It’s not been a great day hours for Mike and Laura Allred. Mike writes;
Just home from Arizona to met by cops.Our house has been broken into. Trashed.Computers gone.Monitors. And won’t know what else til…
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Appreciate all concerned.Teary eyes held high.Only tweeted this cuz won’t have access to emails for a while. Yay 21st Century!
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
It’s just stuff, right?
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Just venting stuck in holding pattern.Very nice to know so many good peopleout there who care.Until we can total all losses…numb.
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Photos on computers seem to be the biggest losses since we’ll likely sadly never see them again.Almost like a fire burning photo albums:(
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Bright side: art untouched (good luck trying to sell if they had taken any). So far only electronics & common replaceable gear taken.
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
As for work…
Good will & happy thoughts are all we need. Main concern is getting next issues of FF in on time.Good timing with @joe_quinones guesting:)
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Funny (kinda) but Laura is mostly concerned about rebuilding all her color swatches.We are literally at square one with ALL computer stuff
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Got a trace on my MAC tower. Laura’s is older and no such luck so far. MADMAN 3D special files lost to wind.Not backed up.Lesson learned
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Laura personally hurt the most with loss of tricked-out custom Mac (could probably launch a rocket).Has to start whole set up from scratch
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
But also Mike seems to have lost his contacts with… well everyone.
@tombrevoort @mattfraction this is my only link to you right now.Lost all contacts in burglary.
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Biggest loss for me is all email contacts and photos on computer. Gonna cost pretty penny & chunk O time to get back on track, but doable:)
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 8, 2013
Here’s a weird request:could everyone whose ever emailed me please email me again soz I can re-connect?I’ve lost almost all my contacts.
— Michael Allred (@AllredMD) March 9, 2013
Ans this is where you might come in. If you know Mike, if you do business with him, it would be a good time to send a missive. Well wishes of course, commiserations, yes, but also how to get in touch with you.

