We had the same issue here when we got our first years firewood in. We made the mistake of stacking it outside the backdoor on the ground...almost got buried alive when the stack fell because the logs on the bottom had deteriorated. Lucky for me I forgot my hat and turned around to get it and the pile fell just after I'd stepped back into the house.

We learned our lesson and now always stack the wood in our basement. Of course we've had issues inside as well when someone didn't follow simple directions and stacked in manner that was very unsafe. Thankfully no one was in the basement when it fell over and thankfully it didn't fall towards the basement window. :D

I find that the hardest learned lessons are the ones you never forget so I guess we are smarter now that we've learned our lesson. :D Have an awesome day! :D