There were inches of water when I opened the front door. Parts of the ceiling had collapsed in a mess of wet sheetrock and insulation. The area above the dining room just had this huge sag full of water and I have no idea how it held together that long. A lot of the incoming water was pouring directly onto the dining room table.

The house was partly built into a hillside, so there was a level below the destruction too. That got pretty wet, although the ceiling may not have collapsed there. It was pretty much the worst place for the water line in a freeze, and it did a ton of damage to that house.

If he had been home, he would have had the heat on and nothing would have happened. Really bad timing on his trip and the 'probable 100 year' freeze.