the intrepid lineman
The West Coast continues under a long stretch of unusually cold and inclement weather. Gold Beach had yet another round of snow down to the beach, soon melted away by a nasty cold rain.
Saturday afternoon, lightning struck VERY close to the house. A simultaneous terrible BOOM sent me leaping 2 feet off my chair with a yelp while Tidda ran into the corner to hide. I had been editing a video on the computer and all power suddenly went out. It was a frightening moment!
Over the next several hours, a crew of power workers investigated and had to replace two transformers, all under terrible conditions of wind and pelting hail, and on a Saturday. I felt so thankful for them doing that hard and dangerous work out there.
Once electricity (and heat!) was restored, it turned out my modem had not survived, despite being plugged into a surge protector. Three long days I had to live without Internet connection (and it's embarrassing to admit how difficult that was!) before yet another intrepid worker finally arrived and spent hours climbing up around the house on a ladder in more hail and rain, fixing multiple issues.
This kind of work deserves a lot of respect - and often takes place in really difficult conditions!
the intrepid lineman
The West Coast continues under a long stretch of unusually cold and inclement weather. Gold Beach had yet another round of snow down to the beach, soon melted away by a nasty cold rain.
Saturday afternoon, lightning struck VERY close to the house. A simultaneous terrible BOOM sent me leaping 2 feet off my chair with a yelp while Tidda ran into the corner to hide. I had been editing a video on the computer and all power suddenly went out. It was a frightening moment!
Over the next several hours, a crew of power workers investigated and had to replace two transformers, all under terrible conditions of wind and pelting hail, and on a Saturday. I felt so thankful for them doing that hard and dangerous work out there.
Once electricity (and heat!) was restored, it turned out my modem had not survived, despite being plugged into a surge protector. Three long days I had to live without Internet connection (and it's embarrassing to admit how difficult that was!) before yet another intrepid worker finally arrived and spent hours climbing up around the house on a ladder in more hail and rain, fixing multiple issues.
This kind of work deserves a lot of respect - and often takes place in really difficult conditions!