With so many "superheros" in the movies and on TV today, I would like to say something about REAL heros. The men and women who get out there during and after ice storms, to bring electricity back to the freezing residents of the dark houses.
In case you can't tell, where I live was in an ice superstorm. It started dropping freezing rain, sleet and some snow. at noon LAST Thursday, and kept raining for 24 hours. We ended up with over an inch and a half of ice on everything, with up to 3 inches of snow and sleet on top of that. Trees were snapping with the sounds of cannons all Thursday night and Friday and Friday night.
My electricity went out 7:30 Thursday night, and its fate was sealed before dawn Friday morning when a small (6") tree fell on my wire and tore the weathehead and meter base out of the wall. The electric company man came saturday and had to cut the wires -for safety sake- Saturday afternoon.
The rest of the road got their power on Sunday, but I had to do repairs before they could hook me up.
My electricity was finally hooked up about noon yesterday. They had to cut the tree enough to snake the cables out and give them a clear path, then had to hook up the cables to the weatherhead with ice from the thawing trees dumping down on them like cold, hard confetti.
The next time you see an electric lineman, tell him or her Thank you for being around. Too many of us say, well it is their job, why should they be thanked? Because they routinely risk their lives for your comfort.
catspaw66, Silly, Julie, Sheba, Sugar, Spice.
In case you can't tell, where I live was in an ice superstorm. It started dropping freezing rain, sleet and some snow. at noon LAST Thursday, and kept raining for 24 hours. We ended up with over an inch and a half of ice on everything, with up to 3 inches of snow and sleet on top of that. Trees were snapping with the sounds of cannons all Thursday night and Friday and Friday night.
My electricity went out 7:30 Thursday night, and its fate was sealed before dawn Friday morning when a small (6") tree fell on my wire and tore the weathehead and meter base out of the wall. The electric company man came saturday and had to cut the wires -for safety sake- Saturday afternoon.
The rest of the road got their power on Sunday, but I had to do repairs before they could hook me up.
My electricity was finally hooked up about noon yesterday. They had to cut the tree enough to snake the cables out and give them a clear path, then had to hook up the cables to the weatherhead with ice from the thawing trees dumping down on them like cold, hard confetti.
The next time you see an electric lineman, tell him or her Thank you for being around. Too many of us say, well it is their job, why should they be thanked? Because they routinely risk their lives for your comfort.
catspaw66, Silly, Julie, Sheba, Sugar, Spice.