Subtle wake up call

Well, we've discovered an effective way of waking up teenagers (and the whole
household) very quickly. Gratefully, a fire wasn't the cause of our extremely loud and
plentiful smoke detectors screaming at us this morning. But since there wasn't a way
to turn them off and we needed to be sure we weren't missing a problem in the house
we couldn't initially see, we had visitors this morning. And felt a little less silly
when it took them a good chunk of time to discover and remedy the problem.

Boy howdy, we sure are grateful for the four men who showed up for our family this
morning. The issue turned out to be benign, but there is something about knowing good
people are there when you need them. And there is also something about knowing that
if a fire actually happens, we will most definitely know about it. Good grief, the noise.