Well, it wasn't actually the roof, it was a room on the 3rd floor of my hotel but it was still pretty surreal. Most hotels have those little maps on the back of your room door illustrating where all of the exits are in case of emergency. I never really pay attention but last night I had to. I am staying in Ohio for a tradeshow and around midnight I was woken from my slumber by a fire alarm. The weirdo part of my brain tried to rationalize this, and thought maybe it was some creepy person trying to get the single women to all come out of their rooms and maybe there really wasn't a fire (see, I have such weirdo thoughts sometimes) but then the alarm started blaring in my actual room so it was time to get the eff out. I opened the door and the hotel manager is yelling for everyone to evacuate...and don't take the elevators. I grabbed my purse, laptop, and wool coat. Not even a pair of shoes. Running down the stairs with no shoes & a cold floor really woke me the hell up. The closer I got to the 3rd floor, the more smoke I could smell. Homegirl was sitting in the lobby barefoot, with pj shorts & a Star Wars shirt. I bring the class, let me tell you. The firefighters ran upstairs & put out whatever fire there was, and we were told about 40 minutes later we could go back to our rooms. I've had some pretty strange things happen while traveling, but never an actual fire in a hotel. Has this ever happened to you? What would you grab if there was a fire in your hotel? One things for sure, I am going to need a big cup of coffee today to get me through the show!
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