went like this…
911 Operator: Portland 911, how may I help you?
Me: Yah, uh, the transformer in front of my house is in the process of blowing up.
911 Op: Can you see smoke, or flames?
Me: Yes. I was just about to call…
911 Op: What is the address you are at sir?
Me:*give address*
911 Op: All right sir we are on the way.
Yep, I had looked out my window to see a shower of sparks come from a local power poll and a big kaboom! rattled my windows. After a short consultation with the neighbor we concluded that we better call sombody and after the second explosion I chose 911.
- Fire dept. response time ~ 3minutes
- PGE response time ~ 15 minutes
- Time until power was restored ~ 3 hours
- Watching a 300+ pound transformer turn into slag and plasma ~ priceless
jeesh! scary! i’m glad that you’re all okay!
what’s the latest news?! sheesh!
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wowzers! sounds super thrilling! 3 whole hours (of dark??) oo la la. 😉
bye bye!
em
yikes!! sounds totally scary!!
and yet like you could sell it to mastercard for a commercial!
I always love it when the lights go out
tons o fun!!!
lol,
and I have to agree with emily….oo la la!! ;-P
lol
lookin forward to wednsday
watch out pumkins
here we come!!!!!!!!!
aaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sheesh, you newly-weds have such dirty minds. 😉
You ought to know……….