More Than 600 Books Were Burnt From My Personal Library!
By AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
India
February 13, 2018 8:19am CST
Six months back unfortunately it was observed that termites have badly infested our show cases.
Most of the books were practically converted into muddy dwellings of theirs. The covers were intact and from inside the books were eaten by them.Some completely and some partly.
Since the termites were still living I had to burn all the infested books and had to treat the Show case with Anti termite medicine.
They were more than 600 Books pertaining to my subjects and some of them were purchased from abroad.
Thanks today on Libraries are at our disposal and I can refer the things from that Library. However subjecting the Text books which were my saviors, friends and guide was too painful.
Have you ever had such a bad experience with termites? 
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
13 Feb 18
Oh no...sorry to know about it....yes the termites attack the paper or cellulose material that is infested with fungus and the water entered must have created the favorable conditions for them dear @LadyDuck ! Thanks for responding and understanding my egony! God bless! 
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
13 Feb 18
@AKRao24 We also had an accident and many of our books were destroyed. We had stored the boxes with our book in a self storage when we moved from France to Switzerland. The fire system broke and thousand of gallons of water entered our storage flooding all the boxes on the ground.
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
10 Apr 18
No, have never dealt with this issue, and hope to never have too. This does not sound that Fun
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
10 Apr 18
It is not a fun , but a big pain in neck! The termites never give any hint about their presence! We only come to know about them only once they have ruined our belongings! Thanks @KrauseHome !
@snowy22315 (182223)
• United States
4 Apr 18
I haven't I hope I don't have them.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
5 Apr 18
It is better thing not to have them! They not only ruin the things but never let you know when they did that...we only come to know about their destruction when everything is finished! Thanks a lot dear @snowy22315!
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
13 Feb 18
I'm very sorry to hear that as books are very precious. Thankfully, I have never had a problem with termites. In one place, I did have a problem with cockroaches and was glad to move out of there without bringing any with me. I had to pack everything very carefully.
Another place we had problem with mice and one night they even bit my brother.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
15 Feb 18
Yes, I felt very bad to burn about half of my personal library...Cockroaches are another nuisance makers. Rats are unwanted intruders in our home and we hardly can do anything as they are present in abundance on the farm, They get well balance nourishment and very cosy places to stay on the farm! Thanks dear @1hopefulman !
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
15 Feb 18
Thanks, indeed, but then it was a cruel act of the nature against me dear @1hopefulman! Thanks!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Feb 18
@AKRao24 I have a few books these days but treasure every one of them. Nature is not always kind.
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@allknowing (137822)
• India
14 Feb 18
That must have been a sad day for you. Not easy to see your books going up in flames. Hope the Internet will help you get what your books provided.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
15 Feb 18
That is only the saving grace left for me dear @allknowing , luckily today we have some very good online libraries where we can have access to many new text books also! Thanks a lot for your sympathetic understanding! Have a nice time!
@kareemadivina (1230)
• Philippines
13 Feb 18
You have a big collection of books.I felt sorry that you have to burn all that.I have a bad experience with termites.They have destroyed my wooden cabinets.I wish I know the way to eradicate them.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
13 Feb 18
I haved some precious books which by the grace of God got saved! I think the costly books have the paper treated against termites dear friend @kareemadivina! Thanks!
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
15 Feb 18
Oh yes dear books are companions, friends, guides in the need of crisis! They become very important for persons like me who are in medical field as we need to refer them from time to time! I really felt very bad to burn those things but there was no go left! Thanks a lot for expressing your sympathy! God bless!
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