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Friends of Pond Boss - Bob and Debbie's home burned to the ground today. Please lift up their family in your prayers over the next several weeks. They lost all their possessions, but everyone escaped unharmed.
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Our thoughts are with you and your family
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Man, I hate to hear that. God Speed.
If wishes were horses, dreamers would ride. I must admit that I am not a fan of the Catfish 
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Wow. That hit like a ton of bricks.
Best wishes your way.
Hey Moe, I'm trying to think but nuthin's happening!
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In addition to our prayers please let the forum members know how we can help !!!!
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I'll help. 
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Right now, the only way I know to help is with our prayers. It is still fresh and they are realing with pain and uncertainties. As Bob so eloquently said in his recent magazine editorial, "and for more than one million displaced citizens, keep them in your prayers and do what you can to help." Make that one million and four.
from Bob's little sister, LOVE YOU BOB, DEBBIE, ASHLEY and TAYLOR!
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Bob and Debbie, Please let us know what we can do.
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Subscribe to Pond Boss MagazineFrom Bob Lusk: Dr. Dave Willis passed away January 13, 2014. He continues to be a key part of our Pond Boss family...and always will be.
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Plese keep us posted on what we can do as I know you will, and realize the countless thoughts and prayers that are with you from your PondBoss Family.Ted
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Thank God everyone is allright!! Please keep us informed if there is anything we can do.
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Thank God no one was hurt. We're here for Bob and Debbie if they need anything.
Keep us posted Lisa.
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Our thoughts and Prayers are with him and his family as they go through this difficult time.
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1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY
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Ditto
Sorry for being so ignorant but which Bob is this? Bob and Debbie doesn't ring a bell for me. Bob Lusk? Bob who?
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Our prayers certainly with Bob and family and our offer to help in any way we can.
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Cecil, it's Lusk. I just got off the phone with Cathy. She is the person at PB who answers the phone and does a bunch of the work to keep things happening. I asked her to call me if there was anything we could do to help. She has all of my numbers and will convey to Lusk our concern and wishes to help.
They believe it was an electrical fire that started in the attic. Bob was not home but his wife Debbie, a daughter and granddaughter were there. They got out OK. They had purchased an existing home and had done a lot of remodeling. That may or may not have been a contributing factor but even speculation of the cause is premature.
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I am still the fingerling here on board (do not know many of you), but none the less I want to express my heartfelt wishes for Godspeed with Bob's ordeal. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. Please let us know if we can help in ANY way!
Deb
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LORD we Praise you and give you thanks LORD and Lift you up at this time!!! LORD we ask for your HELP in this time of NEED in this Dear family's life LORD. We ask that you would ease the pain of there lost at this time. LORD at Devestating times like this it is hard to come up with the words to pray....LORD we ask that some how or some way that you would replace what they lost. Bob is a dear friend of ours LORd and we ask for your AWSOME hand of Blessing at this time....We ask this in mighty name of JESUS....amen!!
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When I first saw this thread appear on the forum last night, all I could think was that I hoped it was inaccurate. I know other members were on-line too, and maybe thinking the same thing.
Ditto what everyone else said; However we can help...
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Well folks, it's true. Our lovely home, stately Lusk Lodge on the shores of Lake Debbie is a pile of rubble. Burned to the ground. The Princess Debbie was home with grandson Nolan and daughter Ashley (home sick from school.) Debbie heard a loud pop near an upstairs window, saw smoke, quickly collected the children, called 911 and fled, then called me at the office. I rushed out there, beat the fire department. I thought they could save it, but it was not to be. We think it was electrical, nothing to do with our remodeling. Here's a news link, for anyone who wants to read the story or watch news video. Thanks for your prayers and continued prayers. We will assess, make a game plan and go at it again. Are we disappointed? Sure, but everything happens for a reason. We won't be denied, it's not our nature. We will rebuild, on that site, right where it should be. Here's the link..... Family watches as Fire Destroys Home http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?s=4092616 Here's an interesting thing...8 fire departments responded, and they pumped water from the Lake Debbie, a 3/4 acre pond. The pond dropped 6 inches in three hours of pumping. That means they used approximately 125,000 gallons of water on the fire. I counted 62 firefighters and twelve pieces of equipment. They did an amazing job.
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I am so sorry to hear this, Bob, but so very glad everyone got out OK.
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Lusk family.May your rebuilding efforts be blessed.I saw the video and interview and certainly admire their resolve.
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Sorry to hear this for anyone who ever it would be. Glad you all are O.K. and you can always rebuilt. Of course it's easy for me to say this.
God Bless.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Hopefully they have a good home insurance policy. After the shock wears off the first aspect of their coverage that will be handy is the additional living expense coverage which will handle all additional living expenses. That anything over and above their normal living expenses. It will pay for the rental of a suitable home while their old home is being rebuilt. For the time being hopefully they can find a nice place to recuperate from such a devastating situation. Main thing is they are all OK.
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The video is gripping.
For you, Bob, the video clearly shows that you are a rock and a pillar, already thinking forward and moving straight ahead.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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