Crazy Friday Afternoon

It was normal Friday morning and everyone was counting down the hours until the lights all went out.  No power in the building and no donating blood for me.  What was happening and what should we do?  The generators powered on for critical operations but the rest remained off.

A power pole was down... but where???

Half way up the block a power pole
was laying in the street.

The  top of the pole
along with all the power lines.

The culprit
A delivery truck snagged the wires pulling them
down along with 5 power poles.

Checking out the action.

We were without power of 3 hours and then it was back to work for the rest of the afternoon.  The report was 7 poles damaged and electricity would be restored to the rest of the neighborhood by dinner time.  

Various reports claimed that being the biggest customer in the area we would be back online first.  We would have gladly given up our power to have the afternoon off.

Sunday afternoon the poles were still being worked on but the road was now open.  Just in time for work to begin on Monday.