Shiver my timbers!

HH emerged cautiously from his hole to check whether the ceiling's really about to cave in....

Roofless in Teresópolis. Well, there's still half a roof, on the other side, all gleaming new tiles. It had better not rain till they replace this side.

Seems we're lucky the house didn't burn down some time ago - the timbers were charred in two or three places, where they had come up against bare electric wire. Hmm, wonder what our Rio roof wiring is like.