stable. I didn't break down or anything. For some reason, I always knew I'd be fine if I wasn't burnt to death. On the second night there was another fire. There was also a phone call, and I didn't answer as my security agency had warned against it. They said...
...relieved. He said he'd been in the spa when the terrorists came in at 10:30 on Wednesday night and unleashed mayhem. He says they fired indiscriminately, and people took shelter wherever they could. David Jacobs, an Australian, said it wasn't the lack of food and water that worried him most; it was the fire raging right outside his hotel room as the commandos moved closer...