Think You're Having a Bad Day?

...at least your dog didn't set your house on fire...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30817761?GT1=43001

Readers' digest version:
BELLEVUE, Wash. - In science class we all learned how a magnifying glass can concentrate sunlight and start a fire. Fire investigators believe a sunlight shining through glass bowl full of water may have done the same thing. The back of a Bellevue home is in charred ruins after a bizarre fire Sunday afternoon, when the temperatures were in the 70's. Firefighters could trace the origin to one particular spot on the back deck. "Investigators were able to narrow it down to one spot," said Lt. Eric Keenan with the Bellevue Fire Department. "But when they looked over that one spot, there's no electrical devices, nothing that would lead to an obvious cause." The only thing sitting there was a glass dog bowl, full of water sitting on a wire rack on the wooden deck.

My favorite statement of the whole article: "It's so unusual, it's really not reasonable to ask people to change their behaviors. If this was the cause it was just a really weird set of circumstances."

No, we wouldn't want those owners to change their behaviors....and put the dog bowl in a shaded place so their pet wouldn't have to drink what was sure to be scalding water!!