DCB

This happened last night in Central Florida.
>
> Bill Bridges
>
> SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- It took firefighters from three different
> counties
> to put out a house fire in a remote section of Seminole County after they
> ran
> out of water. The homeowner was left to go through hundreds of thousands
> of
> dollars in uninsured damage.
>
> It took Terry Warburton decades to build a successful international
> business
> manufacturing trumpet parts, but an overnight blaze leveled his
> livelihood.
>
> "It's so bad," Warburton said, tossing aside damaged equipment.
> Warburton spent Wednesday morning looking for anything he could salvage of
> the building that housed his home and his factory, but the news kept
> getting
> worse.
> "My mother and father's urns, I could live losing everything else except
> then," Warburton said.
> A few hours earlier, Warburton watched as the inferno consumed everything
> he
> had worked so hard to attain, all of it after, he thinks, a malfunctioning
> air conditioner caught fire overnight.
> Firefighters from five different departments could do little to save
> anything, thanks to a lack of municipal water service in the rural Black
> Hammock
> area north of Oviedo.
> "They trade some of the luxuries of an urban lifestyle to living in a
> rural
> area. So it's just an accepted risk for most, I think," said Battalion
> Chief
> Dennis Miller, Seminole County Fire Rescue.
> Warburton estimates his business lost three quarters of a million dollars
> in
> merchandise and equipment, which was paid off and not insured. But this
> isn't
> the first time he's had nothing.
> In 1980, Warburton started his business with a machine and tools that are
> the only things that survived, and he has every intention to put them to
> use
> when he goes back to work.
> "It'll be less than a month and I'll be manufacturing again. Do a follow
> up
> story. Trust me, I'll do it," he said.
> According to the State Fire Marshal's Office, because the house simply
> burned to the ground there isn't enough evidence to find a specific cause,
> but
> they have ruled it accidental.
> No one was injured.

http://www.wftv.com/news/4664284/detail.html#

Lets pray for Terry, his family and fellow workers (KT).

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trumpet blower88

What a sad story. I'm glad to see he can still keep such a positive attitude about it though. I think if i we're him I'd probably just give up and go to work for another company.

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Warning, my rare ethics lesson ahead:


Seeing Warburton's factory burn down has partially led me to switch back to the Warburton 3XD top I was playing on and order the 9* backbore I've wanted to try once my paychecks aren't going into repairs on my truck. If any of you have just felt the itch to try a Warburton, now is the time to do it because Terry and company could use your business!


[edit: hey, I just noticed this was post 200 without even trying! ]

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DCB

Everyone can also help by buying some of there new valve oil... it is supposed to be amazing. I bought a 3 pack. There is also a way to donate directly to Terry.
http://www.warburton-usa.com/

Peace

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John 14:6
Kanstul/ Najoom French Besson
Holton Collegiate
Conn 80A
Amati flugelhorn