Power went off while I was reading PDML (so at least I got that T-Bird).
Usually when the power goes off I know exactly which pole to go to so I can check if the fusee is tripped. Not this time. Got up there & could see other circuits were out as well. Half of downtown Raleigh appeared to be out.
Then all the fire trucks started converging about a block down the street, so I wandered over that way to see what was going on.
I'm guessing when the breakers tripped there was a boom that scared someone so bad they thought they were having a heart attack. A bunch of firemen went in one house, came back out a few minutes later and left, so it was probably a false alarm.
That's when I saw the little bit of the pine tree hanging from the 20KV line & the rest of the tree tipped over against the pole. I got the pole number off the tag & called the power company.
Navigating the VRU is a pain in the A**, but eventually I managed to actually talk to someone & gave him the information I had. "Might save you some time if you look at this pole at this address."
Within 5 minutes there were several bucket trucks there & they had it cleared up within 30 minutes. Took me longer to navigate the power company's VRU to tell them where to look for it than it did for them to fix the problem once they got there.
Anyway, I done my good deed for today, had a nice little walk & I'm back on line. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
