Yep. Also very easy to write when I could be pretty sure if I was given 'a few hours notice' I'd have time to get stuff upstairs or out of the house if it was of sentimental value.
Then I'd go off somewhere and return later and be thankful me and my kids are not dying in some African desert...
I had to stop reading when it came to the bit about her grandmothers walnut veneer cabinet.
Some people just need to deal with things rather than always looking for someone to blame, a bit of water in your house is hardly the end of the world.
And as for the fella who reckons he was swimming...