"All I could see were flames coming from my old studio and the roof of the building was completely gutted and I could see right through, " she said.
First, unlike a Targa of old, where the roof was either on, or living in your garage (bummer if a sudden thunderstorm arises when you're 50 miles from home), this little number can handle any weather and, it seems, any speed.
Downstairs is a large candlelit Valhalla, like something out of an old Bavarian castle, and the roof has a small bar and big views of the Manhattan skyline across the East River.
In a village a little further down the mountain I come across 77-year-old Masanori Sato, standing on the roof of his house, shovelling snow.
From Frenchglen, keep heading south to the still smaller town of Andrews (pop. 0), where a century-old barn outside of town is missing its roof.
Police were still investigating why Casmine Aska, 17 years old, allegedly threw Freddy Martin off the roof at 1545 Nelson Ave. in the Morris Heights neighborhood.
Just hours after the tour wrapped up, on Wednesday night, a 23-year-old male employee jumped to his death from the roof of his residence hall.
Further on, I find 75-year-old Yae Nomura and her husband shovelling snow off their roof.
The idea that agriculture and drugs can live under one roof has failed for names ranging from the old Monsanto to Aventis.
Her mother would have been horrified to find her there, imperilled on the roof, as she had been in the old days.
The McDonald's on NASA Road One, just down the street from the Saturn Lane gate of the Johnson Space Center, featured a giant fiberglass astronaut floating out from the roof in the posture of one of the old Gemini spacewalkers, holding an order of fries in his outstretched left hand.
By converting a five-storey "tong lau" -- an old Chinese building -- with solar panels, a turfed roof and energy efficient appliances, Khan also is keen to emphasize that his eco-friendly flat is as much about preserving the old and a sense of heritage as it is about being green.
In Tennessee, a 47-year-old man died early Wednesday when high winds toppled a tree onto a roof in Nashville, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said.
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But an old green Volkswagen Beetle inches past the plaza, a loudspeaker roaring scratchily from its roof.
Mr Mukerji oversees this progress from his office in Patna's spotless old collectorate building, which has outsourced its upkeep to a company called All Services Under 1 Roof.
The work at Delapre Abbey will include roof improvements to prevent leaks, which have damaged the inside of the 850-year-old landmark.
Huddled under a mattress in their hallway, they prayed the tornado would not pull the roof off and suck them away, said Ms. Ozuna, a 36-year-old hairdresser.
From the upper floors, a programmer could see, in the distance, the pagoda roof of the main hall of Tofuku-ji, an eight-hundred-year-old Zen temple, rising over the trees at the edge of town.
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