MILL CREEK STORIES 10 Lessons A house fire can change some perspectives on things. by Molly Dugger Brennan The smoke detectors started screaming at 2:20 a.m. Usually when my smoke detectors go off, it means that dinner is ready. Not this time. My husband and I stumble through the house trying to figure out why the smoke detectors are blaring. I know we're groggy but we didn't smell or see anything wrong. First Lesson: Trust your smoke detectors. Eventually, I noticed that the living room baseboard puffed wisps of 16 BlueRidgeCountry.com smoke. It was just a delicate sigh of smoke, hardly noticeable and in my sleepy haze I just stood there, wondering why baseboards would take up smoking. Turned out the outer wall was far more committed to fire and smoke and we were in some serious trouble. Second Lesson: Bad things happen when you are least prepared to cope. There you are, all cozy in a Nyquil-induced dream, severely underdressed, and thrown into ahttp://www.BlueRidgeCountry.com